18 Year Old Whisky

A single cask 1993 vintage whisky from the closed Willowbank distillery on the South Island of New Zealand. This has been matured for 18 years before bottling in late 2012.

This heavily-sherried Mannochmore 1990 was one of Tim F's favourite drams from 2009's Special Releases. A belter from a previously undistinguished distillery - we'd like to see much more of this sort of thing.

Named after Elijah Craig, the 18th-century renegade reverend & whiskey distiller credited with inventing the charring technique for whisky barrels. Brilliant sipping whiskey.
Whisky Bible Awards 2012: Best Single Barrel Bourbon of the Year, 18 years and over
This is restricted to 1 bottle per customer

An increasingly hard-to-find old presentation of the splendid Glenmorangie 18yo.

A massive step up in quality from the standard Hakushu 12 yrs, this 18yo is amazingly well-defined (as we've come to expect from Japanese whisky) with deliciously rounded fruit and cereal flavours, at times surprisingly reminiscent of the finest Irish potstill whisky (eg Redbreast 15yo).

A wonderful example of what Japanese whisky is capable of. We absolutely love this. Extremely smooth, with great complexity and a lovely balance of fruit, silky malt and a touch of smoke.
San Francisco WSC - Best in Show - Double Gold Medal Winner

The 1994 vintage edition of Macallan's iconic sherry cask 18 year old arrives as news sinks in of the discontinuation of age statements across most of the distillery's standard range. How much longer will these vintage 18yos continue to be produced??

An rare old special 18 year-old bottle of Teacher's from the 1980s.

An offically bottled single cask of Tomatin 1990, released at cask strength in its natural state, without chill-filtration or colouring. Tomatin is definitely one to watch over the next couple of years.

A litre size bottle of one of the older presentations used for Glenmorangie 18yo.

An old bottling of Johnnie Walker 18yo released which was released during the 1990s.

A whopping US magnum (1.75 Litres) of the superb Johnnie Walker Gold Label, the connoisseur's favoured choice from the JW range.

Initially matured in plain hogsheads, this 1993 vintage Edradour was transferred to a fresh Sauternes cask after more than 14 years for a final 42 month finish, bringing out sweetness to complement the traditionally nutty distillery character.

An rare 18yo sherried cask strength Blair Athol bottled in 1998 to commemorate the distillery's bicentenray - a true unsung hero of the Highlands.

A distillery bottling of 18yo Glen Garioch from the 1978 vintage, bottled at its impressive full strength of 59.4% in 1997.

A 1984 Caol Ila bottled for Direct Wines as part of the "First Cask" range. This single cask whisky has been aged for 18 years.

A TWE exclusive bottling, this very special Glenlivet was released in late 2012 as part of the distillery's Single Cask Editions, which are named alphabetically. Minmore is the name of the site of the Glenlivet distillery and is manifested here by an 18 year old bourbon cask, bottled at its impressive strength of 57.9%.