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 ...

Port Ellen 1981 vintage Islay single malt Scotch whisky. Bottled 1999 by Gordon & Mac Phail for the Connoisseurs Choice series. ...

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. ...

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. ...

Single refill butt cask 6101. 27 year old from the final year of distillation at Port Ellen distillery. Distilled Spring 1983 & bottled Spring 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. The nose is fresh & clean, developing to a salty, oceanic style & runs to sweet smoke & burnt citrus peel. The palate is well balanced between sweet & smokey elements, then a mentholated quality appears which carries to a soft tar character. The finish is long, sweetly smoked with a salty, leathery quality. ...

Single cask 672. Distilled March 1983 & bottled May 2010. Only 258 numbered bottles for the Duncan Taylor Rarest of the Rare series. MAXIMUM 1 BOTTLE PER ADDRESS 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 28 Yea Old 1982 vintage Islay single malt Scotch whisky. Matured in a refill sherry butt & bottled 2010 by Gordon & Mac Phail for the  Connoisseurs Choice series. ...