When it comes to entertaining in your home, the serving of fine oak malt beverages, in particular the fabulous Macallan Whisky, is a sign of Upside Living if ever there was a sign. (Of course, fine malt beverages should be savored, and consumed in moderation.)

The Macallan is a well known single malt Scotch whisky, which is produced at Macallan Distillery near Easter Elchies House, at Craigellachie in the Speyside region of Scotland. The Easter Elchies House is a Jacobean manor house, over 300 years old, and on the grounds are grown the barley that are a vital ingredient of The Macallan Fine Oak Malt Whisky.

Until 2004, The Macallan was only matured in oak sherry casks brought to the distillery from Jerez, Spain. However, starting in 2004, The Macallan introduced a new main product, the Fine Oak series. With this product, the whisky is mellowed in bourbon oak casks as well as casks of oak sherry.

The type of cask used to age the whisky imparts to each “expression” a certain unmistakeable flavor. American oak casks seasoned withe either bourbon or sherry “impart a subtle, delicate color with hints of apple, floral, vanilla, and sweet citrus aromas and flavors.”

The Macallan is offered in whisky that has been aged for 10, 12 or 14 years (being moved from cask to cask to instill those various aromas and flavors.)

To be called a single malt whisk, a bottle may only contain whisky distilled from malted barley produced at a single distillery. Scotland, as well as Ireland and Japan, make the most famous single malt whiskeys, and The Macallan is perhaps the most famous of them all.

Purchase your favorite Macallan blend at Whisky.com.