BattleScotch! Oban 14y v Macallan Amber with Ryan & Goran

A BattleScotch! with actual single malt scotch again! Yay!

We have two heavy hitting highlanders here, the classic Oban 14y and the newly minted Macallan Amber. These two represent some of the nicer scotches we’ve had a chance to try, to being able to pit them one against the other is a nice treat. Here’s what we thought:

smell
Ryan – Oban 14y
Simon – Oban 14y
Goran – Oban 14y

neat
Ryan – Oban 14y
Simon – Oban 14y
Goran – Macallan Amber

a splash was roundly refused

over-all
Ryan – Oban 14y
Simon – Oban 14y
Goran – Oban 14y

Oban 14y v Macallan Amber – The aged Oban takes it handily, but not quite a shut out.