A 1981 vintage Glen Spey from Berry Brothers & Rudd, the oldest family owned independent wine and spirits merchant in the world. This one has matured for about 30 years before being bottled at 46%.
For this Linkwood 1981, 12 yo malt that had been matured in traditional casks was transferred to rum casks for a further 14 years. Something of a departure for Diageo's Special Releases, releasing three malts from the same distillery in 50cl bottles.
For this Linkwood 1981, 12 yo malt that had been matured in traditional casks was transferred to sweet red wine casks for a further 14 years. Something of a departure for Diageo's Special Releases, releasing three malts from the same distillery in 50cl bottles.
For this Linkwood 1981, 12 yo malt that had been matured in traditional casks was transferred to port wine casks for a further 14 years. Something of a departure for Diageo's Special Releases, releasing three malts from the same distillery in 50cl bottles.
A 1981 vintage whisky from Lochside bottled by Berry Brothers & Rudd. Lochside was closed in 1992 and has begun to pick up a cult following as aged stock has started to come into its prime.
A dark gold 30 year old Glenlivet 1981 bottled by one of Scotland's greatest independent bottlers, Signatory, in 2012 after 30 years of maturation in a sherry hogshead. Difficult to see how you could go wrong here, unless you don't like sherried whisky.
A 1981 vintage whisky from Lochside, closed in 1992 and demolished in 2005, bottled by Gordon & Macphail for their Connoisseurs Choice range back in the days when they still used their old 'Map Label' livery.
The fifth 1981 released for Glenfarclas's Family Cask series is, unusually, from a plain hogshead - most of the series have been from first fill or refill sherry casks, so this is something a bit different and will make an interesting comparison to the rest of the range.
An old bottling from Murray McDavid. This Lochside whisky has been matured for 18 years in a refill sherry cask and was bottled just after the turn of the millennium.
A rare vintaged single cask whisky from Tomintoul, the first from current owners Angus Dundee. It was distilled on 30th October 1981, matured in a bourbon cask for 31 years and bottled on 20th February 2013 at a cask strength of 53.9%.
A 1981 vintage Port Ellen, bottled by Gordon & Macphail for the Connoisseurs Choice range way back in 1999. Quite rare to see a Port Ellen under twenty years old these days.