Batch 7 of Balvenie's Tun 1401 series. Named after David Stewart's favourite marrying vat, this was a vatting of nine American oak Bourbon casks and two European oak ex-sherry casks. This was a duty free only release which came to market in March 2013.
An additional period of maturation in 30 year-old port pipes has given this aged Balvenie an extra level of depth and concentration of flavour, adding potent fruit and smoke notes to the silky-smooth full-bodied palate. Rich, indulgent, after-dinner Speyside at its best.
A single malt matured in Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez Sherry butts sourced from Jerez for a minimum of 12 years. It is a creamy, rich and sweet release expect spice, fruit and chocolate notes, an IWSC Trophy winner back in 2011.
A very handsome distillery-bottled Glen Elgin 12 year old from the 1970s.
A very rare 1965 vintage whisky from Glenfiddich distillery. This has been matured for a full 12 years and bottled by Cadenhead's in one of their iconic, old, dumpy bottles.
An elegant, sophisticated Knockando, Master Reserve 21 year old is made with casks lying in the coolest part of the warehouse. These casks take longer to mature and the resulting malt is extremely smooth.
A Rare Malts expression of 1974 vintage Royal Lochnagar. Released in the Autumn of 2004 at cask strength, it's a big whisky that's definitely one for Lochnagar fans.
A half bottle of Glenfiddich's flagship 12 year old whisky - as of 2011 the largest selling single malt whisky in the world.
Glen Moray's Classic range of bottlings always represent great value. This gift set contains two glasses and a bottle of the expression which is finished in port casks, adding sweetness and extra richness.
Aberlour 10 year old is a great entry-level malt, ideal for beginners, with a fine sherried spiciness. Pound for pound, this is one of the best that Speyside has to offer.
One of the world's best-selling malts, Glenfiddich 12 year old's famous triangular bottle is a fixture in practically every bar on the globe. Light and easy-drinking stuff loved by millions.
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A smart packaging job for this distillery-bottled expression of Benromach 10 year old, which has been a big hit since its introduction in late 2009. Well done to G&M for making the standard release strength 43%.
A milestone release from Benriach, this is the first core expression comprising spirit produced predominantly since the 2004 takeover by Billy Walker and his consortium. A classic Speyside whisky.
The Speyside representative of the Classic Malts series is rich and spicy, with a very satisfying complexity and well-sherried backbone.
An 8-year-old bottling of Tamdhu released by independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail as part of The MacPhail's Collection series. This would have been produced using the distillery's own maltings, which sadly closed down at the end of the noughties.
A much-loved single malt, Cardhu is an easy-going, charming Speysider. With clean, crisp oak and sweet malt evoking flavours of honeyed flapjacks and home-made caramel squares, this is one for the sweet-toothed among you.
A top-quality packaging update (farewell, stags!) for this Founder's Reserve Glen Garioch which has been bottled at 48% and priced very sensibly. A very welcome return to form for a distillery with enormous potential.
Dalwhinnie 15 year old is a good introduction to the delights of single malt whisky – elegant, smooth and medium-bodied, with a light, fruity palate and a whiff of heather on the finish. Part of Diageo's Classic Malt range.
Glen Elgin 12 year old is a top-quality malt, highly sought-after for blends. This is a little-seen single malt expression that represents great value for money.
A favourite of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, being conveniently situated close by Balmoral Castle. Royal Lochnagar was originally a key ingredient in VAT 69, but most production is now for single malts.
Aberlour is always a good choice - one of the best value Speyside malts around. This double matured version is a mix of traditional oak and sherry casks and is rich and fruity with delicious Christmas cake notes.
Benromach Peat Smoke distilled in 2007 is part of the small number of batches of peated whisky produced at the Speyside distillery. With a level of 62ppm, this is seriously smoky with notes of liquorice, orange (without water) or grapefruit (with water).
Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold is an innovative bottling from Diageo. Made using whisky distilled in the cold Scottish winter, it is intended to be served from the freezer, delivering richness and sweetness as the glass warms up. Honeyed with a hint of peat.
A revitalised Tamdhu launched at the Spirit of Speyside festival in 2013. Sherry cask matured and full of all the sweet, rich and creamy flavours you'd expect.
Released in Spring 2010, this Glenfiddich Rich Oak has spent 14 years in ex-bourbon casks in the traditional way, before two separate finishes of 12 weeks in new European oak and six weeks in new American oak before bottling. We like the sound of this.
Cardhu Amber Rock is finished in American oak ex-bourbon casks, adding notes of vanilla and spice while retaining the brand's trademark soft and easy-drinking style.
A young Macduff from Hunter Laing's Hepburn's Choice series. Aged in a refill hogshead for weight years, this is fruity and spicy.
