Islay 45 Year Old Whisky

Indie bottling superstar Signatory is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a range of particularly exciting independently bottled whiskies - including this incredibly well-aged Bowmore! It was distilled in June 1972 and left to age in a single refill sherry butt for a massive 45 years before being

A rather rare release from Ardbeg, this 1978 vintage represents single malt from the prodigious Ileach distillery at its most balanced and poised. Superb. This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in touch!

45 year old single malt Scotch whisky from an undisclosed Islay distillery, presented as part of the Speciality Drinks Port Askaig range. The whisky for this release was drawn from 5 Sherry butts and married for a year before bottling. It's really not often that you get to see Islay whisky of this a

This is a classic Rare Malts bottling of single malt Scotch whisky from the infamous, though sadly closed, Port Ellen distillery on Islay. Matured for 20 years after being distilled in 1978, it was bottled at natural cask strength - a sturdy 60.9% ABV. This bottle was part of a private collectio

An exciting old bottling of Ardbeg single malt Scotch whisky, distilled all the way back in 1978. This was a year after Hiram Walker became the overall owner of the Islay distillery, and a few years before it was closed in 1981. The whisky was bottled at 43% ABV in 1997. This bottle was part of a

A Hunter Laing bottling of single malt Scotch whisky from one of the most renowned closed distilleries in Scotland - Port Ellen. Distilled at the Islay distillery in September 1978 and aged in a refill butt until October 2013, when it was bottled at 35 years old with an outturn of 231 bottles. Part

24 year old single malt Scotch whisky from the legendary Port Ellen distillery, which sadly has been closed since 1983. This Islay whisky was distilled in March 1978, matured in a single Sherry butt and bottled in June 2002. 602 bottles of this rare single malt were released in honour of The Whisky

Extraordinarily well-matured single malt here from the Bunnahabhain Distillery, released by independent bottler Ferg & Harris. This expression was distilled in 1978 and left to mature for a massive 42 years, including a finishing period in a Pedro Ximénez sherry cask. Eventually, it was bottled at 4

Highly anticipated release from Diageo's now defunct Port Ellen distillery. In our humble opinion, perhaps not quite as good as last year's release, but nevertheless still quite special, and will sell out in all of about 3 minutes.

30 year old single malt from Port Ellen, one of the most legendary closed distilleries around. This one is an independent bottling, featuring whisky distilled in 1978 and matured in a single cask until 2008, when it was bottled with an outturn of 423 bottles. This bottle was part of a private col

A rare bottle of Ardbeg, bottled by the Silver Seal company. This commemorates the Hillary and Norgay summiting Mount Everest on the 29th May 1953. This was distilled in 1978 and packaged in a silver faux crocodile leather clad box.

An independent bottling of single malt from the closed and now legendary Port Ellen distillery on Islay. It was bottled in 2006, when the Old & Rare Platinum range was still part of the Douglas Laing portfolio (it's now part of Hunter Laing following the companies' conscious uncoupling) and comes wi