Single Malt Whisky

The first Port Ellen Annual Release goes for much more these days, but for many people (including at least one TWE staff member) the second release, bottled at 59.35% in 2002, remains at the top of the pile for official PE. A magnificent whisky.

The fourth in a series of annual releases of cask-strength Port Ellen from the late 1970's. As the distillery closed over twenty years ago, these bottles are very highly sought-after.

One of the stellar PE Rare Malts releases that catapulted this obscure distillery to fame in the late 1990s. A legendary bottling.

A historic Port Ellen 1969, this is the first ever bottling from the Silver Seal company, who have gone on to release some legendary whiskies (and rums) since this hit the shelves in 2001.

A very special edition of Springbank 21yo bottled only for directors & staff, this was the first bottling done to commemorate the new millennium, meaning the whisky in the bottle would have been distilled in the 1970s.

A marvellous old bottle of 1958 vintage Talisker bottled by Gordon & Macphail, probably around the early 1980s.

A 1968 vintage Benriach, bottled in mid 2006 by the distillery. Back in '68 the distillery had only been open again for three years, having been previously mothballed in 1903.

Part of the 'Rare & Prestigious' range from Whyte & Mackay. This 1973 Dalmore was originally matured in American White Oak casks before a second maturation for several years in Cabernet Sauvignon casks from Ch. Haut-Marbuzet, a Cru Bourgeois claret from the St. Estephe appellation. This is being styled as 'The Ultimate Finish' and comes in a suitably smart presentation box. Click on the product for more details and tasting notes.

Flat Bottle

Gold Medal Winner(The Malt Maniacs Awards 2007)
They say Laphroaig is like Marmite - you either love it or you hate it. That goes double for sherried Laphroaig, but this cask-strength vatting of five Oloroso casks came first in the Malt Maniacs Awards 2007.

A new addition to the distinguished family of Balvenie vintage releasese. This is described as an aromatic single malt with an explosion of flavours; zesty fruit, brambles, rich honey, brown sugar and vanilla.

A very desirable bottle of Balvenie Classic, rare because it has a 12 year-old age statement, whereas most bottles we've seen are either 18 year-old or no-age-statement.

One of a pair of 25yo sherry casks of Glen Moray 1959 released by Italian maestros Samaroli in 1984. This is from a single sherry butt that yielded just 240 bottles. Extraordinary colour for a 46% whisky.

A rare 1970s distillery bottling of no-age-statement whisky from Glen Esk, which closed in 1985 and has since been repurposed as a maltings.

A legendary vintage release from Ardbeg in the years after they were acquired by Glenmorangie. Matured for 31 years in a sherry butt and bottled at cask strength in 2008.

This 1969 vintage whisky was distilled at Bowmore and matured for 32 long years. Bottled by Duncan Taylor as a cask strength, single cask release and part of their 'Peerless' range.