A set of 20cl bottles showcasing the range of whiskies produced by Benromach. It features the Peat Smoke, 10 year old and their Special Edition Organic whisky.
A 2006 vintage Mortlach from independent bottler Douglas Laing as part of the Provenance series. Aged in a refill hogshead, this was bottled in February 2017 at 10 years of age. This has notes of malt and juicy tangerine.
Immensely popular Glenfiddich variant. Using a Solera system common in the maturation of quality sherry, 15 year old malt from three different types of casks is married together in a wooden vat, which is constantly topped up to ensure the quality is maintained.
A 2015 addition to the core range, Benromach 15 Year Old is aged in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks. Luscious and rich with notes of fruit cake, plums and cocoa.
This gift pack contains a bottle Benromach's highly regarded entry-level 10-year-old whisky, a note book and a pencil, so you can 'enjoy a dram and share your thoughts'. A creamy and toasty whisky with light smoky notes.
Part of Dewar's The Last Great Malts range launched in 2014, this 12 year old Aultmore is the first release from the distillery for a few years and is elegant, light and fruity.
Mannochmore's delicate and fragrant entry into the Flora and Fauna range. One of the only bottlings you'll find with their name on the front.
A much-loved single malt, Cardhu is an easy-going, charming Speysider. This is has been aged for longer than the regular 12 year old expression, and the extra three years combine the distillery's characteristic orchard fruit, barley sugar malt and cake spices with richer tropical fruit and vanilla notes.
A higher-strength Glenfiddich aged 15 years, this Distillery Edition has been bottled at 51%. Great to see what Glenfiddich's brilliantly well-made spirit is capable of at a higher strength.
A 15 year old whisky from Aberlour, the Select Cask Reserve was originally a release for the French market but we've managed to grab a few bottles.
A 14-year-old limited-edition Balvenie which finished its maturation in casks which had previously held Caribbean rum. Expect vanilla and toffee notes as the rum contributes extra sweetness to the flavours.
Non Chill-Filtered is an interesting variant on Aberlour's usual 12 year old whisky, not only changing the proportions of different whiskies that are used to make the expression, but also leaving it un-chillfiltered. This means that it retains the full body and flavour of the whisky from the cask, although it may go cloudy if water is added or it gets cold.
The 100-proof edition of Benromach 10 Year Old, presented in the distillery's new packaging. The original has been a huge hit since its introduction at the end of 2009.
Rich and sherried 15 year old malt from one of the best distilleries in Speyside. As always, Glenfarclas remains one of the best-value malts on the market – a must for lovers of sherried whisky.
Glenfiddich's Malt Master Brian Kinsman was the first to double-mature a Glenfiddich whisky in two different casks (although shorter finishing periods in more than one kind of casks has of course been done several times before). This whisky has been matured for some time in traditional oak casks before finishing its maturation in sherry casks.
The 2001 vintage is a 2012 addition to the The Glenrothes range. The brand is owned by historic wine & spirit merchants Berry Brothers & Rudd and releases its whiskies by vintage rather than by age, in keeping with the owner's wine-related history.
Benriach 16 year old is a terrific malt from a distillery that has really shot up after years of Seagram neglect. A delicious, complex all-rounder.
A 2013 addition to The Balvenie's range, as a younger sibling to the 15 Year Old single cask. This is exclusively matured in first-fill bourbon casks and each bottle is part of a batch that is at most 300 bottles - all taken from the same cask.
The second batch of Tamdhu's Batch Strength is a high-strength bottling aged exclusively in sherry casks. A large proportion of the oak – both European and American – is first-fill. Rich, spicy and fruity.
A 2015 addition to the Tamdhu family, Batch Strength is a high-strength bottling aged exclusively in sherry casks. A large proportion of the oak – both European and American – is first-fill. Rich, spicy and fruity.
An elegant nose, faintly sweet, scented with apple and wood. Glenfiddich 18 year old is a robust and full-bodied single malt whisky, yet remains remarkably soft, rounded and long lasting.
A fruity and spicy release from Aberlour, this 16 year old has been matured in a combination of sherry butts and first-fill bourbon casks. Jim Murray scored it 94.5/100 in his 2015 Whisky Bible, describing it as 'a malt of unbridled magnificence'.
A creamy and buttery Tamdhu from Hunter Laing as part of the First Editions series. Distilled in 1998 and aged for 18 years, this has notes of toffee, clotted cream and gentle herbs.
A 1995 vintage Glen Grant bottled at 21 years of age by Signatory. Distilled on 31 May, matured in a pair of bourbon barrels and bottled at cask strength on 18 April 2017, part of a batch of only 384.
