Silent Distilleries
Silent distilleries are distilleries that are no longer in operation. Some may have been mothballed (closed for a period of time due to financial constraints) while others may have been demolished completely. Either way it means the whiskies produced from these distilleries are in short supply and high demand!
With the rise of whisky consumerism, more people are keen to try long lost / forgotten bottlings, to taste a literal piece of history. Also as stocks of these whiskies diminish, the value of the remaining stock can increase in value, meaning silent distillery bottlings are also extremely collectable and a must for any serious whisky collector.
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Caperdonich (silent) - Darkness - Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish 23 year old Whisky50cl | 54%
£332.95Distillery Caperdonich (silent) Age 23 year old Description Darkness - Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish Vintage Cask Wood Oloroso Octave Year Bottled Packaging Original Box Cask Strength Yes Bottler Maverick Drinks HTFW Cat. No. LP12742 -
Cambus (silent) - James Eadie Single Cask #48094 - 1993 26 year old Whisky70cl | 55.4%
A Single Cask Cambus, distilled in 1993, the final year of production for this venerable Grain distillery. Matured in a single sherry butt which produced only 617 bottles, bottled at cask strength with natural colour. The palate offers notes of vani... Click for more info£129.95Distillery Cambus (silent) Age 26 year old Description James Eadie Single Cask #48094 Vintage 1993 Cask Wood Sherry Year Bottled 2020 Packaging Cardboard Tube Cask Strength Yes Bottler James Eadie HTFW Cat. No. LP12650 -
Caperdonich (silent) - Secret Speyside - Peated Single Malt 21 year old Whisky70cl | 48%
Caperdonich distillery was demolished in 2011, so whiskies from this silent distillery will become increasingly scarce. This 21 Year Old whisky is one of a number of stunning releases in the 'Secret Speyside' series. Matured in a American Oak barrel... Click for more info£239.95Distillery Caperdonich (silent) Age 21 year old Description Secret Speyside - Peated Single Malt Vintage Cask Wood Oak Year Bottled 2019 Packaging Original Box Cask Strength No Bottler Distillery HTFW Cat. No. LP12575 -
Caperdonich (silent) - Secret Speyside - Single Malt 21 year old Whisky70cl | 48%
Another delicately sweet Caperdonich, released under the Secret Speyside moniker. Matured in 1st fill American Oak barrels for 21 years, this has almost dessert like qualities with flavours of cream, pear, demerara sugar and citrus to the fore. Off... Click for more info£219.95Distillery Caperdonich (silent) Age 21 year old Description Secret Speyside - Single Malt Vintage Cask Wood Oak Year Bottled 2019 Packaging Original Box Cask Strength No Bottler Distillery HTFW Cat. No. LP12574 -
Caperdonich (silent) - Secret Speyside - Single Malt 25 year old Whisky70cl | 48%
A rich and dense Caperdonich with fruit and nut, chocolate and sumer pudding flavours. Matured in first fill American Oak barrels for a quarter of a century before being bottled as part of the Secret Speyside Collection. Official Tasting Notes This... Click for more info£399.95Distillery Caperdonich (silent) Age 25 year old Description Secret Speyside - Single Malt Vintage Cask Wood Bourbon Year Bottled 2019 Packaging Original Box Cask Strength No Bottler Distillery HTFW Cat. No. LP12573 -
Caperdonich (silent) - Secret Speyside - Peated Single Malt 18 year old Whisky70cl | 48%
A peaty 18 Year Old Caperdonich matured in American Oak barrels. This is part of the Secret Speyside series, with no fewer than six individual bottlings of Caperdonich being released. This is smoky, viscous and peppery with a savoury and fruity edge.... Click for more info£114.95Distillery Caperdonich (silent) Age 18 year old Description Secret Speyside - Peated Single Malt Vintage Cask Wood American Oak Year Bottled 2019 Packaging Original Box Cask Strength No Bottler Distillery HTFW Cat. No. LP12565 -
Pittyvaich (silent) - 2020 Special Release - 1989 30 year old Whisky70cl | 50.8%
• This elusive 1989 Pittyvaich from the last remaining stocks is the first ever to be finished in first-fill ex-bourbon casks. This finely crafted finishing has brought an exotic, rich vanilla sweetness to the light, creamy, fruity aromas and flavo... Click for more info£399.95Distillery Pittyvaich (silent) Age 30 year old Description 2020 Special Release Vintage 1989 Cask Wood First Fill ex-Bourbon Casks Year Bottled 2020 Packaging Cardboard Tube Cask Strength Yes Bottler Distillery HTFW Cat. No. LP12500 -
Pittyvaich (silent) - Rarest Of The Rare Single Cask #5633 - 1979 28 year old Whisky70cl | 52.7%
A good one from Duncan Taylor. A bottling of 28 year old single malt from the short-lived Pittyvaich distillery. This whisky was distilled in 1979 (only a few years after Pittyvaich was founded) and bottled in 2007 (around 14 years after the distille... Click for more info£864.95Distillery Pittyvaich (silent) Age 28 year old Description Rarest Of The Rare Single Cask #5633 Vintage 1979 Cask Wood Oak Year Bottled 2007 Packaging Original Box Cask Strength Yes Bottler Duncan Taylor HTFW Cat. No. LP12158 -
