What is the difference between The Macallan TIME : SPACE and TIME : SPACE Mastery?
TIME : SPACE is a 200-piece dual-chamber vessel holding two whiskies: an 84-year-old 1940 vintage, the oldest The Macallan has released, and a five-year-old 2018 vintage, the first whisky from the distillery that opened in 2018. TIME : SPACE Mastery is the separate, more widely released single malt in the same 2024 collection, drawn from 14 cask types and bottled at 43.6% ABV with no age statement. The two releases share the 200th-anniversary design language but contain different whisky.
What ABV is The Macallan TIME : SPACE Mastery?
The Macallan TIME : SPACE Mastery is bottled at 43.6% ABV, which is 87.2 proof in the US system. The distillery publishes the strength on its product page, and the figure is fixed for the release rather than varying bottle to bottle.
What casks were used in The Macallan TIME : SPACE Mastery?
The Macallan states that TIME : SPACE Mastery was drawn from 14 cask types across its warehouses, with influences from sherry-seasoned European oak, sherry-seasoned American oak, ex-bourbon American oak and refill casks. Lead Whisky Maker Euan Kennedy described European oak as sitting at the heart of the whisky. The distillery has not published an age statement or a cask-by-cask breakdown.