31 Year Old Whisky

A 1979 vintage single cask whisky from Glenturret, the home of Famous Grouse, as bottled in the summer of 2011 by Signatory as part of their Cask Strength Collection.

A Signatory bottling of 1979 vintage Bunnahabhain for their Cask Strength Collection. This one spent its 31 years in a refill sherry butt and has picked up a nice chunk of natural colour from the wood, as well as mellowing out to a still punchy 50%.

A Signatory bottling of whisky from Glenglassaugh as part of their Cask Strength Collection. A 1979 vintage bottled on 14th December 2010 after 31 years maturing in a hogshead.

A 31 year old whisky from closed distillery Dallas Dhu (now a museum of distilling and a top place to visit if you're nearby). This was distilled in December 1980 and bottled by Signatory in January 2012 as part of their Cask Strength Collection.

A Mackillop's release of 1979 vintage Caol Ila, bottled in 2010 at 31 years old.

A rare bottling from now closed Glenlochy, another victim of the early 1980s industry contract which hit so many distilleries. Distilled in September 1980 and bottled in September 2011 by Signatory for their Cask Strength Collection.

The first in a new series of bottlings from Speciality Drinks, this fantastic 1978 Longmorn is intense and seemingly impenetrable at first, but patience and a few drops of water reveal its true nature: a fruity, nutty Masterpiece straight out of the patisserie.

A thirty-one year-old Benriach from the 1980 vintage, this has been finished in a new wood American oak barrel for extra depth and vanilla'd spice. MAXIMUM 1 BOTTLE PER CUSTOMER.

A very handsome bottling of long-aged Glendronach, the malts that went into Grandeur have been aged over three decades in the finest sherry wood and the bottling is described by its proud owners as "a classical representation of the smooth, complex and full-bodied style that the GlenDronach Distillery is famous for." Sounds good to us.

A 31 year old Bruichladdich distilled in 1970 and available, in general, only at the distillery. The Valinch whiskies are the single casks that they get visitors to hand bottle themselves when visiting and are thus rather rare. This is one of the ones from the early days of the distillery's millenial rebirth and is rather good.