Whisky Brands

A whopping 16th entry for Talisker in the annual Diageo Special Releases, this time the oldest bottling offered by the distillery so far - a 35 year old whisky, distilled in 1977 and matured in a mixture of refill American and European oak casks.

A very special Bowmore from a hogshead filled on August 9th 1980, the day that Queen Elizabeth II visited the distillery. Cask #5774 was acquired by Jim Howat, then Chairman of Morrison Bowmore and was left in his will to the JTH Charitable Trust he created with his wife Christine. Designed and bottled in 2011 by Morrison Bowmore as a special limited edition for the charitable trust yielding 156 bottles at a natural strength of 46.7%.

A legendary bottling of 16 year old sherried Oban, bottled at its remarkable cask strength of 64% under the Managers Dram label for UDV staff only to celebrate the distillery's bicentenary in 1994.

A rare special bottling of 1965 vintage Springbank. Distilled in the year Everest, a British double-glazing and home improvement company, was founded, this was bottled in 1993 in commemoration of The Everest Challenge cycle ride.

Another supremely contemplative malt that demands time and concentration – the first Glenmorangie to carry a vintage statement and the first to talk about a 'finish'. This bottling is from bourbon casks that were re-racked into Oloroso sherry casks for the final stages of maturation. One of the most difficult-to-find Glenmorangie.

A rare old bottling of 1963 Glenmorangie, and one of the very first releases of Glenmorangie that mentions sherry finish on the label. This complex whisky has notes of tropical fruits, oak and sweet spices with a long, fresh and spicy finish.

One of the most difficult-to-find Glenmorangies, the first to have an age-statement and also the first to mention a sherry cask finish on the label. A rare and sought after bottling.

An incredibly rare bottle of 1973 Bowmore, produced in 2001. This was never commercially sold, but was given to attendees of a dinner held at Blair Castle to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the formation of Stanley P Morrison Limited, Bowmore's then owners. An exceptional collector's item.

From the now-defunct vintage series from Bowmore comes this sherry-cask-aged 1973 vintage, which we estimate was bottled in the 1980s.