The Whisky Exchange has 16 New additions to it’s range this week with whiskies from regions and / or countries such as: Campbeltown, Irish, Island, Islay and Speyside.
The brands include Balvenie, Big Peat, Bruichladdich, Finlaggan, Glen Elgin, Glen Scotia, Glenlivet, Highland Park, Imperial, Linkwood & Longrow.
The ages of the new whiskies range from 16 to 36 Year Old malts.
| Supplier | Brand | Bottle Size |
Price |
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Big Peat / Islay Blended Malt Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 46% Summary: 70cl / 46% / Douglas Laing – Douglas Laing's Big Peat is a blended Islay malt made up of Ardbeg, Caol Ila, Bowmore and, shockingly, Port Ellen – and with pedigree like that, Big Peat is a nailed-on winner. Picked up the top prize in its category at the World Whisky Awards 2010, and 96 points in Jim Murray's 2011 Whisky Bible, along with the award for Best Vatted Malt. |
70cl | £ 34.95 BUY NOW |
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Glen Elgin 1971 / 32 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 32 Year Old Strength: 42.3% Vintage: 1971 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 42.3% / Distillery Bottling – Very few expressions of Glen Elgin have been bottled, so this is a rare treat. Released in 2003, this is a delicious honeyed, fruity dram from an often overlooked distillery that has long been rated 'First Class' by blenders lists. |
70cl | £ 325.00 BUY NOW |
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Glen Scotia 1992 / 16 Year Old / Cask #4436 Campbeltown Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Campbeltown Age: 16 Year Old Strength: 50% Vintage: 1992 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 50% / Douglas Laing – A new Glen Scotia 1992, bottled from a single refill hogshead by Douglas Laing for their Old Malt Cask series. |
70cl | £ 61.95 BUY NOW |
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Bruichladdich 1970 Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 44.2% Vintage: 1970 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 44.2% / Distillery Bottling – A 2002 distillery bottling of 1970 Bruichladdich matured for about 32 years. This has gone down as one of the best Bruichladdichs in modern memory – a 95 from Whisky Fun's Serge Valentin (and listed as his favourite expression from the distillery), a pile of superlatives in posts across the internet and a quick 'Amazing!!' when I just mentioned it on Twitter. |
70cl | £ 499.00 BUY NOW |
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Finlaggan Original / Peaty Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 40% Summary: 70cl / 40% – An Islay single malt whisky from a secret unnamed distillery. Reasonably priced and nicely peaty. |
70cl | £ 21.95 BUY NOW |
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Big Peat / Islay Blended Malt / Small Bottle Blended Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 46% Summary: 20cl / 46% / Douglas Laing – A little brother to the full-size bottling, this quarter-bottle of vatted Islay malt Big Peat will fill most hip flasks – perfect for warming your cockles on a winter walk. |
20cl | £ 12.25 BUY NOW |
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Imperial 1982 / 27 Year Old / Cask #3973 Speyside Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 27 Year Old Strength: 58.3% Vintage: 1982 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 58.3% / Signatory – A Signatory bottling of the rarely-seen Imperial single malt from 1982. The distillery is currently mothballed, but was taken over by Chivas Bros in 2005. Chivas owners Pernod Ricard have been reviving distilleries of late, so there's hope yet for Imperial, which has had a troubled history, but has produced some very good, even great, malt whisky in the past. |
70cl | £ 125.00 BUY NOW |
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Bain's Cape Mountain Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 43% Summary: 75cl / 43% – Bain's is the first South African single grain whisky, made in Wellington at the James Sedgwick distillery. Bain's has made an impressive debut in the UK, picking up a Gold Medal at the International Wine & Spirits Competition in 2010 and a Silver at the International Spirits Comp. |
75cl | £ 28.75 BUY NOW |
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Linkwood 1970 / Private Collection / Gordon & Macphail Speyside Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 45% Vintage: 1970 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 45% / Gordon & Macphail – A 1970 vintage Linkwood bottle by Gordon & Macphail in November 2010 after 40 years in a sherry cask for their impressive Private Collection. |
70cl | £ 290.00 BUY NOW |
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Powers Gold Label Irish Whiskey / 1l Irish Blended Whiskey Country: Irish Region: Irish Age: Strength: 40% Summary: 100cl / 40% – A litre bottle of Power's Gold Label, one of the biggest selling and oldest whisky brands in Ireland. |
100cl | £ 29.95 BUY NOW |
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Big Peat / Natural Cask Strength / Christmas Edition Blended Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 57.8% Summary: 70cl / 57.8% / Douglas Laing – A special Christmas edition of Douglas Laing's rightly popular Islay blended/vatted malt whisky. This one has been bottled at a solid cask strength of 57.8% and adds a jolly red hat to the windswept chap on the front of the bottle. |
70cl | £ 42.76 BUY NOW |
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Longrow 18 Year Old Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Campbeltown Age: 18 Year Old Strength: 46% Summary: 70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – The return of one of a Campbeltown classic: it's the Longrow 18! A legend in its own lunchtime and totally sold out in previous editions, it's back again but we don't know for how long. We've only got a few, so this remains |
70cl | £ 84.95 BUY NOW |
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Glenlivet 1965 / Gordon & Macphail Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 43% Vintage: 1965 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 43% / Gordon & Macphail – A 1965 vintage Glenlivet at a remarkably reasonable price thanks to the folks at Gordon & Macphail and their unfeasibly big collection of old casks. |
70cl | £ 223.00 BUY NOW |
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Highland Park 1991 / 20 Year Old / Cask #15118 / Signatory Island Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Island Age: 20 Year Old Strength: 46% Vintage: 1991 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 46% / Signatory – A 20 year old Highland Park from Signatory, released as part of their Un-Chillfiltered Collection. It was distilled in September 1991 and bottled from a single cask in January 2012. |
70cl | £ 50.95 BUY NOW |
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Balvenie Tun 1401 / Batch 5 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 50.1% Summary: 70cl / 50.1% / Distillery Bottling – The fifth batch of Balvenie's increasingly legendary Tun 1401 series. This is the second UK/European batch since it became wider released than just as a distillery bottling and its nine constituent casks (4 sherry butts, 3 bourbon hogsheads and 2 bourbon barrels) range in vintage from 1991 back to 1966. A beautiful dram that we expect to fly. |
70cl | £ 175.00 BUY NOW |
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Bruichladdich 1966 / 36 Year Old / Legacy 1 Islay Whisky Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 36 Year Old Strength: 40.6% Vintage: 1966 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 40.6% / Distillery Bottling |
70cl | £ 599.00 BUY NOW |
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