20 Year Old Whisky

A splendidly peaty number from Tobermory, this Ledaig single malt was distilled in 1997 and spent the next 20 years maturing in a single oloroso sherry butt. That allowed us plenty of time for the development of this rather fine website that you find yourself perusing, created especially for the pur

A limited edition release of Douglas Laing's Timorous Beastie blended malt Scotch whisky, made exclusively with Highland whiskies aged for at least 20 years. The name is a reference to a Robert Burns poem, but that's just a name — this ain't a timorous whisky at all! A release of 297 bottles, with a

Another excellent single cask bottling selected by Douglas Laing here, this time from North British Distillery for its Clan Denny range. This single grain whisky was aged in a single refill barrel for 18 years before being bottled up at 48% without any chill-filtration and with its natural colour.

Glen Eldin single malt Scotch whisky, distilled in 1995 and bottled 20 years later by Silver Seal in 2016. The Italian indie bottler released this expression as part of their Whisky is Class...ical range, all of which feature famous Italian operas on the label - for the Glen Spey, they have featured

Joining The Dalmore Vintage Collection, a cracking 2003 vintage single malt, drawn from hand-selected casks resting in the distillery's sandstone warehouses. Built around a core of single malt matured in ex-bourbon casks, the expression is enhanced by parcels from ex-Rivesaltes sweet wine, ex-matusa

Glengoyne single malt in double decade glory here, distilled in 1999 and filled into a single sherry hogshead to mature. The cask was opened in 2019, and now, 130 bottles of its precious contents join our very own collection of exclusive Master of Malt bottlings. Check out more exclusive Master

This single-grain Scotch from Invergordon was Distilled in October 2002 and filled into a single cask to mature. 20 years later, in November 2022, that cask was opened up by independent bottler GreatDrams, and the whisky within makes the perfect addition to its Rare Cask Series.

The 2021 release from the Fercullen Five Elements series is a 20 year old single malt Irish whiskey, created by master distiller Noel Sweeney using five different casks types – namely bourbon, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, Marsala, and Muscatel casks. Balancing out those flavours is a big task, but with S

The oldest of three Mortlach single malts unveiled in mid-2018 (alongside the Mortlach 12 Year Old and Mortlach 16 Year Old), this expression matured for 20 years exclusively in sherry casks. Intensely flavoursome stuff (as we've come to expect from Mortlach).

This right here is a 20 year old single malt from the Auchroisk Distillery, independently bottled as part of the Darkness range. As with the rest of this bottling series, it was given a finishing period in a specially-coopered sherry octave cask - this one, specifically, was finished in an octave th

From the now closed Caperdonich distillery, this Speyside single malt Scotch whisky is a rare slice of history. Distilled in July 2000, the year before the distillery was shut down, it matured in a single hogshead for 20 years before being bottled up at a punchy 58.1% ABV for Signatory Vintage's Cas

Heavily-peated Longrow single malt from Campbeltown's Springbank distillery, distilled back in 2001 and filled into six refill bourbon barrels for the next two decades. It was bottled in August 2022, originally for Springbank Society Members, with just 1,488 bottles released. This bottle was part

A 20 year old single malt from the Glencadam Distillery, matured in a single Pedro Ximénez sherry butt from December 1999 to February 2020. Following two decades of rest, the whisky was bottled at cask strength (a hearty 55% ABV) with an outturn of 667 bottles.

This bottling from Whisky Works hails from an undisclosed now-silent Speyside distillery. Seeing as we know that this single malt was distilled in September 1998, and was one of the final production runs before the distillery closed, we might be able to work out where it came from... Of its two deca

A rather rare bottle of Hazelburn from the Springbank distillery. This triple distilled, unpeated single malt spent a decade maturing in a bourbon barrel between April 2003 and May 2013, when a total of 218 bottles were released for the distillery's annual open day. This bottle was part of a pri

Originally a distillery exclusive, this impressive Bowmore release celebrates the legacy of David Simson, the founder of the Islay distillery. It was matured for two decades in a sherry-tastic mix of oloroso and Pedro Ximénez casks before being bottled at a cask strength 50.7% ABV. This bottle wa

If it my choice, I would have bottled this Strathmill at cask strength (59.1% ABV) in September 2017, giving it 20 years to mature since distillation occurred on 30 June 1997. Fortunately, it would seem that was also Mackillop's Choice, and they actually did do all of that, releasing an outturn of 5

A marvellous single mal Scotch whisky here from Tomintoul, drawn from a single Port pipe. This expression was distilled in 2001, and bottled 20 years later in 2021, producing 747 bottles. Rich red fruit notes galore – dig in!

A single cask single malt from the Bowmore Distillery, matured for 16 years in a refill bourbon barrel before being independently bottled by The Character of Islay Whisky Company as part of its The Stories of Wind & Wave range. A wonderful way to show off the glory of Islay whisky - with a cracking,

A fab Bowmore single malt here from The Character of Islay Whisky Company's very own indie bottling range, The Stories of Wind & Wave. Showing off the excellent whiskies of Islay is what this series is all about, and that's exactly what's happening here. It's a 16 year old single cask expression, ma

The Character of Islay Whisky Company has gone and launched The Stories of Wind & Wave range of independently bottled whiskies from the eponymous Inner Hebrides island. This particular release is a single cask Bowmore, distilled back in 2003 and left to age in a refill bourbon barrel for 16 years. I

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

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!

Who doesn't love a good secret? While neither ourselves, nor the good folks at Decadent Drinks or the Whisky Sponge, can reveal which distillery this whisky came from, we can reveal that it was distilled in 2003 using what the brand has described as "an unusual batch of very lightly peated malt". We

Bottled by Signatory for its Cask Strength Collection, this 2001 vintage Ledaig was matured for two decades in a single refill sherry butt. It was bottled without any artificial colour at a boisterous cask strength of 58.8% ABV. This is sure to be an absolute corker.