Macallan 1980-1999 | 18 Year OldSpeyside Single Malt Scotch WhiskyDistillery Bottling 70cl 43% The 1980 18 year old Macallan is generally regarded as the last 18 year old from the truly classic era of the distillery. Magnificently aromatic, earthy and fruity old style sherry with fulsome backbone from Macallan's signature thick distillate. A classic and a great one. Attributes Distillery Macallan Bottler Distillery Country Scotland Region Speyside Distilled Year 1980 Bottling Year

which were gifted to attendees of the distillery's Centenary dinner

thick oily phenols

and we're guessing that old stock of 75cl bottles were used as this was a private bottling

This Founders Whisky for Courage will certainly have a high proportion of aged single malts - most blends at the time had at least 30-40% malt whisky in the recipe and special premium blends like this one frequently had 50% or more malt content

which began production in 1966

Country Scotland Region Campbeltown Cask Type Port Distilled Year 1989

Distillery Kilchoman

waxy and quirky old school Highland dram

a Pedro Ximenez sherry puncheon that yielded 607 bottles at its temptingly poky natural cask strength of 55

There are several different expressions of Glenlochy under the Rare Malts umbrella and this particular example bottled at 124

This is bourbon matured and still relatively young but already shows signs of rich and distinctive distillery character

all courtesy of Gordon & MacPhail's endlessly enviable stocks of ancient whisky