A 1981 vintage grain whisky from Carsebridge, bottled by the grain fanatics at Clan Denny in 2011 after 30 years in the cask. The distillery closed down only a couple of years after this was distilled and has since been dismantled.
A 1981 vintage whisky from Glentauchers, the little seen or heard Speyside distillery that provides the backbone of Teacher's and Ballantine's. This one is 30 years old, bottled in 2011 from a refill butt.
A splendidly refined 30yo from little-known Diageo workhorse Glen Spey, the vast majority of which goes into J&B. We're very grateful that the two hogsheads used for this bottling escaped the vat.
Another very well-priced bottling of very old Longmorn from G&M, who win our imaginary value-for-money trophy every time. All the old Longmorns from G&M in the last few years have been excellent, and this won a Silver Medal from the Malt Maniacs Awards in 2009.
Another of Gordon & Macphail's bargain Strathislas, this 30yo release has been bottled at 43%, which seems to have become the company's standard bottling strength now. Bravo.
A sherried Glenrothes 30yo bottled by Gordon & Macphail for the Macphail's series. This really is amazing value, and the perfect gift for the sherryhead approaching that significant birthday.
Scandalously cheap for a whisky of this age, provenance and quality. I know you expect us to say that, but we really are robbing ourselves here. Fans of cask-strength sherried Speyside should buy this and die happy. See our tasting notes for more info.