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Glenmorangie 1981 / Sauternes Wood Finish Highland Whisky

February 14, 2012 by Gary Leave a Comment

Glenmorangie 1981 / Sauternes Wood Finish Highland Whisky

Glenmorangie 1981 / Sauternes Wood Finish Highland Whisky

70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – A perfect example of what wood-finishing (so often reviled by some) can achieve, Glenmorangie 1981 spent the last two of its 21 years of maturation in casks formerly containing Chateau d’Yquem. A legendary ‘Morangie..

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 1981, casks, example, Glenmorangie, Highland, legendary, maturation, morangie, years

Lochside 1981 / Bot.2011 / Berry Brothers & Rudd Highland Whisky

February 2, 2012 by Gary Leave a Comment

Lochside 1981 / Bot.2011 / Berry Brothers & Rudd Highland Whisky

Lochside 1981 / Bot.2011 / Berry Brothers & Rudd Highland Whisky

70cl / 46% / Berry Brothers & Rudd – A 1981 vintage whisky from Lochside bottled by Berry Brothers & Rudd. Lochside was closed in 1992 and has begun to pick up a cult following as aged stock has started to come into its prime..

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 1981, aged, bottled, closed, Highland, Lochside, vintage, whisky

Bell's Charles & Diana (1981) Blended Scotch Whisky

December 11, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Bell's Charles & Diana (1981) Blended Scotch Whisky

Bell's Charles & Diana (1981) Blended Scotch Whisky

75cl / 43% – A limited edition Bell’s ceramic decanter produced to celebrate the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981..

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Filed Under: Bell's Tagged With: 1981, Bell's, celebrate, edition, produced

Glenmorangie 1981 / Sauternes Wood Finish Highland Whisky

November 24, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Glenmorangie 1981 / Sauternes Wood Finish Highland Whisky

Glenmorangie 1981 / Sauternes Wood Finish Highland Whisky

70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – A perfect example of what wood-finishing (so often reviled by some) can achieve, Glenmorangie 1981 spent the last two of its 21 years of maturation in casks formerly containing Chateau d’Yquem. A legendary ‘Morangie..

Price: £ 450.00  BUY IT NOW

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 1981, casks, example, Glenmorangie, Highland, legendary, maturation, morangie, years

Benromach 1981 – Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

September 22, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Benromach 1981 - Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Benromach 1981 - Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 58.1% / Distillery Bottling – A bottling of 1981 vintage Benromach, produced by the previous owners before the distillery’s 1983 mothballing, but bottled by new owners Gordon & Macphail. This is only going to get rarer, as there won’t be any 21 year old whisky finishing its maturation until 2019, 21 years after the distillery reopened in 1998..

Price: £ 110.00  BUY IT NOW

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 1981, Benromach, bottling, distillery, maturation, Speyside, whisky, year, years

Auchentoshan 1981 / 15 Year Old – Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

May 17, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Auchentoshan 1981 / 15 Year Old - Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Auchentoshan 1981 / 15 Year Old - Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 46% / First Cask – An independent bottling of Auchentoshan 1981 bottled in the mid-1990s..

Price: £ 120.00  BUY IT NOW

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 15 Year Old, 1981, Auchentoshan, bottled, bottling, cask, first, independent, Lowland

Brora 1981 / 28 Year Old / Sherry Cask – Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky

December 4, 2010 by Gary Leave a Comment

Brora 1981 / 28 Year Old / Sherry Cask - Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky

Brora 1981 / 28 Year Old / Sherry Cask - Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 58.1% / Douglas Laing – A Brora 1981 bottled at cask strength (aged 28yo) by Douglas Laing for their Old & Rare Platinum Selection. Smart new boxes on these new Platinum Selections..

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 1981, 28 Year Old, aged, bottled, Brora, cask, douglas, Highland, laing, rare

Laphroaig 1981 / 27 Year Old / Oloroso Sherry Cask – Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky

September 28, 2010 by Gary Leave a Comment

Laphroaig 1981 / 27 Year Old / Oloroso Sherry Cask - Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky

Laphroaig 1981 / 27 Year Old / Oloroso Sherry Cask - Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 56.6% / Distillery Bottling – A new batch of 27 year-old sherried Laphroaig, this time from 1981. Bottled from just five Oloroso sherry butts – the same as last year’s 1980 vintage which won the top prize at the Malt Maniac’s Awards..

Price: £ 550.00  BUY IT NOW

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 1981, 27 Year Old, awards, Islay, Laphroaig, malt, maniac, oloroso, vintage, year

Linkwood 1981 / 26 Year Old / Port Finish – Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

July 22, 2010 by Gary Leave a Comment

Linkwood 1981 / 26 Year Old / Port Finish - Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

Linkwood 1981 / 26 Year Old / Port Finish - Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

50cl / 56.9% / Distillery Bottling – For this Linkwood 1981, 12 yo malt that had been matured in traditional casks was transferred to port wine casks for a further 14 years. Something of a departure for Diageo’s Special Releases, releasing three malts from the same distillery in 50cl bottles..

Price: £ 69.95  BUY IT NOW

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Filed Under: Speyside Tagged With: 1981, 26 Year Old, bottles, casks, diageo, distillery, Linkwood, releases, Speyside, years

Bruichladdich 1965 / 15 Year Old / Royal Wedding 1981 – Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky

June 16, 2010 by Gary Leave a Comment

Bruichladdich 1965 / 15 Year Old / Royal Wedding 1981 - Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky

Bruichladdich 1965 / 15 Year Old / Royal Wedding 1981 - Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky

75cl / 52% / Distillery Bottling.

Price: £ 399.00  BUY IT NOW

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Filed Under: Islay Tagged With: 15 Year Old, 1981, bottling, Bruichladdich, distillery, Islay

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