9 Year Old Whisky

Created to represent whiskey before it was mass produced, Knob Creek embodies the look, feel and taste of pre-prohibition bourbon. This is a long-aged, high-rye bourbon from Jim Beam.
Whisky Bible 2011: Bourbon of the Year (9 Years & Under); 94 Points

The yearly release of Evan Williams's vintaged single barrel whisky, aged for 9 years. The folks at Evan Williams know how to pick them, and with every vintage gaining a few breathless reviews we expect good things from this one as well.

A young 2000 vintage Bowmore matured in sherry casks. Despite its young age it's picked up a good chunk of colour from the cask.

A vatting of seven first-fill bourbon casks of 2001 Benromach bottled at full strength towards the end of 2010. Kudos to owners G&M for bottling when the whisky's ready rather than waiting until it was a 10yo.

The companion to Buffalo Trace's experimental 'Made with Oats' bottling, using a proportion of rice in the mashbill along with the traditional corn and malted barley.

A single cask whisky from Springbank distillery, selected for the members of the Springbank society. This 1997 vintage whisky has been matured in a 'fresh rum butt' for 9 years.

A 1991 vintage single cask whisky from Ardbeg bottled at 9 years old in early 2000 by Murray McDavid.

A rare single cask ex-bourbon Longrow bottled around ten years ago by Murray McDavid.

A 2002 vintage whisky from Nikka's Miyagikyo distillery, bottled in July 2012 from a single refill sherry butt.

A collectible 1970s square bottling of 9 year old Aberlour, complete with original box.

Since the demise of the original Singleton range, official bottlings of Auchroisk are rarer than talented X-Factor wannabes - we reckon that this 1999 Managers' Choice cask strength ex-sherry 9yo might be only the third OB we've had in recent times, alongside the Flora & Fauna bottling and a Rare Malts version. At 60.6%, this will be one for the sherry monsters out there.

A very old bottle of Bushmills whisky from sometime in the 1960s, bottled after 9 years of maturation.

A limited and coveted bottle from Springbank, distilled to celebrate their return to distilling after suspending production for a while. ODD is an acronym selected from a competition on their website - Original. Distinct. Defiant. This one is 9 years old and was matured in a red wine hogshead.

A 9 year old Glen Grant bottled back in the 1960s by Robert Watson of Aberdeen.

The first bottling by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society from distillery number 114. 9 year old whisky distilled in 1990 and released in time for the millenium celebrations.

The first bottling from the Scotch Malt Whisky from distiler 114 (aka Longrow), distilled in 1990 and released in 1999 ready for the millennial celebrations.