The Macallan distillery
| Region: Speyside | |
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| Location | Easter Elchies, Craigellachie, Moray, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°29′3.74″N 3°12′27.28″W / 57.4843722°N 3.2075778°W |
| Owner | Edrington |
| Founded | 1824 |
| Founder | Alexander Reid |
| Architect | Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (2018) |
| Status | Operational |
| Water source | River Spey |
| No. of stills | 12 wash stills (13,000 L) 24 spirit stills (3,900 L) |
| Capacity | 15,000,000 L |
| Website | www |
| The Macallan | |
| Type | Single malt |
| Age(s) | 12 to 81 years old |
| Cask type(s) | Sherry (both American & European oak) and Bourbon (American oak) |
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The Macallan distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Craigellachie in Moray in the north-east of Scotland. The Macallan Distillers Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Edrington, which purchased the brand from Highland Distillers in 1999.
The Macallan is generally considered to be the second or third highest-selling single-malt scotch, next to Glenfiddich and, by some accounts, Glenlivet.
Originally, the Macallan was matured only in oak sherry casks brought to the distillery from Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. Beginning in 2004, the Macallan introduced a new main product, the Fine Oak series, with the whisky mellowed in bourbon oak casks as well as sherry ones. In 2018, the Fine Oak series was renamed as the Triple Cask Matured range.