48 Year Old Whisky

A marvellous 48-year-old single grain from the Caledonian Distillery, distilled back in 1974 and aged in a single refill hogshead for nearly five decades. It was bottled in October 2022 at 48.6% ABV without any chill-filtration. It's also an absolute bargain, this one. Check out more exclusive Ma

This is a 21 year old Dallas Dhu single malt Scotch whisky, bottled as part of the Rare Malts collection. A 1975 vintage whisky from a long closed distillery - as you can imagine, it's not every day you see Dallas Dhu single malt. This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more

A rare single malt, distilled in 1975 at the now silent Glen Albyn distillery, a rare smooth, fresh whisky. This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in touch!

Distilled at the now silent St Magdalene distillery in 1975 and aged for thirty years in refill sherry hogsheads before bottling in 2005 by Gordon and MacPhail.

Independently bottled single single malt Scotch whisky from the Convalmore distillery, which shut its doors in 1985 for the last time. It was distilled 10 years before that, in 1975, and bottled in 2015 by Gordon & MacPhail for their Rare Old range. Very rare to see Convalmore whisky these days - if

The third release in a series of astounding expressions for Johnnie Walker, the Masters of Flavour is a 48 year old blended Scotch whisky created by master blender Jim Beveridge, alongside an expert team assembled of malt master Donna Anderson, cask master James Carson, and distillation master Dougl

A 1975 single cask single malt from the now-closed Banff distillery, matured in a bourbon barrel and bottled in 2012 by Malts of Scotland. This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in touch!

Another very well-matured single cask bottling from the extensive Glenfarclas Family Cask range. This time, they've drawn whisky from a fourth-fill hogshead which was laid down in 1975 and cracked open in August 2015! Just 120 bottles were produced for the Winter 2015 release.

A rare offering here from Glen Scotia. This incredibly well matured 48 year old whisky started its journey in bourbon barrels for over four decades. The Campbeltown single malt was then transferred for a first-fill oloroso sherry hogshead for five years, before enjoying a PX cask finish for six mont

Grand old Glenmorangie here, previously a travel retail exclusive. This 1975 vintage single malt Highland Scotch whisky was bottled in 2022. This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in touch!

From the long-closed St Magdalene, this Lowland single malt was distilled in 1975 and matured until 2007, when it was independently Gordon and MacPhail for the Rare Old collection. If it was rare back in 2007, you can be sure it's even rarer now. This bottle was part of a private collection - if

Bourbon cask matured Rare Ayrshire distilled at Ladyburn in 1975 and aged for 36 years in barrel number 3418. This whisky was independently bottled in 2012 by Signatory Vintage for its Cask Strength Collection. An outturn of only 151 bottles. This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'

A beautiful bottling of Glenmorangie single malt, matured for over three decades including a finish in Malaga wine casks. This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in touch!

Treasure from Islay's mothballed Port Ellen distillery, which closed its doors back in 1983. Distilled in 1975, this single malt matured for 25 years before it was independently bottled by Silver Seal. This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in

A Brora single malt Scotch whisky, originally presented for The Rare Malts selection which comprised a range of whiskies from operational and lost distilleries owned and bottled by Diageo. In this case, this Brora whisky was distilled in 1975 and matured for 20 years before it was bottled at 60.7% A

A 1975 vintage Mosstowie here. The Speyside single malt whisky was bottled in 1994 by Gordon & MacPhail for its Connoisseurs Choice series. This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in touch!

A whopper from Glentauchers, this 44-year-old single malt was distilled in 1975 and spent its years mellowing in a refill sherry hogshead. A total of 86 bottles were disgorged in 2020, and do you know who by? Us, right here at Master of Malt!

Distilled in 1975, this is a legendary and highly collectible wine-finished single malt from Glenmorangie. It was finished in top-quality wine casks which previously held maturing Côtes du Rhône wine. This was bottled in 2003 and is extremely rare. This bottle was part of a private collection - i

Terrifically well-aged whisky from Tamnavulin's Vintages Collection here, drawn from a combination of bourbon and apostoles sherry casks. Laid down all the way back in 1970, the whisky was left to aged for a massive 48 years before being bottled in 2019, with an outturn of 960 bottles. Blimey.

43 year old single malt from the Teaninich Distillery, independently bottled by Hunter Laing as part of its Old & Rare Platinum. It was distilled back in 1975 and left also for many, many moons, until 2019, when it was bottled at 40.2% ABV with an outturn of just 246 bottles.

This is a rare bottling of Auchroisk single malt Scotch whisky, distilled in 1975 and bottled when the distillery still used the name 'The Singleton of Auchroisk', which they stopped doing in 2001. We believe it was bottled in the 1990s. A collectible piece for whisky historians. This bottle was

A 44 year old single malt distilled by Glen Elgin here, independently bottled by those wonderful Hunter Laing folks. This one was placed into a single cask back in 1975, and said cask was cracked open in 2019, when the whisky was bottled for the Old & Rare Platinum range, with an outturn of 173 bott

Get a glimpse into the past with this rare bottling of Port Ellen's single malt Scotch whisky from Adelphi! This one was distilled in 1975, and matured for 24 years before being independently bottled at 57.1% ABV. Though Port Ellen may have closed, bottlings like this keep it from becoming a forgot

A glimpse into history here – it's a collectible old indie bottling of Mortlach! This single malt was distilled in 1975 and given 22 years of time to mature, before eventually being bottled up for the First Cask series. If you're a Mortlach fan, this should be rather intriguing indeed... This bot

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