Strathisla 12 Year Old 1980sSpeyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottling 75cl 40% A wonderful old 1980s bottle of Strathisla 12 year old, most likely bottled towards the end of the 1980s. This will be a gentle, old school sherried Speyside treat. These cream label Strathisla 12 year olds were among the first proper OBs of Strathisla in the modern era, after owners Chivas Brothers began doing their own proprietary bottlings instead of leaving everything up to Gordon &

Country Scotland Region Speyside Age 21 Limited Edition Yes Cask Type Bourbon & Sherry Bottle Size 70cl ABV 43%

A 1971 Millburn single malt whisky bottled in 1991 by Gordon & MacPhail for their Connoisseurs Choice range

The deep amber colour introduces a rich nose with raisin fruit and welcoming smoke

Distillery Bottling 26 2/3 Fl Ozs / 70 Proof

and here's Batch 07 at the end of July

While the 16-year-old is a Port finish

waxy and farmy

and comes across as a sort of refined

This was the fifth Glover in the series and was a fusion of single malt whiskies from both Adelphi's Ardnamurchan distillery in the Highlands and Ichiro Akuto's Chichibu distillery in Japan

Seville orange peel and charred oak develop

Nectarines

then a wall of fruits