18 Year Old Whisky

An old presentation of Glenfiddich 18 year old Ancient Reserve, presented in a fantastic green ceramic decanter which was made by Spode.

This 1978 Auchentoshan has been matured for a full 18 years. Bottled at cask strength and without chill filtration for their Distillery Archive series.

An old bottle of Caol Ila 1974 bottled back in the 1990s by Master of Malt at 18 years old.

An old bottling from Murray McDavid. This Lochside whisky has been matured for 18 years in a refill sherry cask and was bottled just after the turn of the millennium.

A rare Mannochmore 18 year old selected by the Diageo distillery managers for staff only. Please note that the bottle numbers have been removed from the labels on some of these bottles.

A benchmark: not just for Macallan, but for aged whisky everywhere. Sets the standard for sherried Speysides to aspire to. 'Best Malt in the World': The Macallan 18 years old, Whisky Magazine, June 2004

The latest vintage of Macallan 18yo is from 1991. A benchmark: not just for Macallan, but for aged whisky everywhere. Sets the standard for sherried Speysides to aspire to. 'Best Malt in the World': The Macallan 18 years old, Whisky Magazine, June 2004

This 1965 vintage whisky was distilled at Glencadam distillery. Specially selected by Gordon & Macphail, after 18 years of maturation, for their Connoisseurs Choice series. We can't get enough of these old-style brown labels.

An 18 year old whisky from Dallas Dhu, distilled in 1974 and bottled by The Master of Malt in September 1992.

A 1980 vintage whisky from Dallas Dhu, since closed and turned into a museum of distilling, from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Distilled in February of that year and matured for 18 years it has kept an incredibly high strength of 65.1%, which makes one wonder at what strength it went into the cask...

An old rectangular bottle of Auchentoshan 18yo, bottled at 43%.

A richly coloured whisky from Glendullan, selected by the distillery manager and originally given as a present to the friends and employees of the distillery. This one went out into the world in November 1989 and only a few remain undrunk.

An extremely rare bottling of 1960s Tullibardine from respected Edinburgh indie bottler Cadenhead's. This is from the 1965 vintage and was bottled in early 1984.

A very rare 18yo Mosstowie, which was the single malt made briefly on a Lomond still at Miltonduff. Bottled by Sestante at the bafflingly-high-considering-it's-age strength of 64.8% alcohol.

An old presentation of Macallan 18 year old. This whisky was distilled in 1984 and matured in Sherry casks.