21 Year Old Whisky

A special Cragganmore 1989, bottled at 21 years old for Diageo's 2010 Special Releases. This is from a smallish batch of refill American oak casks.

An old bottling of the now discontinued Famous Grouse 21 year old. We estimate that this was bottled sometime in the 1980s.

An old bottling of Bruichladdich's 21 year old whisky from the 1980s, a decade during most of which the distillery was closed.

A single cask whisky from Tamdhu. Distilled in 1990 and matured for over 21 years in a sherry hogshead. This has been bottled at cask strength by Douglas Laing for their platinum selection range.

A special limited edition 21 year old blended whisky from Royal Salute, released to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

A relatively young entry in the Douglas Laing Platinum range, with only 21 years on the clock for this whisky from Glenrothes. However, it has come from a sherry hogshead with an outturn of only 94 bottles - a rare dram which probably has a story behind it...

A 1990 vintage Laphroaig from Douglas Laing, bottled as part of their Directors' Cut range, as selected by Fred and Stewart Laing. Distilled in October and bottled in August 2012 after 21 years of maturation in a refill hogshead.

A Royal Doulton ceramic decanter containing a special 21 year old blended whisky from this historic producer. This blend was released sometime around 1990.

A 21 year old release of 1975 Glenrothes by Direct Wines as part of their First Cask series.

A rare version of Glen Garioch's discontinued 21 year old expression, bottled some time before they revamped their entire range in 2009.

A 1981 Caol Ila bottled for Direct Wines as part of the "First Cask" range. This single cask whisky has been aged for 21 years.

This is the original, first release of Balvenie 21 year old. This whisky was matured in traditional oak casks before being transferred to Port pipes which previously held 30 year old Port. This is the only release of the Balvenie 21yo to carry a bottling date and is quite collectible, being the first of what is now a highly sought after expression.

Only the second official Rosebank since the demise of the Rare Malts series, this 21yo was distilled in 1990 and has been vatted from refill American and European casks. Lighter in style than 2007's officially-bottled 25yo, in a strong field this was another of the hits of 2011's Special Releases.

Matured in mixture of sherry and bourbon casks. This range has been around for a few years now and seems to have weathered the storm it caused amongst the faithful when it was initially released. MAXIMUM ONE PER PERSON

A special limited edition decanter produced by Inver House to mark the centenary of the Speyburn distillery in 1997.

A 1977 vintage whisky bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society from closed Inverness distillery Glen Albyn, demolished and replaced by a branch of B&Q, that has since closed. This was distilled in September 1977 and bottled almost exactly 21 years later in September 1998.