In this series of videos watch the team behind the scenes of The Macbeth Collection discuss each of the whiskies in Act One. Here to break down the collection character by character are Alexis Burgess from Livingstone, Sukhinder Singh and Oliver Chilton of Elixir Distillers, alongside acclaimed writer Dave Broom.
ABOUT THE MACBETH COLLECTION
Five Regal Malts
The Leads Series are five Regal Single Malt Scotch Whiskies each limited to 100 bottles worldwide.
Act I Release:
King Duncan — 56 Year Old, Glen Grant Distillery
The Leads Series
TWELVE NOBLE MALTS
The Thanes are 12 Noble Single Malt Scotch Whiskies from the length and breadth of Scotland.
Act I Releases:
Angus — 31 Year Old, Glen Garioch Distillery
Lady Macduff — 31 Year Old, Linkwood Distillery
Menteith — 31 Year Old, Benriach Distillery
The Thanes Series
SIX GHOST DISTILLERIES
The Ghosts Series is a set of six Single Malt or Single Grain Ghost Distillery Whiskies.
Act I Release:
First Ghost — 31 Year Old, Cambus Distillery
The Ghosts Series
FOUR SMOKY WHISKIES
The Witches Series is a set of four smoky Single Malt or Blended Scotch Whiskies.
Act I Release:
First Witch — 19 Year Old, Distilled at an Islay Distillery
The Witches Series
FOUR ISLAND MALTS
The Murderers Series is a set of four heavily peated Island Single Malt Scotch Whiskies.
Act One Releases:
First Murderer — 18 Year Old, Distilled on The Isle of Mull
The Murderers Series
TEN CHARACTERFUL WHISKIES
The Household Series is a set of ten characterful Scotch Whiskies.
Act One Releases:
Bloody Sergeant — 10 Year Old, Blair Athol Distillery
Seyton — 12 Year Old, Ardmore Distillery
The Household Series
MACBETH V MACBETH
BARLEY MAGAZINE
Max Bennett is fresh from an acclaimed performance as Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Alexis Burgess is the pioneer and brains behind a dazzling Scotch whisky collection — 42 bottles featuring every character from Shakespeare’s bloody tragedy. The two Macbeths sat down for Barley to talk (and sip) drams, dreams and the curse of the Scottish play.
Tell us about your logo
It’s a woodpecker offering you a dram. I was given an old postcard of a woodpecker in a dinner jacket holding a tray of drinks and the analogy struck me – a small, nimble creature that could dart into a warehouse, peck at a cask, and bring out a dram for you. It’s light, and quick, and hopefully generous too (the woodpecker pre-dates the Macbeth collection by some time, which is surprising given how much birds feature in our first project).
