THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO MACALLAN 165

mokjc/Shutterstock For anyone new to Scotch whisky, it would be sensible to suppose that single malts have normally been considered to be the gold conventional of whisky making. In reality, up till the 1980s, blended whiskies still dominated the quality Scotch sector. The Macallan was one of several first distillers to modify to advertising and mar