I did a google search on "best scotch world" and macallans shows up in a lot of web pages.
Here's one:
<NOBR>Macallan is officially “The best Scotch malt whisky in the</NOBR>
<NOBR>world”</NOBR>
<NOBR>In the latest edition of Whisky Magazine there is the definitive list of </NOBR>
<NOBR>the top 90 best Scotch malt whiskies in the world and The Macallan</NOBR>
<NOBR>has taken 4 of the top 10 places, including the coveted No. 1 </NOBR>
<NOBR>position with our Macallan 18year old.</NOBR>
<NOBR>We are all naturally delighted with this result and are proud that </NOBR>
<NOBR>The Macallan has been officially recognised as “The best Scotch</NOBR>
<NOBR>malt whisky in the world”.</NOBR>
<NOBR>The top 10 malts were as follows </NOBR>
<NOBR>1. </NOBR>
<NOBR>The Macallan 18 year old – available in our online shop for </NOBR>
<NOBR>£68 for 70cl or £5.60 as a miniature </NOBR>
<NOBR>2.</NOBR>
<NOBR>Talisker 20 year old</NOBR>
<NOBR>3. </NOBR>
<NOBR>Springbank 35 year old </NOBR>
<NOBR>4. </NOBR>
<NOBR>Highland Park 18 year old </NOBR>
<NOBR>5. </NOBR>
<NOBR>Ardbeg Provenance </NOBR>
<NOBR>6. </NOBR>
<NOBR>The Macallan Gran Reserva 18 year old – last few </NOBR>
<NOBR>remaining in specialist whisky retailers</NOBR>
<NOBR>7. </NOBR>
<NOBR>Lagavulin 16 year old </NOBR>
<NOBR>8. </NOBR>
<NOBR>The Macallan 50 year old Millennium – last few remaining </NOBR>
<NOBR>in specialist whisky retailers </NOBR>
<NOBR>9. </NOBR>
<NOBR>The Macallan 30 year old - available in our online shop for </NOBR>
<NOBR>£295 for 70cl </NOBR>
<NOBR>10. Longmorn 25 year old </NOBR>
<NOBR>The list was compiled in the following way </NOBR>
<NOBR>• They combined 5 sources of scores, Whisky Magazine’s own</NOBR>
<NOBR>tasting scores for the last 5 years, Michael Jackson’s Malt </NOBR>
<NOBR>Whisky Companion, Dave Broom’s Malt Whisky, Jim Murray’s </NOBR>
<NOBR>Whisky Bible and a miscellaneous fifth category made up </NOBR>
<NOBR>from a variety of other books. Only whiskies which were </NOBR>
<NOBR>scored by at least 3 of these 5 sources were included </NOBR>
<NOBR>• Each whisky on this list was then checked for availability </NOBR>
<NOBR>• Prices were checked on 3 leading specialist whisky retailing</NOBR>
<NOBR>websites, where the prices were converted to Euros and</NOBR>
<NOBR>dollars </NOBR>
<NOBR>• Finally a small editorial team were then allowed to vote again </NOBR>
<NOBR>for favourite whiskies </NOBR>
<NOBR>Fuller details and the complete results are available at </NOBR>
<NOBR>www.whiskymagazine.com</NOBR>
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<NOBR>Thank you for the support you continue to give to “The best malt</NOBR>
<NOBR>whisky in the world”</NOBR>
Ok, first off Chivas and Walker are both BLENDS....if you want to drink scotch, drink single malts....and the one guy who posted the Irish Whiskey bwahaha, that ain't scotch. Scotch can only be called 'scotch' if it's made in Scotland....Irish Whiskey sure isn't...
If you really are interested in scotches stick with the single malts. you'll find out fairly quickly what type you like most. most people start out with a Highland malt, they are lighter. There are 5 different regions all producing different tastes, highland, lowland, speyside, Islay and Glenlivet....
Your walker Blue and Chivas reserve etc are all decent blends, but they are still blends of aged single malts...no distinction.
My advice is to check out a local pub that has a wide variety of scotches and tastings. and ask the bartender for a tour, if you will, of the labels.
My personal favorite for not-so special occassions is a 17 year old Bowmore. It's an Islay...very spicy. You can grab a bottle for about 50-60 bucks....well worth it.
But stay away from your blends if you truly want to 'taste' your scotch.
If you really are interested in scotches stick with the single malts. you'll find out fairly quickly what type you like most. most people start out with a Highland malt, they are lighter. There are 5 different regions all producing different tastes, highland, lowland, speyside, Islay and Glenlivet....
Your walker Blue and Chivas reserve etc are all decent blends, but they are still blends of aged single malts...no distinction.
My advice is to check out a local pub that has a wide variety of scotches and tastings. and ask the bartender for a tour, if you will, of the labels.
My personal favorite for not-so special occassions is a 17 year old Bowmore. It's an Islay...very spicy. You can grab a bottle for about 50-60 bucks....well worth it.
But stay away from your blends if you truly want to 'taste' your scotch.
