Scotch Whisky

An 8 year old whisky bottled in 1995 to celebrate Morrison-Bowmore winning the first ever IWSC Best Distiller award. It's a vatting of whiskies from Bowmore, Auchentoshan and Glen Garioch.

An old bottle of Dewar's Ancestor which we estimate was bottled sometime in the 1970s.

An official bottling of 12 year old Highland Park in the distillery's dumpy bottle. In 1979, the owners invested in marketing the single malt, which led to a massive increase in sales at the time this bottle would have been released.

The 3rd batch of Laphroaig's riotously popular small batch editions of their famed 10year old cask strength Islay single malt. No doubt this will be as big a hit as the previous editions - this is an expression that never disappoints.

An old bottle of Auchentoshan Whisky. The label calls this "Unblended All Malt" which is essentialy another way of stating Single Malt, but is a term that which is no longer used. We would estimate that this was bottled sometime in the 1970s.

An old Bowmore gift set containing a bottle of their 10 year old and a Bowmore branded tumbler. We estimate this pack dates from the 1980s.

A special no-age-statement bottling of Glen Elgin for the Japanese market, proudly displaying its status as one of the key ingredients of the iconic White Horse blend.

The second 20 year old Glenkinchie bottled for Diageo's Special Releases is, like the first, a small batch from refill American oak casks. This is an equally enjoyable dram, in our opinion a bit better, although it definitely needs a drop of water to get going.

The fifth of Glenmorangie's yearly Private Edition special releases - Companta, Scots Gaelic for friendship. It's a marriage of whiskies finished in Clos de Tart Grand Cru wine casks and sweet fortified wine casks from Côtes du Rhône. Dr Bill Lumsden likes to experiment each year and we suspect this will be excellent.