Michelin Star Chef Thomas Keller Talks Macallan Scotch & Whisky Collecting | Sotheby's Master Glass

Without my glasses it looks like Tony Blair became a chef 😂

I live in East Tennessee and I prefer Sour mash.
But,I am fascinated with scotch,I just don't want to drink any.

lol McCallan is the most mainstream meh scotch. Sure it tastes fine but the fact it costs 3x anything else is just dumb people buying into the hype. Many distilleries out there that are just as good if not better. How can he not include any Islay Scotch? That’s blasphemy for a place as supposedly upscale and refined as TFL….

With old bottles like these, including wines, I am always curious how many are not genuine.

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Spectacular conversation! I think Maccallan is overrated but I love what these two amazing guys talked about! Terrific knowledge!! 🙂

It's lovely and I laud Thomas Keller for loving wonderful scotch. His preference is Macallan and that's great.

But as one among many many many scotch drinkers, Macallan is a very VERY narrow slice of what the scotch industry has to offer. Among scotch enthusiasts, Macallan has great notoriety as a distiller that has managed to create a marketing mystique that allows them to sell their stuff by almost an ORDER OF MAGNITUDE higher priced, without actually providing enjoyment and tastyness that outdoes the rest of the scotch distillers.

There is no secret sauce. It's distillate, barrel selection and time. People who have worked for Macallan have gone to work elsewhere and vice versa. The rules of scotch are straightforward.


If this video introduces the world of scotch to people for the first time, that's great. Just be aware that only Macallan thinks Macallan is the be all and end all of scotch.

Macallan is a shell of its former self.

If you can afford drinking vintage or semi vintage Macallan, then you will enjoy the juice. Modern Macallan is undervalued and over priced IMO. Dalmore is another distillery that follows the same suit. There are much better whisky's, that are a better bang for the buck. Independent bottlers do a fantastic job of providing excellent juice without the hefty price tag.

@Sotheby's, please expand on Fowler's comment on "old bottle effect". I'm not familiar with that concept.

That fly must have been driving him crazy

Wouldn't that be a dream come true, sitting back enjoyin fine scotch with the world's most famous michelin chef

Good video

Keller is really wonderful. Very down to earth.

Great convo! Now just have to get my hands on a bottle of 1955!

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To your health.🍂