Whisky Brands

An old rectangular bottling of triple distilled Auchentoshan 18 year old, bottled at 43% for the French market. We estimate this bottle dates from the 1980s.

Excellence is a 26 year old expression from Glenfiddich, aged exclusively in ex-bourbon casks sourced from the Kelvin Cooperage in Kentucky, which, like Glenfiddich, is independently owned by a Scottish family. Their first ongoing bourbon cask release, this is a fruit bomb of a whisky, with well-controlled spice from the long, American oak maturation.

A special edition of Glenfiddich released in 1987 to celebrate the distillery's centenary - the first run of spirit was on Christmas day 1887.

A special bottling of Tomatin 12 year old specially labelled to commemorate the retirement of John McDonald, managing director of the distillery.

A limited release from Benromach distillery, this 35-year-old whisky was distilled in the early 1980s and aged in first-fill sherry casks. Released in two tranches during 2016, this has notes of honey, chocolate, menthol and clove.

A 2014 addition to The Balvenie range – Single Barrel, Traditional Oak. Each bottle is part of a batch of only a few hundred, each filled from a single cask. Every batch will vary a little, but all will show off the great combination of subtle spice and honeyed sweetness.

This is the 2010 version of Ardbeg Supernova, and no doubt will be hoping to follow on from the success of last year's edition, which scooped Scotch Whisky of the Year from Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2010.

A 1970s bottle of Balvenie 8 year old, with a rather grand black leather label on its very Glenfiddich-esque bottle.

An old bottling of 21 year old Bruichladdich. From the style of packaging we estimate this dates from the late 1980s or early 1990s.