Mash Bills & Fermentationīoth the Macallan and Oban are single malt scotch whisky products - which are required by law to be produced in Scotland at a single distillery using a mash bill or grain recipe of 100 percent malted barley. But in the late 1960s, the brand kicked off a marketing campaign that helped elevate the brand by crucial placements in the American and international markets, with an early campaign anchored by placements in the New York Times crossword puzzle. Until 1966, the spirits distilled at the site were used as a component in blended whiskies produced by merchants in places like Glasgow, Edinburgh and London. The Macallan Distillery was established in 1824 by Alexander Reid on the site of the Easter Elchies House, constructed in 1700. After a few years, the first distillations were recorded. In its early days, the location worked as a brewery, producing ale for inhabitants of the newly laid town. At the plant’s founding in 1793, the town of Oban had not yet been founded. Oban in Scots Gaelic means’ little bay’ and describes the distillery’s location near the shore of Sound of Kerrera on the coast of the Hebrides. The distillery remained remote until a railroad opened Oban to trade in 1888.
More recently, the Stevenson brothers - John and Hugh - opened the Oban Distillery in the remote Hebrides shore in 1794. Marketing copy on the label of the 14-year-old expression translates the word Oban to mean ‘Little Bay of Caves,’ describing the area on the shores of Lorn along the Barrain cliffs that has been home to inhabitants since 5,000 BCE. The Macallan Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 12 Years Old Double Cask.Oban 14-Year Old West Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
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