I fully intend to purchase a bottle of the 18 year old Macallan, quite possibly around the holidays.
Excellent.
I’ve only read very good things about Macallan. As I recall it’s listed as a scotch one should try before dying. Haha.
I only started drinking scotch a few years ago and Macallan was on the list to try but didn’t. I probably landed on the Glenmorangie for less cost and unsure I’d developed a taste for scotch. I’m guessing I’d be a Macallan drinker if I had started with it. Fall is closing in on us fast....maybe I’ll buy one in October.
There comes a sweet point where cost and quality intersect - as in, you will get extremely good quality for a cost that does not break the bank or your arm or leave your credit card and/or wallet smoking.
For me, for port, that means a 20 year old tawny - this is where the difference in quality between the 20 year old and the 10 year old (which itself, is very good) is noticeable, striking, and well worth the difference in price.
Granted, the 30 and 40 year olds are excellent, sometimes superlative, but, unless I am working abroad - one of the advantages of which tends to be a silly salary, I cannot justify paying the price.
Re whisky, I find 14-18 year olds to be the sweet spot in terms of price and quality;
In common with many others, I drank some ghastly stuff - cheap, nasty, horrible hangovers - as a student, and didn't touch whisky for years, decades, until I was sent to central Asia for the best part of two years a few years ago.
Our small bar had a rather nice tradition whereby people returning from leave would donate a bottle of really good whisky (they also accepted decent cognacs) - such as Macallan 18 year old, Glanmorangie 18 year old, and so on to the bar; over time, they amassed an enviable collection. A glass would set you back $5-6 €5-6, and it was rather nice to have one occasionally as a night cap after a beer.
That was where I learned to appreciate good scotch, and tasted some whiskies I had never even laid eyes on, but I am by no means an expert.