Tormore is one of the most beautiful Speyside distilleries, with hedges in the shape of stills outside. We have chosen this single refill bourbon barrel from 1996 – and what a whisky. Big, rich and spicy, this is packed with notes of chocolate, Christmas spices and fresh orange.
SPEY Byron's Choice has been released to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron's marriage to Anne Isabella Milbanke on 2 January 1815. Aged in port casks, this is sweet and fruity with a toffee aftertaste.
Another fantastic invention from the workbench of Balvenie Malt Master David Stewart – a 17-year-old version of the bestselling DoubleWood. Still initially matured in 'whisky oak' casks before being switched to sherry wood to finish, the extra years give it extra depth without being overpowering.
This is the 57th batch of Aberlour's popular A'bunadh series. Matured in oloroso-sherry casks, this is big, rich and full of fruit-and-nut flavours.
A 1991 vintage Glen Keith from Signatory as part of the Cask Strength Collection. Aged for 25 years in a pair of bourbon barrels, this is rich and sweet.
Aberlour is already one of our favourite distilleries thanks to the excellent a'bunadh. Introduced in 2008, this 18 year old is now one of the stars of the range: rich and fruity, with a great textured mouthfeel. A previous winner of a Gold Medal & Best in Class at the International Wine & Spirit Competition.
An all-time classic, Glenfarclas 25 year old is the epitome of long-aged sherried Speyside, gorgeously smooth and silkily-textured, with rich, generous flavours of fruitcake, hazelnuts, dried fruit and a hint of dark chocolate and coffee. A thoroughly delightful dram.
Originally a travel retail exclusive, Glenfiddich have now released Age of Discovery on the general market. Their first 19 year old whisky, finished in Madeira casks in honour of the Portugese explorers of the 15th century.
An old presentation of Cardhu 12 year old which we estimate was bottled sometime in the 1980s.
An old bottling of Glen Elgin 12 year old. Most of the distillery's production is used for blending as it's rarely seen as a single malt. We estimate this bottle dates from the 1980s.
A special bottling to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Glenfiddich's opening, with spirit running from the stills on Christmas day 1887. This was originally a travel retail exclusive released in 2012.
A special no-age-statement bottling of Glen Elgin for the Japanese market, proudly displaying its status as one of the key ingredients of the iconic White Horse blend.
A rare old distillery bottling of Aultmore 12 year old, we believe this to be from the 1980s.
A litre bottle of the older presentation of the now-defunct Aberlour 100 proof malt whisky, bottled at a punchy 57.1%.
This 1992 vintage Benrinnes, bottled at 21 years of age as part of Diageo's Special Releases 2014 is a big sherry-monster. Aged in sherry wood, this is a real meaty whisky – one for those who like their whiskies big and bold.
Released to celebrate the distillery's centenary, this 17 year old Benromach spent its final two years in sherry casks dating from 1886, 1895 and 1901 before bottling in 1998 by Gordon & Macphail, who had recently taken over and re-invigorated the distillery after a fifteen year distilling hiatus.
Benrinnes is another Diageo distillery of which very little is seen. Most of the malt produced at Benrinnes is used as blend fodder, so it's great to see a debut single cask bottling to sit alongside the Flora & Fauna version and 2009's acclaimed Special Release 23yo.
An old bottling of Dufftown-Glenlivet, bottled at 12 years of age in the 1980s. This would have been distilled in the 1970s, a decade which saw the distillery double in size from four stills to eight.
An early example of double-matured whisky, this was predominantly aged initially in bourbon casks before being finished in sherry casks. We don’t know the exact length of the finishing period, but the whisky is approximately 12 years old.
An early example of double-matured whisky, this was predominantly aged initially in bourbon casks before being finished in sherry casks. We don’t know the exact length of the finishing period, but the whisky is approximately 12 years old.
A 1970s litre bottle of Balvenie 8 year old, with a rather grand leather label on its very Glenfiddich-esque bottle.
An old bottling of 8 year old Glendronach. This was produced at a time when the distillery was producing fantastic whiskies, if not quite the sherry monsters we see today.
A superpremium Glen Elgin 1998 bottled at full cask strength, this is part of Diageo's Managers' Choice series of single casks bottled in 2009.
An old bottling from Longmorn distillery. This whisky has been matured for 12 years and appears to have been bottled sometime towards to end of the 1970s.
This 25-year-old Aultmore is part of Dewar's The Last Great Malts range launched in 2014. Rich with both sweet and earthy notes, this is one to sip and savour.
A special bottling of Speyside Single Malt Whisky. This bottle was produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Forties Oil Field start up in September 1975. This whisky has been matured for 20 years and was released in 1995 to coincide with the anniversary.
