1979 Vintage Whisky

A 1979 whisky from Caol Ila Distillery on Islay. This whisky has been aged for approximately 31 years and bottled in March 2011. This particular single cask release was specially selected for World of Whiskies.

A 1979 Balmenach bottled by long running independent Berry Brothers & Rudd as part of their Berry's Own Selection range. One of their cask strength releases, bottled at 56.4% after about 32 years in the cask.

A 1979 vintage whisky from Glenglassaugh, bottled by Signatory in 2012 as part of their Cask Strength Collection. Distilled on September 1st and bottled on December 12th, 33 years later.

A Mackillop's Choice bottling of 32 year old cask strength Glenlivet, distilled in 1979 and bottled in March 2012.

An independent release of Royal Brackla as part of the Cooper's Choice range. Distilled before the distillery was mothballed in the mid-80s this was bottled in 1997.

A 1979 vintage whisky from Balblair, bottled from the impressive stocks that Gordon & Macphail keep in their warehouses.

A 25 year old release of 1979 Bunnahabhain bottled around 2004 by Direct Wines as part of their First Cask series.

A 1979 whisky distilled at Dailuaine and aged for 25 years. Bottled by Signatory for their Cask Strength range.

A 1979 vintage whisky from the Dufftown distillery, bottled by Murray McDavid. This is a rather classic bottling from the often experimental indie, distilled in December 1979, matured for 17 years in a refill sherry cask and the bottled in August 1997.

Released around a decade ago, this 1979 vintage Balblair is a forerunner of the hugely successful 1979 vintage released in the distillery's updated livery in 2007. It seems that this vintage has always been held in high regard by the distillery's owners, and with good reason.

A 1979 vintage whisky from Dallas Dhu. This has been aged for 23 years and bottled by Murray McDavid for their mission series.

A single cask rum-finished Dallas Dhu from 1979, bottled in 2006 for Ian Macleod's Chieftain's label.

A 1979 vintage single cask whisky from the Highlands, bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

A 1979 vintage whisky from cult closed distillery Port Ellen. Distilled in March 1979 and bottled in March 2012 by Mackillop's.

Another bottling from mystery distillery number 86. This time the whisky in question was distilled in 1979.

A Rare Old bottling of whisky from Glenlochy, released by Gordon & Macphail. The distillery closed back in 1983 and has since been demolished, but fortunately G&M have an archive of lost distilleries in their warehouses that they occasionaly dip into for whiskies such as this - a 1979 vintage.

A well-aged whisky from Auchentoshan, distilled on 22nd October 1979 and bottled on 20th July 2012 after almost 33 years of maturation in first fill sherry casks. It's a limited edition of 1000 bottles showing off the art of balancing Auchentoshan's light, triple distilled spirit and big, influential sherry oak.