-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 10-Nov-2017 04:37 <=-   
      
    NB>> so, a bottling from a variety of ages   
      
    MK> Maybe depending on how they are bottling them.  Probably multiple   
    MK> barrels so they may not want to go out on a limb as to the age of each   
    MK> barrel other than it is no less than nine and no more than fifteen   
    MK> years.  :::shrugging my shoulders:::    
      
   If they aren't mixing them, then there's no reason to not give the age   
   from the barrel it's bottled from....  But it might have been a way to   
   use up odds and ends... ;)   
      
    NB>> Must be enough of the 15yo to mellow it out   
      
    MK> Or mostly 10 to 12yo.  That would be my guess.   
       
   Possibly some of each...  ;)   Probably wouldn't take too much 15yo if   
   it were mostly 10 to 12...  :)   
      
    NB>> It would appear that Macallan changed their mind about replacing   
    NB>> the age-stated bottlings with the colour-coded... or at least   
    NB>> haven't fully implemented it   
      
    MK> Perhaps.  I see https://www.themacallan.com is advertising 10, 12, 15,   
    MK> 17, 18, 21, 25 and 30 year olds so I am uncertain about the schpeil   
    MK> about colour codings.  Mind you I don't see anyone advertising any of   
    MK> those for sale, certainly not locally.    
      
   Maybe they changed their mind about going to colours... maybe they got   
   some backlash about blending... not exactly a single malt if it's   
   blended...  ;)   
      
    NB>> The Gold can help you space out the 15yo   
      
    MK> The 15yo is reserved for 2018-01-01.  After that we'll see but my plan   
    MK> is to return to my normal teetotalling ways for at least seven months   
    MK> after that. However it isn't uncommon for someone(s) to drop by at   
    MK> this time of year and persuade me to part with more of the gold but   
    MK> after 2018-01-01 I won't be imbibing for a healthy stretch.  I am   
    MK> guessing the gold won't survive beyond Christmas.    
      
   Seems to me other years, you've had help imbibing after the first of the   
   year, so you might want to try to stretch the gold until after then.. ;)   
   But my point was that since you have the gold, it will protect the   
   15yo.. ;)   
       
    MK> The 15yo will definetly be around for awhile and could easily be   
    MK> around for 2019-01-01.  We'll see I am sure.    
      
   Just don't let any of the usual suspects know it exists, and you'll   
   have an easier time of keeping it around...  :)   
      
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