A special bottling of 1990 vintage Springbank, selected for the Springbank Society. This whisky has been matured in a refill Port Hogshead for a full 17 years and was bottled at cask strength.
A single cask whisky from Tamdhu. Distilled in 1990 and matured for over 21 years in a sherry hogshead. This has been bottled at cask strength by Douglas Laing for their platinum selection range.
A relatively young entry in the Douglas Laing Platinum range, with only 21 years on the clock for this whisky from Glenrothes. However, it has come from a sherry hogshead with an outturn of only 94 bottles - a rare dram which probably has a story behind it...
A 1990 vintage Laphroaig from Douglas Laing, bottled as part of their Directors' Cut range, as selected by Fred and Stewart Laing. Distilled in October and bottled in August 2012 after 21 years of maturation in a refill hogshead.
A rich sherried release of 1990 vintage whisky from Glenfarclas, part of their Family Cask range of single casks. This was bottled in 2011 from a sherry butt at cask strength.
Only the second official Rosebank since the demise of the Rare Malts series, this 21yo was distilled in 1990 and has been vatted from refill American and European casks. Lighter in style than 2007's officially-bottled 25yo, in a strong field this was another of the hits of 2011's Special Releases.
A 1990 vintage Rosebank bottled by Ian Macleod in October 2012 at 22 years of age as part of their Chieftan's range. This was was finished in a sherry cask, for an extra kick of fruitiness.
A benchmark: not just for Macallan, but for aged whisky everywhere. Sets the standard for sherried Speysides to aspire to. 'Best Malt in the World': The Macallan 18 years old, Whisky Magazine, June 2004
A rare independent release of Lagavulin, bottled in 2004 for The Syndicate, which seems from the back label to be a group of five guys, in Bruichladdich's bottling hall.
The first bottling by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society from distillery number 114. 9 year old whisky distilled in 1990 and released in time for the millenium celebrations.
The first bottling from the Scotch Malt Whisky from distiler 114 (aka Longrow), distilled in 1990 and released in 1999 ready for the millennial celebrations.
Ta-Daa! The first official bottling of Kinivie, workhorse for the Grant's stable. You may well have had Monkey Shoulder (which has plenty of Kininvie in it), but this is the first opportunity to try it as a single malt in its own right.
A very special bottling of Hazelwood whisky. This is the first bottling of single malt whisky from Kininvie distillery and was specially selected to celebrate the 105th birthday of Janet Sheed Roberts on August 13th 2006. This whisky has been matured for 15 years and bottled at 105 proof (52.5%).