Alongside many older vintage bottlings and whiskies that have long since disappeared, guests also had the opportunity to taste the Whisky Show's most expensive Dream Dram to date, a Glenfarclas 60yo at £15,000 per bottle.
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Glenfarclas 60 Year Old 70cl | 43.3%
Launched in 2014, this impressive whisky was laid down in the 1950s and matured in a single sherry butt – it sells for more than £14,000 per bottle.
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Glenmorangie Pride 1978 100cl | 47.4%
The second release of Glenmorangie Pride, this 1978 vintage saw five casks of 19-year-old whisky moved to ex-Bordeaux wine casks from a first-growth producer that is intended to remain a 'MysteRy'. Only 700 Baccarat crystal decanters have been released of this rich and complex whisky.
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Aberlour 40yo 48% | 70cl
Double cask matured 40yo Aberlour aged in ex-sherry and American oak.
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Ardbeg 1976 Bot.2004 Cask #2398 Islay Festival 2004
Cask 2398 was a sherry butt from the legendary 1976 batch. this rare Ardbeg was bottled for the Feis Ile in 2004.
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Bowmore Bicentenary Bot. 1979
Bottled in 1979 as part of their 200th birthday celebrations. Distilled in the 1960s and matured in some rather excellent sherry casks this is still considered to be one of the best Bowmores ever produced.
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Highland Park 40yo
An incredible bottling of Highland Park, aged for 40 long years and showing the rich, dark and fruity side of the distillery's character.
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Littlemill 25yo 2015 Private Cellar Edition
Despite the distillery closing in 1994, owners Loch Lomond have been releasing some of the now-mature stocks every year. Aged in a combination of ten American and European oak casks, it was married together in first-fill oloroso sherry casks.
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Tomatin 1971, 44yo
Just 252 bottles of this 44-year-old have been produced, the first in its new Warehouse 6 Collection. The whisky has been matured in Spanish oloroso sherry casks and bottled at cask strength.
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BENROMACH 1974 SINGLE CASK 70cl | 40.8%
Distilled in 1974 and the product of a single cask, this is a limited-edition release from Benromach. This sublime malt is incredibly complex with notes of dark chocolate, orange peel, liquorice and praline.
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Brora 1977 38 Year Old 15th Release Special Releases 2016
The Diageo Special Releases 2016 bottling of whisky from cult-closed distillery Brora. This is a classic dram from the distillery, balancing fruit, smoke and a softly farmyard-tinged character.
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Glen Garioch Bicentenary 37yo
A 37 year old bottling of Glen Garioch, released in 1997 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the distillery.
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Glenlivet 1969 Cellar Collection 70cl / 50.8%
A rare Glenlivet Cellar Collection from 1969 released in 2006, which quickly became very highly-sought after, in part due to a huge score in Whisky Magazine.
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Glenturret 1965 Bot. 1980s
A frosted bottle of 1965 vintage Glenturret, bottled by the distillery in, we estimate, the 1980s.
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Port Ellen 1978 20yo Rare Malts
One of the stellar PE Rare Malts releases that catapulted this obscure distillery to fame in the late 1990s. A legendary bottling.
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Royal Lochnagar 1988 70CL
A one-of-a-kind, single bottling, that will never be available to buy. This Royal Lochnagar was distilled in 1988 and bottled in 2016.
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Springbank 25yo 75cl | 46%
A wonderful colour on this 1990s American version of the cracking Springbank 25yo. Bottled at 46% for your delectation.
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Ardbeg 1975 Signatory 18yo Decanter
A rare early Signatory bottling of Ardbeg from the early 1990s. This is from a batch of just four casks, and was bottled at eighteen years old.
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Benriach 1975 40yo
The oldest release in Benriach's 13th batch of single-cask releases, this peated whisky was distilled in 1975 and aged in a sherry butt for 40 years.
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Cambus 1975 40 Year Old Special Releases 2016
The first official bottling of Cambus since at least the turn of the 20th century. Classic grain whisky notes are balanced by huge fruity character. One of the best grains we've tried in years.
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Deanston 40yo
The rarest of the Deanston collection with only 480 bottles produced - this 40yo has been finished in Oloroso casks and un-chill filtered.
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Glenfiddich 30YO 75cl | 43%
This Glenfiddich has spent at least 30 years in Spanish Oloroso and American bourbon oak casks.
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Glenglassaugh 1975 40YO Massandra Madeira Finish 70cl | 43.9%
A richly coloured 40-year-old Glenglassaugh finished in a Massandra Madeira puncheon. Distilled on 218 June 1975, cask 2180 yielded 588 bottles at 43.9% in September 2015.
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Glenrothes 1978 70cl | 43%
Another outstanding sherried The Glenrothes vintage bottling, this time from 1978. Bottled in 2008, this was rated at 90.5 points in the Whisky Bible by Jim Murray.
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Hankey Bannister 40yo 70cl | 44.3%
The blend includes some 1967 and 1970 sherried Highland whiskies combined with Lowland grain.
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Kininvie 25YO First Drops
Kininvie the first drops’ is one of the first casks filled at the distillery on July 4th 1990, and one of only three casks hand selected by Brian Kinsman for this special release.
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Lagavulin 25YO 200th Anniversary Edition 70cl | 57.2%
Limited edition Lagavulin 25 year old in celebration of Lagavulin's 200th anniversary, bottled at cask strength.
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Laphroaig 10yo bot.1980s
An old bottling of 10yo Laphroaig, released well before the distillery received its Royal Warrant. These bottles are known for their fruity character.
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Linkwood 1978 37 Year Old Special Releases 2016
An elegant and well-matured dram, this is shot through with sweet, creamy and fruity flavours, all sat on a backbone of rich but savoury chocolate.
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Talisker 12yo Bot. 1970s
A rare Talisker 12yo from the 1970s, sporting the 'TD' logo of Scottish Malt Distillers' subsidiary Dailuaine-Talisker Distillers Ltd on the front label.