Excellence is a 26 year old expression from Glenfiddich, aged exclusively in ex-bourbon casks sourced from the Kelvin Cooperage in Kentucky, which, like Glenfiddich, is independently owned by a Scottish family. Their first ongoing bourbon cask release, this is a fruit bomb of a whisky, with well-controlled spice from the long, American oak maturation.
A special edition of Glenfiddich released in 1987 to celebrate the distillery's centenary - the first run of spirit was on Christmas day 1887.
A limited release from Benromach distillery, this 35-year-old whisky was distilled in the early 1980s and aged in first-fill sherry casks. Released in two tranches during 2016, this has notes of honey, chocolate, menthol and clove.
A 2014 addition to The Balvenie range – Single Barrel, Traditional Oak. Each bottle is part of a batch of only a few hundred, each filled from a single cask. Every batch will vary a little, but all will show off the great combination of subtle spice and honeyed sweetness.
A 1970s bottle of Balvenie 8 year old, with a rather grand black leather label on its very Glenfiddich-esque bottle.
A fantastic vintage from Benromach and owners Gordon & Macphail. It's well known that G&M have some of the best casks in the industry and this is further evidence - a fruity and fresh tasting whisky with enough elegant oak influence to let you know that you're drinking something special.
Duncan Taylor's 'Rarest of the Rare' series showcases a range of single cask, cask-strength malts from distilleries that no longer exist.
An old Rare Malts bottling of Aultmore whisky, distilled in 1974. This whisky has been aged for 21 years and bottled at cask strength.
A 16-year-old Aultmore bottled to commemorate the distillery's centenary. Aged, judging by the colour, in a sherry cask, and bottled at 63% abv.
A remarkably well-priced 40 year old from Glenfarclas range; simply-packaged just like the distillery's standard bottlings, and bottled at a perfect drinking strength of 46%. A 40 year old sherried Speyside designed for drinking rather than sitting on a mantlepiece or in a display cabinet - bravo. Awarded a very well-merited Gold Medal at the Malt Maniacs Awards 2010.
A 16 year old Aultmore bottled to celebrate the distillery's 100th anniversary. It's a rare limited edition release and comes in at an eye-watering 63% abv. From the colour, it's probably safe to assume this was from a sherry cask.
A bottling of Balblair with no age statement that we believe was released in the 1960s, the days when the distillery was still owned by Robert "Bertie" Cumming.
A special bottling of whisky from Dallas Dhu, celebrating their 100th birthday in 1999. The distillery had been closed for 16 years by then, but it has since been reopened by Historic Scotland as a museum.
A late 1990s bottling of a single cask Glenury Royal 1973, bottled at full strength for Signatory's Silent Stills series.
Seductively woody, with substantial oakiness and lush notes of sherry, Glenfiddich 30 year old is an evening whisky, with sweet floral top notes and a long honeyed finish. This is the last edition of Glenfiddich 30 year old before its 2010 relaunch, and it celebrates the 40th anniversary of the opening of the distillery's visitor centre in 1969.
A very desirable bottle of Balvenie Classic, rare because it has a 12 year-old age statement, whereas most bottles we've seen are either 18 year-old or no-age-statement.
A marriage of two casks of whisky distilled at Benromach back in 1969. Matured for 42 years in refill sherry casks it's bottled at 42.6% and is packed full of great sherry flavour.
Very few expressions of Glen Elgin have been bottled, so this is a rare treat. Released in 2003, this is a delicious honeyed, fruity dram from an often overlooked distillery that has long been rated 'First Class' by blenders lists.
A very desirable bottle of Balvenie Classic, rare because it has a 12 year-old age statement, whereas most bottles we've seen are either 18 year-old or no-age-statement.
A late-1980s distillery bottling of 25 year old whisky from Aberlour. Distilled in 1964, and bottled at 43%.
Distilled in 1975, this single cask of Benromach was aged in a refill-bourbon hogshead for more than four decades. Gently sweet with notes of pepper, cocoa, tobacco and smoke.
A 1966 vintage whisky from Balblair distillery. This has been aged for 38 years and was matured in Spanish Oak Casks.
A very rare special one-off whisky from the early 1980s, bottled for the Prime Minister of the time - Margaret Thatcher.
Steven Klein's work is celebrated in the sixth edition of Macallan's Masters of Photography series. The whisky is a specially created blend of sweet, spicy and smoky flavours. The set includes a part of Klein's tableau in a leather box, with a horse's head stopper, glass, tumbler, dropper and other alchemic glassware.
A rare 1973 single cask bottling from Balvenie, one of only 213 bottles released from the cask. Distilled on 20 June 1973 and bottled on 19 May 2004.
A special edition of Glenfiddich Vintage Reserve. This 1963 vintage whisky was released exclusively for Scotland and limited to just 219 bottles.
