{"product_id":"the-macallan-50-year-old-single-malt-scotch-whisky-in-lalique","title":"The Macallan 50 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky in Lalique","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"story-subtitle\"\u003eAbout The Macallan 50 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky in Lalique\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        Situated on a ridge above the banks of the River Spey, the Easter Elchies House has been the spiritual home of The Macallan for over three centuries. In 1820, Alexander Reid began renting the home from Sir Lewis Grant of Grant. Reid was a farmer, and soon after he sowed the fields surrounding the home with barley, Reid established the first licensed distillery on the estate, which he named Macallan after an ancient church that had been destroyed by fire during the 15th century. In the winter — when there was little activity on the farm — Reid would ferment and distill his excess grains into whisky, which was often drunk straight from the still or sold to travelers passing through the town.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nToday, the Macallan Estate encompasses 370 acres, 95 of which are devoted to the production of the Macallan Estate's Minstrel barley (a single acre produces about 2.5 tons of barley each year, enough to yield 1,800 bottles of The Macallan). In addition, the distillery contracts with farmers to purchase barley that is low in nitrogen and high in starch, resulting in a rich and oily whisky.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAfter the barley is harvested in late August and early September, it is malted before being mashed in one of The Macallan's two mash tuns, a process that takes between four and eight hours. Then, the barley is fermented with a specially cultured yeast before being distilled twice through The Macallan's copper-pot stills. The copper comprising the stills acts as a catalyst, and enhances the formation of sweet esters while minimizing impurities such as sulphur. In addition, the curiously small stills — some of \"the smallest stills within the Scotch whisky industry,\" according to production manager Alexander Tweedie — produce a whisky with a heavy, oily flavor.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe Macallan 50 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky in Lalique was the first release in The Macallan’s Six Pillars Collection, and the extremely limited allocations for each market (only 470 bottles were released worldwide) sold out in record time. The whisky has a heady aroma of cumin, cardamom and dark maraschino, which leads to a palate filled with prunes and bitter chocolate. The finish, which is incredibly long, has pronounced notes of sherry oak and just a hint of peat smoke.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThis magnificent whisky is both a true collector’s item and an investment — get yours today, before it’s gone forever!\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"caskers-spirit-type-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"story-subtitle\"\u003eAbout Scotch\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScotch is the most popular whisky in the world and is considered the king of them all! There are five whisky regions in Scotland (six if you count the not officially recognized Islands), and each of them produces spirits with unique properties and distinct tasting notes. (The type of grain used determents the type of the scotch.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caskers.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=malt+whisky\"\u003eMalt whisky\u003c\/a\u003e is made of malted barley, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caskers.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=grain+whisky\"\u003egrain whisky\u003c\/a\u003e uses other grains like corn or wheat. Most of the time, a whisky is blended from different distilleries hence the name blended scotch, but if a malt whisky is produced in a single distillery, we get something extraordinary called a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caskers.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=single+malt\"\u003esingle malt\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheck out our impressive selection of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caskers.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=single+malt\"\u003escotch whiskies\u003c\/a\u003e, find your new favorite in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caskers.com\/top-10-scotch\/\"\u003eTop 10 scotch whiskies\u003c\/a\u003e, or explore our treasury of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caskers.com\/rare-finds-selection\/?origin=o1554\"\u003erare \u0026amp; hard to find scotch whiskies\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Caskers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51411877167317,"sku":null,"price":46.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/7810\/6581\/files\/the-macallan-50-year-old-highland-single-malt-scotch-whisky-in-lalique-1.jpg?v=1745571755","url":"https:\/\/www.swiglab.com\/products\/the-macallan-50-year-old-single-malt-scotch-whisky-in-lalique","provider":"SwigLab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}