Port Ellen (silent) - 9 Rogue Casks - 1979 40 year old Whisky70cl | 50.9%
Jim Murray's Best Single Malt Scotch | 35-40 Years Multiple Cask The oldest ever release from Port Ellen! Known around the world as one of the most iconic whisky distilleries, Port Ellen 9 Rogue Casks has been created by Master Blender Craig Wilso... Click for more info£6,499.95Distillery Port Ellen (silent) Age 40 year old Description 9 Rogue Casks Vintage 1979 Cask Wood American Oak Year Bottled 2020 Packaging Special Packaging Cask Strength Yes Bottler Distillery HTFW Cat. No. LP12036 -
Port Dundas (silent) - Infrequent Flyers Single Cask #72910 - 1995 24 year old Whisky70cl | 58.4%
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 num... Click for more info£199.95Distillery Port Dundas (silent) Age 24 year old Description Infrequent Flyers Single Cask #72910 Vintage 1995 Cask Wood Oak Year Bottled 2019 Packaging Cardboard Tube Cask Strength Yes Bottler Independent HTFW Cat. No. LP11585 -
Imperial (silent) - Whisky Works Single Malt - 1998 20 year old Whisky70cl | 47.1%
This 20 Year Old Secret Speyside whisky is from the silent Imperial distillery, Matured for 20 years in American white oak casks before being finished for seven months in Cognac bariques from the Bourgoin Estate. This is incredibly delicat... Click for more info£163.95Distillery Imperial (silent) Age 20 year old Description Whisky Works Single Malt Vintage 1998 Cask Wood Cognac Year Bottled 2019 Packaging Original Box Cask Strength No Bottler Independent HTFW Cat. No. LP11535 -
Brora (silent) - 200th Annivesary - 1978 40 year old Whisky70cl | 49.2%
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£4,799.95Distillery Brora (silent) Age 40 year old Description 200th Annivesary Vintage 1978 Cask Wood American Oak Year Bottled 2019 Packaging Special Packaging Cask Strength Yes Bottler Distillery HTFW Cat. No. LP11235 -
Caperdonich (silent) - Chieftain's Single Cask #95064 - 1995 23 year old Whisky70cl | 58.2%
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. Click for more info£432.95Distillery Caperdonich (silent) Age 23 year old Description Chieftain's Single Cask #95064 Vintage 1995 Cask Wood Wine Year Bottled 2019 Packaging Original Box Cask Strength Yes Bottler Ian Macleod HTFW Cat. No. LP10350 -
Littlemill (silent) - Chieftain's Single Cask #103514 - 1990 28 year old Whisky70cl | 53.8%
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£566.95Distillery Littlemill (silent) Age 28 year old Description Chieftain's Single Cask #103514 Vintage 1990 Cask Wood Wine Year Bottled 2019 Packaging Original Box Cask Strength Yes Bottler Ian Macleod HTFW Cat. No. LP10348 -
Caperdonich (silent) - Dun Bheagan Single Cask #17945 - 1991 28 year old Whisky70cl | 48%
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. Click for more info£599.95Distillery Caperdonich (silent) Age 28 year old Description Dun Bheagan Single Cask #17945 Vintage 1991 Cask Wood Wine Year Bottled 2019 Packaging Original Box Cask Strength Yes Bottler Ian Macleod HTFW Cat. No. LP10337 -
Port Dundas (silent) - Whisky Works - Glaswegian (Single Grain) 29 year old Whisky70cl | 54.2%
The 29 yer old Glaswegian features whisky from the now silent Port Dundas distillery near Glasgow. Only released in the Uk. A classic whisky from a now-silent grain distillery which once stood at the heart of Scotland’s waterways. Th... Click for more info£141.95Distillery Port Dundas (silent) Age 29 year old Description Whisky Works - Glaswegian (Single Grain) Vintage Cask Wood Oak Year Bottled 2019 Packaging Original Box Cask Strength Yes Bottler Independent HTFW Cat. No. LP10274 -
Caperdonich (silent) - Private Collection Single Cask #15179 - 1982 36 year old Whisky70cl | 46.6%
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£1,249.95Distillery Caperdonich (silent) Age 36 year old Description Private Collection Single Cask #15179 Vintage 1982 Cask Wood Bourbon Year Bottled 2019 Packaging Wooden Box Cask Strength Yes Bottler Gordon and MacPhail HTFW Cat. No. LP10225 -
Rosebank (silent) - That Boutique-Y Whisky Company Batch #1 26 year old Whisky50cl | 48.5%
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 palate is delica... Click for more info£1,396.95Distillery Rosebank (silent) Age 26 year old Description That Boutique-Y Whisky Company Batch #1 Vintage Cask Wood Oak Year Bottled 2018 Packaging Original Box Cask Strength Yes Bottler That Boutique-Y HTFW Cat. No. LP10119 -
Port Ellen (silent) - Untold Stories - The Spirit Safe - 1978 39 year old Whisky70cl | 50.9%
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 distil... Click for more info£4,499.95Distillery Port Ellen (silent) Age 39 year old Description Untold Stories - The Spirit Safe Vintage 1978 Cask Wood American & European Oak Year Bottled 2018 Packaging Wooden Box Cask Strength Yes Bottler Distillery HTFW Cat. No. LP10107 -
Rosebank (silent) - That Boutique-Y Whisky Company Batch #2 28 year old Whisky50cl | 49.2%
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 and hone... Click for more info£1,158.95Distillery Rosebank (silent) Age 28 year old Description That Boutique-Y Whisky Company Batch #2 Vintage Cask Wood Oak Year Bottled 2019 Packaging Unboxed Cask Strength Yes Bottler That Boutique-Y HTFW Cat. No. LP10047