17 Year Old Whisky

A 1976 vintage whisky from Glenturret, bottled from a single cask by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society in January 1994 at 53.5%.

Bottled for Diageo's Manager's Choice series, this single cask Dalwhinnie 1992 is a deliciously biscuity dram, with crisp malty notes and hints of cinnamon and lemon curd. A class act.

A single European oak cask of Glenkinchie 1992, bottled in 2009 as part of Diageo's Managers' Choice range. Along with the Dalwhinnie, this is one of the oldest bottles in the series.

There aren't many bottlings from Dailuaine, distillery or independent, and this sticks out as even rarer due to it being one of the fabled Manager's drams - single casks chosen by the distillery managers and originally given to friends of the distillery.

A Flora and Fauna bottling of Aberfeldy from before they were bought by Bacardi. One of a small number of cask strength expressions in the range.

A tad less peaty than early bottlings, the classic Ardbeg 17yo is still a great whisky, but is sadly becoming very thin on the ground as demand increases and supply runs low - it's now a good few years since owners Glenmorangie discontinued it. The first bottling of this sparked the revival of Ardbeg's fortunes after the takeover by Glenmorangie.

A 17 year old whisky from long closed North Port, aka Brechin, whose doors closed in 1983 and then was demolished in 1993. This was distilled in December 1976 and bottled at cask strength in November 1994.

A lovely old mid-1990s Connoisseurs Choice bottling of Port Ellen from the not-often-seen 1980 vintage. Anything from Port Ellen bottled at less than twenty years old is quite rare these days, so this is a bit of a find.

A very rare 1980s Connoisseurs Choice bottling of 1971 single Highland malt from the now-defunct Millburn distillery.

Mosstowie is hard enough to come by - it was only produced between 1964-1981 in Miltonduff's Lomond stills. But an aged Mosstowie 17yo from Sestante? Ludicrously rare. And check out the strength!! A collector's wet dream.

A very rare old bottle of Tamdhu 17yo, bottled in the 1970s by Cadenhead's.

A great looking 17 year old bottling of Caperdonich, released by Cadenhead's back in the 1980s. This one shows off Cadenhead's excellent typography choice for the distillery, assigning them the same font as The Goodies.

A 17 year old Clynelish 'released' as a Manager's Dram. These whisky was selected by the manager and bottles were generally given to workers and friends of the distillery, meaning that they're rather good and not all that common.

An independent bottling of Port Ellen whisky, specially selected for Royal Mile Whiskies. This was bottled at 45% after 17 years old maturation.

A bottle of Bunnahabhain 1965 aged for 17 years and bottled around 1982.

A 1970 vintage Port Ellen, bottled in the late 1980s at 17 years old by Gordon & Macphail for their Connoisseurs Choice range. G&M had some fantastic casks of Port Ellen in the late 80s and we suspect this will be excellent.

A very rare bottle of Oban 1968 bottled by Gordon & Macphail in the mid-1980s as part of the Connoissuers Choice series.

Ta-Daa! The first official bottling of Kinivie, workhorse for the Grant's stable. You may well have had Monkey Shoulder (which has plenty of Kininvie in it), but this is the first opportunity to try it as a single malt in its own right.