A Connoisseurs choice bottling of seldom seen Convalmore from Gordon & Macphail. Distilled in 1969, this was aged for 13 years putting its release date in the early 1980s, a few years before the distillery closed its doors for the last time in 1985.
A marriage of two casks of whisky distilled at Benromach back in 1969. Matured for 42 years in refill sherry casks it's bottled at 42.6% and is packed full of great sherry flavour.
This is limited to one bottle per customer
A very rare bottling of 1969 Glen Esk released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their onsite maltings in the early 80s. The distillery closed in 1985, shortly after the release of this whisky, and now operates purely as a maltings.
A special release of Longmorn 1969 whisky, specially selected by Signatory for their 10th Anniversary in 1998. This whisky has been matured in Oak cask for 28 years and was bottle at cask strength specifically for the occasion. The bottle comes in a wonderful presentation box, complete with two Signatory-branded tumblers.
A long-aged cask strength Springbank 1969 bottled from a single refill sherry butt by Signatory as part of the Cask Strength Collection. Lovely natural colour on this, not too dark, so there should be plenty of distillery character remaining.
An ambitious 40yo for the relaunched Fettercairn single malt, just 463 bottles of this have been produced. Aged in Apostoles palo cortado sherry casks, the 1969 'offers thick chunky orange rind, cinnamon and spice...crushed almonds, ginger and bitter chocolate'.
An extremely rare old bottle of Balvenie whisky which was bottled in 1982 by independent merchants Robert Watson (Aberdeen) Ltd. This whisky was distilled in 1969 and matured for just over 12 years before being bottled at its highly precise cask strength of 55.65%.
A 26 year old Sprinbank, bottled by indie bottler Signatory in their 'dumpy bottle' livery of the mid 1990s. Distilled on 16th July 1969 and bottled in August 1995.
A very rare bottling of legendarily hard-to-find whisky from Kinclaith, a malt distillery incorporated into the Strathclyde complex which ran for just 18 years between 1957 and 1975, with almost all output going into the Long John blend. This 1969 cask was bottled by Signatory in 2005.
A very rare whisky from a long closed Kinclaith. Built inside the Strathclyde grain distillery complex and shut down in 1975 after less than 20 years of production and with no official releases. These 1969 bottlings may be the last whiskies that will be seen from the distillery.
A very old Connoisseurs Choice 1969 Port Ellen bottled in the mid-1980s. This little beauty got a hefty 92 points from Malt Maniac Serge Valentin's Whiskyfun website.
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.
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.
A very special and rare single cask release of whiskey from Cork's Midleton distillery, home to Jameson amongst others, distilled in 1969, aged for 30 years and bottled just in time for the millennium in 1999.