Islay, is located off the West coast, and has eight distilleries scattered across this small island. With a very distinctive, heavily peated style, these smoky whiskies are not easy to forget, and have achieved somewhat of a cult status among whisky lovers.
An old bottling of 26 year old Bruichladdich released by then owners Whyte & Mackay as part of their Stillman's Dram series of bottlings.
An old bottling of 26 year old Bruichladdich released by then owners Whyte & Mackay as part of their Stillman's Dram series of bottlings.
This is the 2010 version of Ardbeg Supernova, and no doubt will be hoping to follow on from the success of last year's edition, which scooped Scotch Whisky of the Year from Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2010.
An old bottling of 21 year old Bruichladdich. From the style of packaging we estimate this dates from the late 1980s or early 1990s.
A much anticipated release from Bowmore, The Devil's Casks is a small batch 2013 release of 10 year old whisky aged entirely in first fill sherry casks. The delicious combination of peated whisky and sherry wood maturation strikes again.
A special bottling of Bruichladdich to celebrate the distillery's centenary in 1981. Bottled at 15 years old, this is presented in a beautifully shaped decanter and accompanying damaged box.
The 2013 bottling of Laphroaig's highly lauded 25 year old. Matured in a combination of Oloroso sherry casks and bourbon barrels, both of which were first-filled. After a quarter of a century of ageing, it as bottled at cask strength.
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