May I propose as an alternative: Arbelour 12 Lagavulin 11 Nick Offerman Edition ( Carribean Cask) Balvenie 12 Doublewood Glenfiddich 14 Bourbon Barrel Reserve Ardbeg An Oa There are epic expressions out there equal to or cheaper than Macallan. I encourage everyone to experiment.
I've seen Macallan 12 Sherry selling for $150 in NYC, but it generally goes for $85 😱 My alternatives would be: Glenmorangie Lasanta 12, Bunnahabhain 12, Glendronach 12.
@@whiskywhereabouts The scary thing is that there are blind-with-wealth people buying it at that price. As for $150, if I could find it, Tamdhu Cask Strength comes to mind, as does Bunnahabhain 12 Cask Strength, with some money to spare.
The Tamdhu 12 is an excellent (and better IMO) alternative for sure to the Macallan 12, but the Tamdhu 12 IS chill filtered my friend, the 15 and up is where they don't chill filter.
Good catch. There's so much contradictory information on this whisky out there! I don't have a bottle on hand to check for mist, but as it doesn't state it's NCF on the label, I assume I was misled, and it is, in fact, chill-filtered.
Macallan 18 is still a good malt but everything in their range that is cheaper is rubbish and everything that is more expensive is stupidly overpriced (as is the 18 itself, for that matter). The last great affordable whisky they released was the 1824 Sienna about 8 years ago. I try Macallan occasionally at shows and tastings, but it never impresses me any more. Their day has passed.
I would honestly get monkey shoulder or smokey monkey at $45 in my market and a decent sherried Irish like Sexton and get two good bottles for the price of one Macallan 12.
I’d throw the Compass Box Spice Tree out there, just to mix it up with a blended malt. $59 or so on the regular for 46% and no chill filtering, and many of the nice oak spices that you can get in the Mac 12.
It truly boggles the mind that Macallan is asking these prices. Especially in a few years when their stock gets expanded by the new product coming out of the massive new distillery. If anything, Macallan should get very affordable in a few years concidering how much of it will be out there! I say SHOULD, because we all know their prices will never go down.
As an added comment, the only Macallan I EVER buy is Independent bottlings like those from Signarory. Much more affordable and Cask Strength / Single Cask.
Just to keep you updated my local total wine and more liquor store sells this exact bottle for $67. So I think you were right. Just grabbed 2 bottles of it this week.
Would also highly recommend the Glenfarclas 105. Very underrated in my opinion and a good £10 cheaper than the Macallan 12 here in the UK. In a cask strength blind tasting I did recently it came out tops against 4 other drams, which included Glendronach cask strength and Aberlour A'bunadh.
There was two different Glenfarclas 105 in the past. The normal one is a NAS Whisky, but there was also one, which was 10 years old for the same price. The age was written on the backside of the bottle.
Like so many other things now… Macallan 12 ain’t what it used to be. On my shelf right now are the Glenallachie, Glendronach, and Bunnahabhain. All were $60-$65 and all are way better than Macallan 12. The Glenallachie is an amazing dark fruit bomb. My favorite dram right now for sure
MacAllan is trading on it's past reputation (which was genuinely well deserved). It's just an average malt whisky these days and not worth the money IMO.
I'd also take a Bunna 12 over a Macallan 12 every day of the week, night and day how much better it is than Macallan
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May I propose as an alternative:
Arbelour 12
Lagavulin 11 Nick Offerman Edition ( Carribean Cask)
Balvenie 12 Doublewood
Glenfiddich 14 Bourbon Barrel Reserve
Ardbeg An Oa
There are epic expressions out there equal to or cheaper than Macallan. I encourage everyone to experiment.
Aberlour 12 is the best alternative I think.
I've seen Macallan 12 Sherry selling for $150 in NYC, but it generally goes for $85 😱
My alternatives would be: Glenmorangie Lasanta 12, Bunnahabhain 12, Glendronach 12.
Just think about the alternatives you could buy for $150 ...
@@whiskywhereabouts The scary thing is that there are blind-with-wealth people buying it at that price.
As for $150, if I could find it, Tamdhu Cask Strength comes to mind, as does Bunnahabhain 12 Cask Strength, with some money to spare.
The Tamdhu 12 is an excellent (and better IMO) alternative for sure to the Macallan 12, but the Tamdhu 12 IS chill filtered my friend, the 15 and up is where they don't chill filter.
Good catch. There's so much contradictory information on this whisky out there! I don't have a bottle on hand to check for mist, but as it doesn't state it's NCF on the label, I assume I was misled, and it is, in fact, chill-filtered.
