42 Year Old Whisky

Our Competitions offer you the chance to win some of the world’s rarest and most exclusive whiskies! A brilliant single cask Caol Ila, this particular Islay whisky was distilled back in May 1981. It spent its days in a single bourbon hogshead for the best part of four decades, until June 2018 whe

A brill blended Scotch whisky from That Boutique-y Whisky Company, with a label that harks back to the days of yore and yonder – which is apt, considering this is a 42 year old expression! It sort of looks like one of those old Buchanan's Black & White labels with the two dogs on it, except... Well.

A cracking addition to the Family Cask collection from Glenfarclas. This single malt was distilled in 1981 and matured until July 2022, when a total of 106 bottles joined the distillery's Summer 2022 releases.

A splendidly well-aged single grain here, independently bottled by Duncan Taylor for its Rare Auld collection. Distilled at Cameronbridge in February 1979, which was the same month that the Bee Gees unleashed their hit single 'Tragedy', to give you some context on just how long ago that was. After 4

An independently bottled Bunnahabhain single malt Scotch whisky, aged for 42 years in a refill Sherry butt, from December 1973 to January 2016. This was bottled by the chaps at Signatory for their Cask Strength Collection Rare Reserve.

The predecessor of Glenmorangie's Nectar D'Or, the 1981 Sauternes Wood Finish was aged for 21 years, the last two of which were spent in premier cru Chateau d'Yquem casks. There are just 4,000 individually numbered bottles. This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detaile

A tremendous offering from Glenfarclas, distilled in 1977, two years after the installation of a pair of new stills, bringing the distillery's total up to six. Matured for a whopping 42 years in a single fourth fill oloroso hogshead, just 101 decanters of this were produced, bottled with natural col

Incredibly well-aged single malt from the Auchentoshan distillery in the Lowland region. This expression was distilled in 1965 and matured in bourbon barrels for 42 years! One to savour, for sure.

Very old single malt from the Bowmore distillery on Islay, drawn from a single hogshead cask that matured the whisky for a massive 42 years. Said cask was filled in May 1974 and cracked open in January 2017 by Signatory. The whisky was then bottled for the Cask Strength Collection Rare Reserve with

A rare whisky from the closed North Port distillery (it had many names over the years, with North Port and Brechin among the most well known). This one is 36 years old, distilled in November 1981 and maturing in a refill sherry butt until July 2018. It was bottled by Signatory for its 30th anniversa

A bottle of St. Magdalene single malt is a rather rare sight indeed nowadays – the Lowland distillery closed its doors back in 1983, but occasionally, a little gem like this finds its way to MoM Towers! Distilled in 1981, this expression was bottled up in 1999 by Gordon & MacPhail for the Connoisseu

Blimey. 42 years old grain right here. That's quite something, and here we've bottled up a batch of 318 bottles, distilled at Invergordon in 1973. We imagine they were all wearing bell bottoms and listening to Slade when this was made, though we doubt either would be allowed under distillery health

Very well-matured single malt Scotch whisky here from That Boutique-y Whisky Company, distilled by... A Highland distillery. "Which one?" we hear you ask. One of them. One of the selection of distilleries in the Highlands. "Yes, but specifically which Highland distillery?" we hear you ask again, thi

Very well-aged single malt from Glenglassaugh's third batch of Rare Cask Release bottlings. This was distilled in November 1973 and slumbered soundly for until it was finished in a bourbon barrel and bottled in November 2016 - 42 years of maturation! 238 bottles were produced.

Single cask from the now silent Glen Albyn distillery. This was distilled on the 16th January 1981, aged in hogshead number 50 for 29 years and bottled by Signatory at cask strength in 15th March 2010. A release of 263 numbered bottles. Please Note: There is rusting and damage to the label on the

The fifth release of Glenfarclas 1981, this whisky was aged in a single plain hogshead (cask 58), and it was bottled at natural cask strength in 2010. It marks a change from many of the family casks as it's bottled from a plain cask, and not a sherry cask.

A teenaged Caol Ila bottled by Gordon and MacPhail as part of their renowned Connoisseurs Choice range.

Whisky lovers looking for a 42 year old scorcher (and do use that term) will simply love this. This was distilled at Benriach on the 18th April 1966 and aged in hogshead number 1019 before bottling at cask strength on the 15th October 2008. Part of a release of 175 decanter bottles, bottled by Signa

A vintage Highland Park. This single cask whisky was distilled in September 1981 and bottled in November 2006 from Claret finished cask number 3080, after 25 years of ageing! A release of 206 bottles, bottled by Douglas Laing for their Old Malt Cask range.

This Glentauchers was distilled in 1981, and was aged for a full thirty years in refill butt number 1049. A release of 437 single cask, cask strength bottles from Signatory.

This was distilled on the 5th March 1981 at the Glentauchers distillery, this was aged for 30 years in cask 1050 (a refill butt), before bottling on the 23rd September 2011. A release of 373 numbered bottles from Signatory's Cask Strength Collection.

A 1981 vintage Glenfarclas, bottled for their Family Cask range, as part of their Autumn 2013 release. From 1981 to July 2013, this whisky matured in a single refill hogshead, which had an outturn of 219 bottles. Glenfarclas equate the nose of this single malt to walking into an old sweet shop, a fi

A rare indie bottling of Port Ellen from years gone by! This is a 16 year old single malt from the gone-but-not-forgotten distillery on the Isle of Islay, distilled in April 1981 and bottled at cask strength by W.M. Cadenhead in February 1998. This bottle was part of a private collection - if you

Distilled at Hakushu and bottled by the renowned SMWS, this is an incredibly rare, highly collectible bottle of top-quality Japanese single malt. It was distilled in November 1981 before a 21 year maturation in a single cask. It was then bottled in June 2003. Described by the bottlers as having a fl

This old bottling from Gordon & MacPhail's Connoisseurs Choice range is a rare example of single malt from the closed North Port distillery (listed as North Port-Brechin on the label, as it was previously known as Brechin). This was matured in a refill American hogshead from November 1981 and bottle