{"id":15321,"date":"2016-07-26T15:48:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T15:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=15321"},"modified":"2019-01-23T10:33:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T10:33:20","slug":"macallan-give-double-cask-12yo-global-roll-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/macallan-give-double-cask-12yo-global-roll-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Macallan to give Double Cask 12yo global roll out this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Macallan is set to expand its core range in international markets with the launch of The Macallan Double Cask 12 Years Old.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At the same time as announcing its full-year financial results for 2015\/16, brand owner Edrington revealed that the new variant, currently only available in Taiwan, will launch in the UK and other international markets by the end of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The expression is described as a \u201cnew take on the signature Sherry oak style of The Macallan\u201d, combining European and American oak.<\/p>\n<p>Ian Curle, chief executive of Edrington, said the whisky will \u201cbe a fundamental component of our core range going forward\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/The-Macallan-Double-Cask-12-Years-OId.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/The-Macallan-Double-Cask-12-Years-OId.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/The-Macallan-Double-Cask-12-Years-OId-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/The-Macallan-Double-Cask-12-Years-OId-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/The-Macallan-Double-Cask-12-Years-OId-50x50.jpg 50w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/The-Macallan-Double-Cask-12-Years-OId.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15329 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"The-Macallan-Double-Cask-12-Years-OId\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/The-Macallan-Double-Cask-12-Years-OId.jpg\" alt=\"The-Macallan-Double-Cask-12-Years-OId\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/The-Macallan-Double-Cask-12-Years-OId.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/The-Macallan-Double-Cask-12-Years-OId-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/The-Macallan-Double-Cask-12-Years-OId-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/The-Macallan-Double-Cask-12-Years-OId-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Edrington also confirmed that the opening of The Macallan\u2019s new \u00a3100 million distillery Speyside has been pushed back from spring 2017 to spring 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith construction underway the building is starting to take shape and is on course to deliver a brand experience that will enhance and support The Macallan\u2019s luxury positioning,\u201d added Curle.<\/p>\n<p>Construction on the distillery commenced in 2014 in order to \u201csignificantly increase\u201d capacity for The Macallan. The brand\u2019s existing site will be mothballed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See more on The Macallan Taiwanese website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tw.themacallan.com\/TheWhisky\/Details?productId=12YearOldDoubleCask&amp;category=DoubleCask&amp;subcategory=DoubleCask\">http:\/\/tw.themacallan.com\/TheWhisky\/Details?productId=12YearOldDoubleCask&amp;category=DoubleCask&amp;subcategory=DoubleCask<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Macallan is set to expand its core range in international markets with the launch of The Macallan Double Cask 12 Years Old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7099,7097],"tags":[2627,2626,2625],"class_list":["post-15321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-spirits","category-wines-spirits","tag-macallan-12-year-old","tag-macallan-double-cask","tag-macallan-duty-free"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}