Port Dundas 35 Year Old Director's Cut single grain Scotch whisky. 1978 vintage single cask refill hogshead 9729 bottle April 2013 by Douglas Laing & Co. for the Director's Cut series. 260 bottles. ...

Single cask 128320. 38-year old Port Dundas single grain whisky from the award winning Duncan Taylor, Rare Auld series. Distilled January 1973 & bottled April 2011. Port Dundas Port Dundas Distillery was established by Daniel Mc Farlane in 1811 in the Port Dundas area of Glasgow. The area developed rapidly into an industrial complex which included three distilleries all named Port Dundas. The first was established in 1811, the second in 1813 & the third operated for just a short period during the late 1830s. In 1845 both operating distilleries were producing grain spirit & in that year both installed Coffey stills. In 1877 they amalgamated & by 1885 Port Dundas Distillery had developed into the largest distillery in the world & was processing corn & barley & rye, & importing grain from America. In 1886 the distillery was operating with two malt kilns & five grain kilns, thirty-five washbacks, three Coffey stills & five pot stills. In 2010 port Dundas Distillery closed & demolition began shortly thereafter. Nose: Sweet, tomatoes, oranges, rocket, raisins. Palate: Cherries, kirsch, smoked almonds, bananas, rum like, lots of toffee, a touch meaty. Finish: Thick & chewy, raspberries & toffee with vanilla ice-cream. ...

Port Dundas 43 Year Old 1974 vintage Lowland single grain Scotch whisky. Single cask refill hogshead 71704 bottled 2018 by Creative Whisky Co. for the Exclusive Grains series. 228 bottles. ...

Bottled 2010. Just 3, 000 bottles each individually numbered. Only a couple of hundred bottles where allocated to Scotland & UK. Port Ellen Port Ellen Distillery was established by Alexander K. Mackay on the southern coast of the Isle of Islay at Port Ellen in 1825. Port Ellen was a malt whisky distillery but closed in 1983 & whilst the distillery buildings remain Port Ellen drum maltings occupy part of the site & participates in Feis Ile, the annual Islay Festival of Malt & Music. Most recent official bottling of Port Ellen single malt whisky was the Port Ellen 11th Release. During the winter of 1823-24 James Fox tested his newly designed spirit safe at Port Ellen Distillery prior to its introduction in all Scottish licenced distilleries by 1825 in order to comply with enactment of the Excise Act of 1823. Thus Port Ellen Distillery was the first Scottish distillery to install a spirit safe & James Fox was paid £428 for his work. No tasting notes at present. ...

2011 Diageo Special Release. Ultra limited edition of only 2, 988 bottles each individually numbered. Only a couple of hundred ...

1982 vintage bottled 2002 by Gordon Mac Phail for the Connoisseurs Choice range. Port Ellen Port Ellen Distillery was established by Alexander K. Mackay on the southern coast of the Isle of Islay at Port Ellen in 1825. Port Ellen was a malt whisky distillery but closed in 1983 & whilst the distillery buildings remain Port Ellen drum maltings occupy part of the site & participates in Feis Ile, the annual Islay Festival of Malt & Music. Most recent official bottling of Port Ellen single malt whisky was the Port Ellen 11th Release. During the winter of 1823-24 James Fox tested his newly designed spirit safe at Port Ellen Distillery prior to its introduction in all Scottish licenced distilleries by 1825 in order to comply with enactment of the Excise Act of 1823. Thus Port Ellen Distillery was the first Scottish distillery to install a spirit safe & James Fox was paid £428 for his work. No tasting notes at present. ...

Port Ellen 22 Year Old Islay single malt Scotch whiskey. 1983 vintage single refill hogshead cask 2398. Bottled by Douglas Laing & Co for patrons of the Whisky Festival of Noord held on 10th/11th/12th Febuary 2006, Netherlands. Limited release of just 150 bottles. ...

From a single refill butt cask 5441. 26 year old distilled in the final year of distillation at Port Ellen distillery from the Old Malt Cask series. Distilled March 1983 & bottled August 2009. Port Ellen Port Ellen Distillery was established by Alexander K. Mackay on the southern coast of the Isle of Islay at Port Ellen in 1825. Port Ellen was a malt whisky distillery but closed in 1983 & whilst the distillery buildings remain Port Ellen drum maltings occupy part of the site & participates in Feis Ile, the annual Islay Festival of Malt & Music. Most recent official bottling of Port Ellen single malt whisky was the Port Ellen 11th Release. During the winter of 1823-24 James Fox tested his newly designed spirit safe at Port Ellen Distillery prior to its introduction in all Scottish licenced distilleries by 1825 in order to comply with enactment of the Excise Act of 1823. Thus Port Ellen Distillery was the first Scottish distillery to install a spirit safe & James Fox was paid £428 for his work. Fresh, clean & gristy sweet nose, eucalyptus & home baking. The palate is complex, creamy, vanillad with late gently peated smoke. Mellow, soft tar & ashes finish. ...

Port Ellen 27 Year Old 1978 vintage Islay single malt Scotch whisky. Single sherry butt expression of the lost Scottish distillery. Bottled 2006 by Douglas Laing & Co. for the Old & Rare Platinum series. 396 numbered bottles. Port Ellen Port Ellen Distillery was established by Alexander K. Mackay on the southern coast of the Isle of Islay at Port Ellen in 1825. Port Ellen was a malt whisky distillery but closed in 1983 & whilst the distillery buildings remain Port Ellen drum maltings occupy part of the site & participates in Feis Ile, the annual Islay Festival of Malt & Music. Most recent official bottling of Port Ellen single malt whisky was the Port Ellen 11th Release. During the winter of 1823-24 James Fox tested his newly designed spirit safe at Port Ellen Distillery prior to its introduction in all Scottish licenced distilleries by 1825 in order to comply with enactment of the Excise Act of 1823. Thus Port Ellen Distillery was the first Scottish distillery to install a spirit safe & James Fox was paid £428 for his work. Robustly & distinctly sherried on the nose, it is only on 'opening' that its salty & maritime heritage is revealed, so what a surprise on the palate when the phenolic qualities of Islay impact massively, combined with ginger & all manor of tongue-tingling spices together with the sherry frutifeousness. The finish is long, smoky & spicy, with the typical Port Ellen leathery characteristics. ...

Port Ellen 27 Year Old single malt Scotch. From a single refill hogshead cask 6702. 27 year old distilled in the final year of distillation at Port Ellen distillery bottled for the Old Malt Cask series. Distilled March 1983 & bottled November 2010. Port Ellen Port Ellen Distillery was established by Alexander K. Mackay on the southern coast of the Isle of Islay at Port Ellen in 1825. Port Ellen was a malt whisky distillery but closed in 1983 & whilst the distillery buildings remain Port Ellen drum maltings occupy part of the site & participates in Feis Ile, the annual Islay Festival of Malt & Music. Most recent official bottling of Port Ellen single malt whisky was the Port Ellen 11th Release. During the winter of 1823-24 James Fox tested his newly designed spirit safe at Port Ellen Distillery prior to its introduction in all Scottish licenced distilleries by 1825 in order to comply with enactment of the Excise Act of 1823. Thus Port Ellen Distillery was the first Scottish distillery to install a spirit safe & James Fox was paid £428 for his work. Nose: A smoking malt kiln, a sweet camphor style & flamed lemon peel. Palate: Still sweet runs to a “ Fisherman’s Friend” quality & smoking embers. Finish: Long & carries a burnt cocoa chocolate style & sweet liquorice. ...