Qualla: The Macallan Distillery https://qualla.com/the-macallan-distillery en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:25 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: The Macallan Distillery https://qualla.com/the-macallan-distillery The Macallan Distillery: Introduction https://qualla.com/the-macallan-distillery/ Two point two million pounds. That was the price paid in November 2023 for a single bottle of The Macallan 1926, making it the most expensive bottle of whisky ever sold at auction. The record had previously been held by another bottle of The Macallan 1926, which sold for 1.5 million pounds in 2019, which had itself broken the record set by yet another Macallan at 460,000 dollars in 2010. The Macallan distillery in Craigellachie, Moray, has become the most sought-after name in the whisky collector's world -- a transformation that would have astonished Alexander Reid, who founded it in 1824 as a farm distillery on the banks of the Spey.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/x/the-macallan-distillery-wp/gfjx-the-macallan-distillery-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full The Macallan Distillery: Fertile Ground by the Stream https://qualla.com/the-macallan-distillery/ The name Macallan comes from the Gaelic 'magh,' meaning fertile ground, and 'allan,' referring to the local stream. Alexander Reid's farm distillery was one of many that sprang up across Speyside after the 1823 Excise Act legalised Highland distilling. Like its neighbours Glenliv...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/x/the-macallan-distillery-wp/gfjx-the-macallan-distillery-fertile-ground-by-the-stream.mp3 0:06 2 full The Macallan Distillery: Surviving the Lean Years https://qualla.com/the-macallan-distillery/ The whisky industry contracted sharply after the First World War, squeezed by Prohibition in the United States and the global economic downturn. Many distilleries closed. Macallan continued producing. In the 1930s, the distillery began ageing its whiskies for extended periods, wi...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/x/the-macallan-distillery-wp/gfjx-the-macallan-distillery-surviving-the-lean-years.mp3 0:06 3 full The Macallan Distillery: Architecture Sunk Into the Hill https://qualla.com/the-macallan-distillery/ In 2018, Macallan opened a new distillery and visitor centre on the Easter Elchies estate near Craigellachie, designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners at a cost of 140 million pounds. The building was designed to sit within the landscape rather than dominate it: a series of gr...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/x/the-macallan-distillery-wp/gfjx-the-macallan-distillery-architecture-sunk-into-the-hill.mp3 0:06 4 full The Macallan Distillery: The Million-Pound Bottle https://qualla.com/the-macallan-distillery/ The Macallan's transformation from respected Speyside distillery to global luxury brand accelerated after Edrington acquired Highland Distillers in 1999. The Fine & Rare Collection, launched in 2002, offered aged whiskies from the distillery archives to an emerging market of weal...

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