Whisky Forum - Macallan folio 6.

bamboobuddha · Member Joined: 05 Mar 2020 Posts: 12 Location: Liverpool

So who is going to bother with this one?

Dave h · Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 11:21 pm Post subject:

Has anyone been collecting them here? Do you know how many this series will consist of.
Would like to try but rather spend my money on other drams...

DF · Single Malt Member Joined: 28 Feb 2020 Posts: 32

Noticed the 1st Folio is nearly topping Â£4000 on auction sites Shocked

drPete · Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 8:51 am Post subject:

24 releases.

Although the Balvenie craftsman reserve was going to be 5 and there was only one....
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Naibed01 · Double Malt Member Joined: 20 Mar 2016 Posts: 116

BUY, FLIP, REPEAT?

Thani · New Member Joined: 09 Dec 2020 Posts: 2

Over the last years I have gifted the Folio 4 and Folio 5 to my dad, so he might enjoy them or just keep them for a few years until retirement and maybe sell them, take the money and use it to fulfill one of his smaller dreams maybe.

I also thought about getting him the Folio 6 this year, but the whole process feels very, very messy.

I had no notification about the ballot being open. I was unable to see anything about the new release on themacallan.com. I only found out about the new release when the firt bottles hit ebay like 10 days ago. Then I found out you can only see this release and are able to enter the ballot when you switch the sites language to English (I am fron germany).

Also they mentioned that this limited release is only available through winning the ballot. But, as I mentioned, there where already bottles on ebay and other auction plattforms long before the ballot was closed. So there are definitely large amounts available through other channels....

Also I can not find any information on how "limited" this limited release actually is. A newsletter years back mentioned that the folio series will be around 2000 bottles each edition. However according to whiskybase the folio 5 is estimated to have around 3500 bottles.

You might buy this one just because it has great taste, but as a collector I think collectors should stay away from this since this series gets more and more dubious.

Uncle Bobby · Double Malt Member Joined: 06 Feb 2018 Posts: 93

Folio 6 was on sale at the distillery a few weeks ago over a weekend. Obviously word got around and it sold out very quickly.

Thani · New Member Joined: 09 Dec 2020 Posts: 2

bamboobuddha · Member Joined: 05 Mar 2020 Posts: 12 Location: Liverpool

To be fair the folio ballots seem to be the easier ballots to win compared to their exceptional casks. All in all, with a release of around 2000 bottles they maybe still quite common to buy in the secondary market. My question really is, are they worth it?