Rare and Exclusive Whiskies from The Whisky Shop – Scotch Whisky News
Rare and exclusive whiskies
From the very limited single cask bottlings from Hunter Laing, to the last remaining bottles of Brora and Port Ellen from Diageo’s 2014 Special Releases, we’ve got some fantastic whiskies that you definitely don’t want to miss out on! We’re also very sad to announce that stocks of our wonderful Bowmore Exclusive have almost run out, so it’s your last chance to get one before it’s gone forever!
Glenfarclas Family Casks
The Family Casks are a unique collection of the best single casks from the Glenfarclas distillery’s warehouses. Launched in 2007, the collection initially comprised 43 single cask bottlings, with one cask from every year from 1952 to 1994. The Family Casks are bottled at cask strength and natural colour, allowing you to explore the subtle differences between casks and the history of family owned Glenfarclas.
£175 – £2,315 Explore the full range here
Single Cask Bottlings
Hunter Laing
Hunter Laing is an independent bottling company based in Glasgow, who select the finest casks from the best distilleries in Scotland and bottle them under the Old and Rare, Old Malt Cask and Douglas of Drumlanrig brands. All of the Hunter Laing whiskies we sell are hand picked by our staff, based on their fantastic flavour profiles, value for money and exclusivity. All of the whiskies are of natural colour, and non-chill filtered.
Discover the full collection here
Ghosted Reserve
Rare Cask Reserves Ghosted Reserve
The Ghosted Reserve is the first blended malt from William Grant & Sons that contains whisky from long closed distilleries Inverleven and Ladyburn. Both of which have been closed since 1991 and 1975 respectively. This exceptional one-off expression offers notes of almond oil and zesty citrus fruit. One of only 4100 individually numbered bottles were created and only 1200 are available to purchase in the UK.
Last chance to buy
Port Ellen 35 year old 14th Release
A limited edition, natural cask strength single malt from Port Ellen, a closed distillery on the Isle of Islay. One of the most rare and highly sought after malts, this is the 14th of a limited series of annual releases and is the oldest release of Port Ellen ever to come from the original distillers. Part of Diageo’s 2014 Special Releases. One of only 2,964 individually numbered bottles, bottled at 56.5% abv.
Brora 35 year old 13th Release
Distilled in 1978 and matured in refill American Oak and European Oak casks for over 35 years old. From the closed distillery at Brora on the Sutherland coast. It is the equal-oldest Brora bottled in this series and the thirteenth of a limited series of annual releases. One of only 2,964 individually numbered bottles, bottled at 48.6% abv.
