![]() ![]() ![]() gifted me my first bottle last Christmas and I’ve already got a second replacement bottle for the inevitable demise of this liquid gold. In case you’ve never tasted this sherry and chocolate concoction, I’ll just leave a link to its previous review here. World famous for scotch lovers, it reeks of Sherry with bits of toasted oak. Freshly sliced apples are drowning in sherry (sherry apple pie O.O) and soft baked tree fruits are sprinkled in small dashes of sugar! This is heaven! Ahhh, the Macallan 18. The Glenfiddich has the fruitiest nose of the three… but that should come as not surprise to any Glenfiddich fans. There are also toffee notes strewn about the barley but they’re quite a bit more subtle than any typical whisky. The Kirkland 18 Sherry cask smells like barley! Sherry barrels generally impart a nutty and spice filled flavor into the distillate they cradle and the barrels that AM&Co happened to pick for Costco are a pleasant deviation from the norm. The price differential between these three bottles is also extreme so we’ll get a great idea of the value of each of these bottles. Two of these offerings are finished in sherry and the Macallan is aged in sherry alone so this should be an interesting comparison. And in the third corner of our triangle shaped ring, we have the Macallan 18. In the second corner we have a bottle of Glenfiddich 18. ![]() In one corner we have a bottle from Costco, the Kirkland Highland 18 Sherry. There’s nothing worse than spending $200 (or more!) on a lack luster bottle that you purchased for a special event! And there are few better things that spending $60 on a bottle that brings joy to you and your friends.Īll of that said, today’s Scotch versus Scotch is a three way battle between some 18 year old offerings. We try to give an idea of the value of a bottle based on its flavors divided by its price tag and it seems to be a solid way to give the most objective review that we can. It is these oak casks that make the greatest contribution to the quality, natural color and distinctive aromas and flavors which lie at the heart of The Macallan single malt.No matter how many reviews we write, I can never get the idea out of my head that the worth that anyone has for a bottle of whisk(e)y is always subjective. Once filled, the maturing spirit remains undisturbed in the same casks for the necessary number of years it needs to be worthy of its destined Macallan expression. Sourced, crafted, toasted and seasoned under the watchful eye of The Macallan Master of Wood, these hand-picked casks are delivered to the demanding specifications of The Macallan Master Distiller and his team. With an unflinching commitment to put sherry casks at the heart of The Macallan single malt, our reputation for the extraordinary is testament to the exceptional oak casks in which we mature our spirit. It is an expression of our enduring desire to go beyond ordinary, to seek out the extraordinary, and create peerless single malts. Every Macallan single malt reveals the unrivalled commitment to the mastery of wood and spirit for which The Macallan has been known since it was established in 1824.
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