1973 Vintage Whisky

A 1973 vintage single grain whisky from North of Scotland, founded in 1958, closed in 1980 and dismantled in 1993. This was aged for 38 years before being bottled in 2012 by Berry Brothers and Rudd.

A 38 year old from Macduff, the distillery whose whisky is usually known as as Glen Deveron, bottled by the Daily Dram in 2011.

At 29 years old, this is by some distance the oldest official bottling of Cragganmore that has ever come to the market. A long-time favourite here at TWE, this is also the top-ranked Cragganmore on Serge Valentin's Whiskyfun.

A cask strength Craigellachie from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, distilled in July 1973 and bottled over 20 years later in January 1994.

A historic bottling - the first ever official release of Inverleven, the Lowland distillery closed in 1991. This is one of the first releases in Chivas Brothers' Deoch an Doras series - the name (roughly pronounced 'Jock an Doris') means 'a drink at the door', the Gaelic equivalent of 'one for the road' - although why the Irish spelling of 'doras' has been used instead of the Scottish 'doruis' or 'dorus' is probably one for the marketing dept to answer.

A 1973 vintage whisky from Inverleven, a malt distillery that operated from within the Dumbarton grain distillery complex until 1991. This is part of Chivas Brothers's Deoch an Doras series, roughly translated as 'One for the road', and was bottled in 2011 at 37 years old.

A 1973 vintage Longmorn released after 30 years in wood by Duncan Taylor.

This 1973 vintage whisky from Glenlivet distillery has been matured for a full 14 years in Sherry wood. Released at cask strength in July 1988 and limited to just 570 bottles.

An early bottling from the mid-1990s for Diageo's Rare Malt series, this Royal Lochnagar 1983 should be a belter.

A long-aged vintage Bruichladdich released in 2003 shortly after the distillery's buyout by indie bottlers Murray McDavid. This was a smallish batch of 4200 bottles vatted from bourbon casks and refill sherry hogsheads, described by Jim Murray as 'fabulously complex'.

A 1973 vintage Dailuaine, bottled in the mid-1990s at 22 years old as part of the Rare Malts collection. Despite its two decades in wood it has maintained a lot of its strength, coming in at an eye watering 60.92% ABV.

A 1973 vintage whisky from Glenglassaugh distillery. This whisky has been aged for 39 years and finished in single cask previously used for Muscat Wine. The cask itself is from the Massandra winery in Crimea, which has been producing wine for more than 110 years.

A 1973 vintage whisky released as part of Glenfarclas's 8th batch of single cask Family Casks. Matured for almost 40 years in a sherry hogshead and bottled in 2011.

A rare independent bottling of a single cask of Macallan 1973 bottled in the early 1990s.

This 1973 vintage whisky was distilled at Longmorn distillery. After being matured for 25 years in Port Wood, it has been specially bottled at cask strength by Hart Brothers.

A 1979 vintage whisky from Glenglassaugh. This whisky has been aged for 39 years and spent time finishing in a barrel previously used for Aleatico wine. The influence of such a sweet wine, gives the whisky a sweet, fruity taste.

A 23 year old whisky from Glendullan bottled as part of the Rare Malts series, showcasing some of UDV's (now Diageo's) lesser known distilleries. This was distilled the year after a brand new distillery was built next to the old one, during which time both were operating simultaneously.

A single cask bottling of Tomatin, bottled at 36 years old and distilled back in 1973, the distillery's powerhouse heydays where they had stills numbering in double figures and produced one of the largest amounts of spirit in the country.