🥃 The Macallan Double Cask 18 Years Old
18-year-old single malt Scotch from Macallan Double Cask; 43% ABV; American and European oak seasoned with sherry.
The Macallan Double Cask 18 Years Old is an 18-year-old single malt whisky from Speyside, 43% ABV. According to a review in The Daily Pour, it is matured for 18 years in American and European oak seasoned with sherry. It is the older sibling of the 12-year-old Double Cask, built on the same idea of two oaks.
Whiskypedia says that Macallan works mainly with 500-litre sherry casks, and Difford's Guide stresses that the brand does not colour its whisky with caramel. In the literature about this expression, the sherry type and the year of release are given differently, so we do not state them. Batches come out every year, so check the label on the particular bottle.
Why this matters to you. Double Cask 18 is worth comparing with Sherry Oak 18: the same age, but a different cask mix. The number 18 is the age of the youngest whisky in the bottle, and 43% ABV is more than the standard 40%. The WHO reminds us that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption.
Facts
| Legal basis | Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 (Single Malt Scotch Whisky) |
|---|---|
| Raw material | malted barley |
| Cask type | American and European oak seasoned with sherry |
| Minimum maturation | at least 3 years in oak by law; this expression is 18 years |
| Alcohol (% vol.) | 43% ABV |
How it connects to Spirits
🥃 The Macallan Double Cask 18 Years Old → packed in → 🍷 Oak barrel ← packed in ← 🥃 Spirits
Links
- Packed in
- 🍷 Oak barrel, 🐝 American white oak, 🍷 Sherry
- Made from
- 🥃 Barley and malt in whisky
- What it contains
- 🍷 Ethanol
- What it affects
- 🍷 Alcohol and health, 🍷 Drunk driving
- Part of
- 🥃 The Macallan
- Similar and different
- 🥃 The Macallan Double Cask 12 Years Old, 🥃 The Macallan Double Cask 12 Years Old, 🥃 The Macallan Sherry Oak 12 Years Old, 🥃 The Macallan Sherry Oak 18 Years Old, 🥃 The Macallan Sherry Oak 12 Years Old, 🥃 The Macallan Sherry Oak 18 Years Old, 🥃 Glenfiddich, 🥃 Highland Park 18 Year Old Viking Pride
Frequently asked questions
Is it true that Double Cask 18 is 43% ABV?
Yes. According to a review in The Daily Pour, the whisky is bottled at 43% ABV.
What casks is it matured in?
In American and European oak seasoned with sherry, for 18 years.
How does it differ from Sherry Oak 18?
In the cask mix: Double Cask combines two types of oak, while Sherry Oak 18, according to Difford's Guide, is Spanish oak with oloroso.
What to read next
- 🥃 The Macallan Double Cask 12 Years Old — 12-year-old single malt Scotch from Macallan Double Cask; 40% ABV; European and American oak seasoned with sherry.
- 🍷 Alcohol and health — Alcohol in any drink is harmful in large amounts, and the risks grow with the quantity.
- 🍷 Ethanol — The alcohol formed during fermentation that makes you drunk.
- 🍷 Oak barrel — A wooden barrel of oak staves in which wine matures and breathes.
- 🐝 American white oak — A North American oak that gives wine strong vanilla and coconut notes.
Similar
🥃 The Macallan Double Cask 12 Years Old · 🥃 The Macallan Sherry Oak 12 Years Old · 🥃 The Macallan Sherry Oak 18 Years Old · 🥃 Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Small Batch Reserve · 🥃 Glenfiddich 15 Year Old Solera · 🥃 Grant's Triple Wood 12
⚠️ Spirit drinks contain alcohol and are for adults only. Alcohol harms health. Do not drink during pregnancy or before driving; check the label for ingredients and possible allergens.
Sources
- The Daily Pour: The Macallan Double Cask 18 Years Old review (43 %; matured 18 years in American and European sherry-seasoned oak casks)
- Scotchwhisky.com (Whiskypedia): Macallan (predominantly 500 l ex-sherry casks; Oloroso seasoning with Jerez cooper Tevasa; no colour adjustment)
- Difford's Guide: The Macallan Distillery (Easter Elchies, Craigellachie, 1824, Edrington; sherry casks, dry Oloroso favoured; no caramel colouring)
- The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2890), reg. 3: definition and categories of Scotch Whisky (Scotland, oak up to 700 l, min. 3 years, min. 40 % ABV)
- WHO/Europe: No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health (04.01.2023)