Scotchtalk

Malt Advocate publisher John Hansell provides an update on what sounds like a very cool addition to Whiskyfest in San Francisco next month. Four Macallan whisky masters are each creating a unique bottle — there will be one and only one bottle each — to be sold off a dram at a time for charity.

Current and past Master Distillers and Managing Directors will each create one unique bottle of Macallan. The contents inside each bottling will be offered one dram at a time to lucky attendees who provide a donation to charity.

Current Master Distiller Bob Dalgarno, past Master Distillers Frank Newlands and Sandy Curle, along with former Managing Director Willie Phillips all will be participating. They will each use their talents to create one bottle of Macallan whisky to their liking and specification. Each will be bottle #1 of only 1, never to be reproduced or replicated ever again.