The Macallan distillery

The Macallan

Region: Speyside
Owner	Highland Distillers
Founded	1824
Status	Operational
No. of stills	10 wash 5 spirit
The Macallan Fine Oak
Age(s)	8-year-old 10-year-old 12-year-old 15-year-old 17-year-old 18-year-old 21-year-old 25-year-old 30-year-old
Cask type(s)	Bourbon Sherry (both American and European oak)
The Macallan Sherry Oak
Age(s)	10-year-old 10-year-old (cask strength) 12-year-old Elegancia 12-year-old 18-year-old 25-year-old 30-year-old
Cask type(s)	Sherry (mostly European oak)
The 1824 Collection
Type	Select Oak Whiskey Maker's Edition Estate Reserve

The Macallan is a single malt Scotch whisky, produced at Macallan Distillery near Easter Elchies House, at Craigellachie in the Speyside region. Originally, The Macallan was only matured in oak sherry casks brought to the distillery from Jerez, Spain. Beginning in 2004, The Macallan introduced a new main product, the Fine Oak series, with the whisky mellowed in bourbon oak casks as well as sherry ones.

In 2007, a bottle of 1926 vintage The Macallan was sold at a Christie's auction for $54,000, making it one of the most expensive bottles of liquor ever sold.

Bottlings

The distillery produces a number of expressions, the most generally available being the 12-year-old, though the 18-year-old is also well known. Expensive 25- and 30-year-old versions can also be found. Additionally, a 58% cask strength (i.e., non-diluted) version is widely available. The Elegancia, a 40% ABV (as opposed to 43%) 12-year-old, is available only at duty-free shops. The Macallan is one of the ingredients of The Famous Grouse blend.

The Core Range

Sherry Oak series

• The Macallan 10 years old
• The Macallan 12 years old
• The Macallan 18 years old
• The Macallan 25 years old
• The Macallan 30 years old
• The Macallan Elegancia

Fine Oak series

• The Macallan 10 years old
• The Macallan 15 years old
• The Macallan 17 years old
• The Macallan 21 years old
• The Macallan 30 years old

The 1824 Collection

• The Macallan Select Oak

Matured in Spanish and American oak casks selected by George Espie, The Macallan’s Master of Wood. From acorn to glass takes over 100 years to produce and results in a sweet, smooth spirit.

• The Macallan Whisky Makers Edition

Distilled from barley grown on The Macallan’s Estate, Whisky Maker’s Edition is crafted by The Macallan’s Whisky Maker, Bob Dalgarno and bottled at his preferred strength of 42.8% ABV.

• The Macallan Estate Reserve

Drawn from casks selected to achieve maximum intensity and depth of flavor, including some traditional sherry seasoned hogshead casks specially reserved for this expression. It is non-chill filtered and bottled at the old-style 80 proof, more commonly known as ’20 under’.

Fine & Rare

• The Macallan 1926: 60 years old
• The Macallan 1937: 32 years old
• The Macallan 1937: 37 years old
• The Macallan 1938: 31 years old
• The Macallan 1938: 35 years old
• The Macallan 1948: 53 years old
• The Macallan 1949: 52 years old
• The Macallan 1949: 53 years old
• The Macallan 1950: 52 years old cask 598
• The Macallan 1950: 52 years old cask 600
• The Macallan 1951: 51 years old
• The Macallan 1952: 49 years old
• The Macallan 1952: 50 years old
• The Macallan 1953: 49 years old
• The Macallan 1954: 47 years old
• The Macallan 1955: 46 years old
• The Macallan 1958: 43 years old
• The Macallan 1959: 43 years old
• The Macallan 1964: 37 years old
• The Macallan 1965: 36 years old
• The Macallan 1966: 35 years old
• The Macallan 1967: 35 years old
• The Macallan 1968: 33 years old
• The Macallan 1968: 34 years old
• The Macallan 1969: 32 years old cask 9369
• The Macallan 1969: 32 years old cask 10412
• The Macallan 1970: 31 years old
• The Macallan 1970: 32 years old
• The Macallan 1971: 30 years old cask 4280
• The Macallan 1971: 30 years old cask 7556
• The Macallan 1972: 29 years old cask 4014
• The Macallan 1972: 29 years old cask 4043
• The Macallan 1973: 30 years old
• The Macallan 1974: 30 years old
• The Macallan 1975: 30 years old
• The Macallan 1976: 29 years old

Special releases

Lalique

(in order of release)

• The Macallan Lalique I: 50 years old
• The Macallan Lalique II: 55 years old

Masters of Photography

• The Macallan Rankin Edition

Distillery Exclusives

• The Macallan Ghillie's Dram
• The Macallan Cask Selection 2008 Release

Others

• The Macallan (dated, in order of release): 1961 (40yo), 1946 (52yo), 1948 (51yo), & 1951 (49yo)
• The Macallan Replica (in order of release): 1861, 1874, 1841, 1876, and 1851
• The Macallan Vintage Travel: 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s
• The Macallan Exceptional: I, II, III, IV, V, & VI
• The Macallan Cask Strength: US & UK
• The Macallan 50 Years Old
• The Macallan Adami
• The Macallan Blake
• The Macallan Gran Reserva 1979, 1980
• The Macallan Gran Reserva 1982, 2002 bottling
• The Macallan Millennium Dec
• The Macallan Private Eye no age statement but edition includes one cask from 1961
• The Macallan Speaker Martin's

In 2010 the macallan released 250 bottles of 10 year old scotch to commemorate the end of the Nimrod Line Squadron which was based near the distillery. These bottles were distributed to members of the Nimrod Line Squardon at RAF Kinloss by Gordon and Macphail of Elgin.

See also

• Highland Distillers, the company that produces Macallan
• Edrington Group and William Grant & Sons, owners of Highland Distillers
• List of whisky brands
• List of distilleries in Scotland

External links

• The Macallan website
• Official Macallan Events in the U.S.
• Whisky Magazine