1982 Vintage Whisky

A single cask of 23 year old Port Ellen from the 1982 vintage bottled at 49% by Douglas Laing offshoot Douglas of Drumlanrig for the Italian market. Douglas of Drumlanrig bottles are endorsed (and purportedly selected) by the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, the UK's largest private landowner.

A single cask whisky from closed St Magdalene, aka Linlithgow, bottled by Douglas Laing for the Old Malt Cask range. Distilled in December 1982, matured for 23 years and bottled in June 2006.

Another indie Port Ellen with an eccentric label, this time featuring a lovely pair of melons on the front.

A 1982 vintage whisky from Dallas Dhu, specially bottled at for Historic Scotland at the age of 24 years.

A rather good looking independently bottled St Magdalene from Cadenhead's, who bill themselves as 'Scotlands oldest independent bottler' on the box. This was distilled in 1982, the year before the distillery closed and was matured for 26 years.

An interesting and lightly coloured entry in the Glenfarclas Family Casks series of single cask whiskies. Distilled in 1982 and bottled in 2011 after maturing in a sherry hogshead.

A rare bottle of 1982 Port Ellen, distilled in 1982 and bottled from a refill bourbon cask at 26 years old exclusively for the Islay Whisky Shop, a legendary institution on everybody's famous whisky paradise island.

An old 1982 vintage bottling of Glen Esk by Cadenhead's. This whisky has been matured for 13 years and bottled at a powerful cask strength of 66.5%.

A 1982 vintage whisky from closed St Magdalene (aka Linlithgow), distilled in the year before its closure. This was matured for a total of 24 years, first in bourbon casks and then in casks that had previously contained vintage port. As you might expect, this was bottled by the cask experimentation kings of Murray McDavid.

A 30 year old single cask whisky from closed Port Ellen released by Douglas Laing as part of their shiny Platinum Old & Rare range. Distilled in 1982 and bottled in April 2012 at cask strength.

A 30 year old Port Ellen from Ian Macleod's Chieftain's range. Distilled in 1982, bottled in 2012 and released shortly after Diageo unveiled their own Port Ellen Special Release for the year. A few lucky people got to try this at The Whisky Show 2012 leading to some excellent reports.

A 1982 vintage release of Port Ellen whisky. This whisky has been matured for 30 years in a refill hogshead and bottled at cask strength. Bottled by Douglas Laing for their Platinum Selection series.

In celebration of the 2011 Royal Wedding TWE has selected a single sherry cask of Port Ellen and bottled it on 29th April - the wedding day itself. The spirit was distilled in 1982, the birth year of both bride and groom, and the year before the distillery closed. It's a big, dark cask-strength dram with rich, dry sherrywood flavours.

A cask strength release from the much-missed Brora, this was distilled in 1982, shortly before the distillery closed its doors for the last time. These Rare Malt bottlings are increasingly sought after nowadays.

A 1982 vintage Macallan carefully selected to reflect the high quality of their sherry matured whisky from that year and then bottled in 2000.