Sunday, January 13, 2008

Trader Joe's Macallan

Another site has a piece of the puzzle regarding the ridiculously low priced Trader Joe's bottles of Macallan and other single malts:

Essentially, when Macallan has a surplus, they sell their casks. From that point on, they have no control over them. So, Macallan 10 may have a 43% alcohol content, where the Trader Joe's Macallan has a 40% alcohol content. But, this does not explain why they taste different. The only difference I can imagine is the water the TJ bottlers use to dilute the scotch from cask strength to 40% alcohol. Hmm. . . there's more to uncover here. . .

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