Silent Distilleries

Bottlings don't come much more iconic than this.  A 40 year old Single Cask Port Ellen from Gordon and Macphail (who else?!) as part of their Private Collection.  Matured in a Single refill Sherry  Butt, just yielding 407 bottles.  ... Click for more info

A Single Cask, 25 year old Imperial Single Malt bottled exclusively for the UK by The Single Malts of Scotland. Demolished in 2013, this is a silent distillery that is still offering real value for the whisky drinker.

Just 185 bottles were ... Click for more info

A stunning 40 year old Glen Albyn from Gordon and Macphail. A real treat for fans or rare whisky as this Highland distillery was closed in 1983. Matured in a first fill sherry puncheon, yielding just 142 bottles at a natural cask strength of 52.2% ... Click for more info

A lovely older Grain whisky from the now silent Port Dundas distillery in Glasgow. Aged for 24 years in a single refill barrel. Expect delicate cereal notes wrapped around gentle vanilla and spice. Fresh and delicately aromatic, there have been a number ... Click for more info

Official Tasting Notes

Nose - A mellow nose overall, with very light prickle; lightly nose-drying, with first faint and delicate impressions of fruitiness and dried flowers, beneath which there’s a note of buttery sponge. A drop of water ... Click for more info

A sensational new bottling and one of the oldest bottlings of Brora to be released! This 40 Year Old Brora has been created to mark the 200th anniversary of the silent distillery’s original opening, having been founded in 1819. The 40-year-old ... Click for more info

A well aged expression of Caperdonich a long silent Speyside distillery.  Matured for 23 years in a single Hogshead.  Bottled at cask strength this is an outturn of just 226 bottles.  

Increasingly rare Littlemill, bottled by Ian Macleod under their Chieftans range of Independant Single Malkts.  Distilled in 1990 this weighs in at a lovely 28 years old.  Matured in a single Oak Hogshead at a natural cask strength of 53.8% ... Click for more info

Another belter from the 2019 Dun Bheagan Collection. A 28 year old Caperdonich, matured in a single Hogshead (#17945) with an outturn of just 210 bottles.

A new range of whiskies from the experimental arm of Whyte & Mackay, Whisky Works.  These classic Whiskies are aged, rare whiskies,  with some featuring old stock that may not be available in the future.  Also employing  modern ... Click for more info

Official Tasting Notes:

Nose - Sherry influences with a hint of almond.

Palate - Sweet with a delicate fruity edge. A maltiness lingers.

Finish - Long and rounded.

A very rare bottling from the Caperdonich distillery, which was mothballed in 2002. Bottled at a natural cask strength of 46.6% abv this is an extremely limited release of just 114 bottles. Matured for 36 years in a single refill bourbon barrel, this ... Click for more info

Official Tasting Notes:

Nose: There’s foam bananas, vanilla and white chocolate at first, then some grapefruit bitterness and old book musk. Lemon sherbets, almond butter and soft toffee pennies develop with time.

Palate: The ... Click for more info

The oldest global release of Port Ellen whisky.  This marks the return of Port Ellen bottlings from Diageo after a years hiatus.  The Untold Stories releases are set to be a regular release of some of the last remaining stocks of the distillery.  ... Click for more info

A single blended whisky (rather unusual, grain and malt produced from the same distillery) produced at the Willowbank distillery, a sadly now silent distillery that was located on the South Island of New Zealand in Dunedin and closed in 1997.  ... Click for more info

A 28 year old Rosebank bottled by That Boutique y Whisky Company.  Just the 2nd batch they have released from this famous Lowland distillery, bottled at 49.2% abv and one of 33 botlles. 

A gentle and slightly sweet nose of caramel ... Click for more info

Opportunities to try these whiskies are disappearing every day as people drink down the delicious last drops of these closed distilleries. Become part of the problem by sampling the treasures in this tasting set. If you don't, someone else will.

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Just 60 bottles of this extrememly rare 31 year old were produced.  as usual with Karuizawa this is a grade A investment bottle.

Nose: Lardy cake: layers of bread, spice, brown sugar and umami richness. Umami richness. Citrus boiled sweet ... Click for more info

A rare mid-90's bottling of Port Ellen from Hart Brothers for their finest collection range, bottled at 43% abv.  All bourbon cask matured, this is a fresher, fruitier whisky.