It’s sweet, warm and bright, and a nice sipper on your next hayride or apple picking session. I wouldn’t go nearly that far, but I will say this is less NYC but feels and tastes more like a fall in upstate New York (there’s even a hint of maple here).ĭistil is a fun story and if you like The Macallan’s core releases, this serves as an interesting but recognizable detour. What I actually found? The apple notes are very prominent here, both on the nose and palate - a drinks cohort of mine even suggested this seemed like, at first sip, an apple-flavored whisky. We’d even heard that the pretzel carts of Central Park were an inspiration here, providing a cereal/doughiness character. Arriving at 49.5% ABV, it’s bold but not overwhelming.Ī sunrise-like amber in color, this Distil release included tasting notes that promised hints of candied peanuts, chocolate and baked apples. How it tastes: The latest Macallan release is a combination of six European and American oak casks. So, much like that Macallan rep, I wondered, could you really distill the essence of a city in a bottle? To that end, Logan and Joan Roca came to the city and met with jazz musician Wynton Marsalis, graffiti artist Lady Pink, art curator at the Guggenheim Museum Megan Fontanella, high-end fashion designer Daniel Silverstein and sneaker culture historian Dee Wells, all of whom you can see in this whisky making-of documentary. “It’s the cultures, the smells, the food, but it’s really all about the people.” “How do you distill a city into a bottle?” one Macallan rep rhetorically asked during the Distil Your World launch at NYC’s Rainbow Room.
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The Macallan has released area-inspired single malts before the Distil Your World series includes odes to London, Jerez (Spain) and even Scotland itself.įor this NYC-inspired release, The Macallan Whisky Maker Polly Logan worked again with the Roca brothers, owners of Spain’s El Celler de Can Roca ( twice named Best Restaurant in the World) and collaborators on the Distil Your World series.
Why we’re drinking this: Can you make a Scotch inspired by New York City?
Where it’s from: This iconic Speyside distillery has been operating since 1824, and they’ve released a number of fascinating limited-edition bottles in the past few years that pull people in from outside the Scotch world. What we’re drinking: The Macallan Distil Your World New York
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