Macallan 18 is still a good malt but everything in their range that is cheaper is rubbish and everything that is more expensive is stupidly overpriced (as is the 18 itself, for that matter). The last great affordable whisky they released was the 1824 Sienna about 8 years ago. I try Macallan occasionally at shows and tastings, but it never impresses me any more. Their day has passed.
Arbelour, Craigellachie, Glenfarclas
I would honestly get monkey shoulder or smokey monkey at $45 in my market and a decent sherried Irish like Sexton and get two good bottles for the price of one Macallan 12.
My alternative would be the Royal Brackla 12y which is about 20 Euro cheaper than the Macallan here in Germany.
That's good value. I generally see it for $5 to $10 more than the Macallan 12, which put it just beyond the range for this list.
Aberlour Ah-boon-ah. Lovely whisky but my favourite is bunnahabhain 12 year old .
Your comments are the best!! I always learn so much from your people
A few days ago,I bought Bunnahabhain 12 for 44€.
Maccalan 12 is 80€.
Is it overpriced?
Hell,yeah.
I’d throw the Compass Box Spice Tree out there, just to mix it up with a blended malt. $59 or so on the regular for 46% and no chill filtering, and many of the nice oak spices that you can get in the Mac 12.
Nice alternative at that price.
I agree! Nice typical sweet profile with just enough smoke to give it extra character!
I love Bunnahabhain 12 and I'm going to try Glenlivet 12. I'm also looking at the Bruichladdich Islay Barley
Glenturret 12 for my recommendation
Nice. You should be able to find it for this price
Here in Holland we can only buy The Macalan 12 with a 40% ABV
That ABV makes the price tough to justify. Cheers!
It truly boggles the mind that Macallan is asking these prices. Especially in a few years when their stock gets expanded by the new product coming out of the massive new distillery. If anything, Macallan should get very affordable in a few years concidering how much of it will be out there! I say SHOULD, because we all know their prices will never go down.
As an added comment, the only Macallan I EVER buy is Independent bottlings like those from Signarory. Much more affordable and Cask Strength / Single Cask.
A useful hack if you want an improved presentation ...
Just to keep you updated my local total wine and more liquor store sells this exact bottle for $67. So I think you were right. Just grabbed 2 bottles of it this week.
Macallan 12 goes for $64.99 at my Costco. Seems pretty good for that, but the Kirkland single malt, sherry finished, 46%, is only $27 and 85% as good
That's a very good price, but nothing can compete with the price of Kirkland single malt ...
Your alternative scotch is in the same price range as the Macallan up here in Canada if you can find them
Would also highly recommend the Glenfarclas 105. Very underrated in my opinion and a good £10 cheaper than the Macallan 12 here in the UK. In a cask strength blind tasting I did recently it came out tops against 4 other drams, which included Glendronach cask strength and Aberlour A'bunadh.
Great call at that price. Here in the US it's the opposite: you can expect to pay $15 more for the cask strength Glenfarclas. Cheers!
There was two different Glenfarclas 105 in the past. The normal one is a NAS Whisky, but there was also one, which was 10 years old for the same price. The age was written on the backside of the bottle.
Like so many other things now… Macallan 12 ain’t what it used to be. On my shelf right now are the Glenallachie, Glendronach, and Bunnahabhain. All were $60-$65 and all are way better than Macallan 12. The Glenallachie is an amazing dark fruit bomb. My favorite dram right now for sure
These are great options.
Great list and perspective, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Glen Garioch 12 48% bourbon and sherry casks, £48.00 uk get in there :-) Also Genallachie 12 yr £50.00 uk another good one 🙂
If you can get GlenAllachie 12 for less than Mac 12, that's a great alternative.
9:57 Serious. $5 to $10 save? Wasted time..
Casg annamh is coloured though
MacAllan is trading on it's past reputation (which was genuinely well deserved). It's just an average malt whisky these days and not worth the money IMO.
If you can ever find this Scotch I think it's a good alternative. Famous Grouse 12 year.
Goruse and macallan are owned by the edrnigton group and the grouse will have some Macallan in it.
@@graham2954 no wonder it made me think of Macallan. I just had found a dusty Famous Grouse 12 year in a hole in the wall store and it was so good.
The Naked Grouse is a good alternative to the Mac as well.
Glendronach 12 is non chill filtered
Not any more, unfortunately.
Macallan 12 is pure hype. Ppl who slurp that stuff also take fitness advice from Men's Health.