The Macallan 10 Years Old

I am a fan of the Macallan 10 Years Old but I have yet to try the Macallan 18 Years Old or the Macallan Cask Strength. Before I make the investments of purchasing these, I would be interested in hearing the opinions of anyone who has tried either of them.

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Brad
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I am not really a Macallan fan, but at verticals I think the greatest leap is from 10 to 12

No doubt the 18y versions are better but value for money you get the most from 12y IMHO

MacDeffe

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Steffen Bräuner

I rate the 18 highly = 88/100 Aroma:Mandarines, chocolate Palate: Sweet, Christmas cake Finish: Dry luxurious finish

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Brett...

Thanks for the input. You really made me want to try the 18y.

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Brad

I really like the Cask Strength with just a very light splash of water. I think the experience is somewhat closer to the 25 than it is the 18.

18 is sweet nectar to me, I love it, can generally afford it, and it's what I normally drink. 25 is nirvana, but just too damn much money.

Best value for the buck in Macallan is the cask strength IMHO.

Gladys.

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Gladys

Ok - so i'll admit something here and now - I am a Macallan bigot. It's really all that I like, and the only thing I buy. I recently tried some Glenlivit Archive 21 YO that I do like a lot. That was a rare find, usually when someone puts something in front of me that isn't macallan I don't like it.

What else should I try that is similar? I've tried lots of other scotch's and most of them just taste bad to me - except anything Macallan - there has to be something else out there along the same lines...

Gladys.

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Gladys

Springbank, Highland Park, Linkwood, Balvenie, to name a few that have strong similarities.

-- Larry

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pltrgyst

Interesting... I've tried Balvenie and Highland Park. Didn't like the Balvenie much, and thought the Highland Park was particularly nasty - I poured it down the sink and rinsed out the glass....

Maybe it's all in my head.... :-)

Gladys.

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Gladys

Have you trien an Ardbeg. ?

If you dont like that too

You better stick to macallan then

MacDeffe

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Steffen Bräuner

So it seems you are very fond of the "sherry" flavour. Try Glendronach. Also very sherry-ish !!

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---Frans---

No that doesn't surprise me one bit. If you want something akin to a Macallan I'd be looking something with a smooth, rich-sweet, sherry characteristic. Highland Park is a great, powerful and characterful malt but it sure ain't sweet.

My recommendations would be Glen Moray 10, Inverey (from Marks and Spencer), Macallan 18 and possibly a Tomatin 10.

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Brett...

Try Glenfarclas. Also Sherry-cask whiksy

MacDeffe

Reply to
Steffen Bräuner

I'm surprised no one here as mentioned Glendronach 15 Year Old, now discontinued so buy what's left on the shelves if it's your thing. I find it overly sherried but fans often compare it to Macallan.

I'd suggest Glenfarclas but the standard range isn't nearly as sherried as Mac and actually I recently tried the new Glenfarclas 12yo with a redesigned label, and I'd say the Grants were getting rather stingy with the sherrywood. That said, if you can find them, there are some stunning single cask Glenfarclas bottlings from first fill Oloroso.

Slainte, Johanna

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William Anderson

I tend to agree with Steffen that the biggest leap is from 10 to 12, but in my case I think that it is because of the price points. The 10-12 are fairly close in price, but do have a marked different (try 'em blind side-by-side sometime to convince yourself) while the 18 is obviously even more superior than either, but the price differential is markedly different.

JMHO, Cheers, Gary

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CabFan

I was a fan of the 15 y/o as I always felt that the 18 took on too much sherry. Both the old 18 vintage bottlings and the newer 18 suffer from this. In my opinion anyway though as a refrence I am drawn to peaty whisky aged in Burbon only.

If you are looking for something that is nicely sherried with out it being overwhelming Glenfiddich Solara is quite nice, as are GlenDronach the Glenmorangie Sherry Wood and the 15 and 17 Glenfarclas..

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ajames54

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