Comments on: The Macallan’s Gems – 1824 Series – Unaged Single Malt Whisky Range https://whiskyboys.com/2012/09/05/macallan-whisky-1824-series/ Whisky Blog by the Whisky Boys - Ask us about Whisky Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andrew https://whiskyboys.com/2012/09/05/macallan-whisky-1824-series/#comment-1529866 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:50:20 +0000 http://whiskyboys.com/?p=7295#comment-1529866 Just reflecting on Mr. Dalgarno’s comment on the “rarer casks”. If your dark casks are so rare and thus NEED to be much more expensive, how are companies such as Glenfarclas and Glendronach able to put out dark whiskies (which are caramel free) that are consistently rated extremely highly by reviewers around the world, at a price that is a fraction of your’s? If a tiny independent company like BenRiach or Glenfarclas can afford to sell dark whiskies cheap, why can’t a multinational conglomerate like the Edrington Group?

]]> By: BGK https://whiskyboys.com/2012/09/05/macallan-whisky-1824-series/#comment-359126 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:13:36 +0000 http://whiskyboys.com/?p=7295#comment-359126 Um, I don’t think it’s “Unaged”, since scotch per rule has to be aged at least 3 years. It’s just that the bottling (and pricing) are not based on the amount of time it has spent in barrels. Macallan seems to believe that colour is a better indication of maturity, since individual casks can work differently (because of their “rarity”). I buy it, since the casks are hand crafted rather than scientifically engineered in a factory, so there’s gotta be some difference. Besides, I doubt Macallan would throw away their current position of being the best whisky maker for a few quick bucks, or at least I hope so. Can’t wait till they launch it in Pakistan. Can’t wait till they legalize it either. What comes first, egg or hen?
Catch-22? They can’t launch it until it’s legalized, but how can it be legalized unless they’ve seen some good whisky first. All they’ve seen is Murree’s VAT-1, which is actually (somehow) worse than diesel. Even the imported (read “smuggled”) stuff is pretty terrible – Teachers, Cattos, Grants – drinkable stuff, but barely so, you know, compared to the Macallans and the Glenlivets. Even the corrupt politicians can barely afford Black Label. All (well, almost all) corrupt Paki officials drink Black Label, not for lack of cash, obviously, but a lack of taste, I’m guessing. Anywhoo… somebody’ll probably bring me a few on their way over. Oh, which reminds me! Do you get these at airports? I mean duty frees? Imagine my disappointment when I couldn’t find any low-mid range Macallans at the duty free at Heathrow. The cheapest one was like 500 quid.
Well, fingers crossed. Election’s coming up. Perhaps the next govt. won’t have its head up its bottom. What am I saying? This is Pakistan. Hasn’t history taught me better than to expect good things? Besides, we probably deserve it.
Too political for a whisky site? No such thing, in my opinion, but sure, go ahead and delete it. I won’t mind. I just need to vent a little every now and then.
It’s not all that bad, though. The heroin’s great, you know, if you’re into that. So’s the hash. Actually, we get like the Macallan’s of hash (25yo, at least), super premium stuff, here in Peshawar. So I guess it balances out. Unless you’re a whisky fan, in which case, tough.
Damnit, gotta stop. But one last thing. Any Paki’s disagree with me, particularly about the unavailability of good scotch in Pk, please, I’m very willing to be educated. Unless your answer is Karachi, which is like, as far from the rest of Pakistan, as Dubai, so why don’t I rather just go there.
Ok, that’s it. Thanks for reading all that crap, or even for just skipping through to the end.
Cheers.

]]> By: Jacob https://whiskyboys.com/2012/09/05/macallan-whisky-1824-series/#comment-346194 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 06:11:24 +0000 http://whiskyboys.com/?p=7295#comment-346194 Here’s a cute gimmick: whisky bottled by color. Maybe it will distract customers from noticing they aren’t bothering to mature whisky any more.

Lots of distillery a are sacrificing age for quantity to satisfy growing demand. They get instant gratification in the profit side but have less stock in the warehouses for bottling at good ages. What we get is cheaper, immature spirit at higher prices.

And labeling it 1824 series is a ploy to make our minds imagine age and traditional methods, while both are ignored- nice one. But marketing works, so I expect folks will be buying these up. I will wait for a few reviews.

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