First Edition Glen Keith 1993 28 Year
$524.99
Distilled in 1993 at the Glen Keith Distillery, this 28 year old single malt was matured in a Refill Barrel before bottling at 56.4%.
Glen Grant 15 Year
$96.99
Well, this is a clever addition to the range, isn't it? Fifteen years old and 50%. Wow. Colour us happy. If the team at Glen Grant realizes that higher abv in whisky like this has an appeal (mostly for textural reasons), why keep the rest of the range at 43%? Apparently, there are people out there that prefer their whisky at lower strengths. We've never met one, but I guess they're out there. Does that count as cryptozoology?
Anyway, let's celebrate the good! Great distillery, good expression, nice age statement, and a robust strength that suits the profile. Well done.
50% abv
First Edition Jura 1998
$229.99
This 1998 vintage Jura from First Editions has been bottled at 56.4% after maturing 22 years in a Refill Ex-Bourbon Barrel.
First Edition Benrinnes 15 Year
$161.99
This 2007 vintage Benrinnes was matured 15 years in a Refill Hogshead before bottling at a cask strength 55.6%.
First Edition Mortlach 2010
$114.99
Distilled in 2010, and filled into a refill hogshead cask for 10 years before bottling at 57.5%.
First Edition Inchgower 1998
$244.99
Inchgower doesn't get enough love. It's one of Diageo's invisible distilleries, with most of its production destined for Bells Blended Whisky. Official bottlings are as nearly as scarce as hen's teeth. A tired cliche, I know, but quite apropos. Fortunately, we've seen a handful of really cool indie bottlings over the last couple years, such as this 1998 from First Editions. Not a bad price for a cask strength 23-year-old.
Only 120 bottles from Refill Hogshead HL18466.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 55.4% abv.
First Edition Craigellachie 2007
$179.99
This 15 year old Craigellachie from First Editions, was matured in a Sherry Butt, filled in 2007, and has been bottled at 56.3%.
First Edition Cragganmore 1995
$574.99
It is not often we see older bottlings of Cragganmore, and not at this price... Filled into a Sherry Butt in 1995, the whisky was matured 26 years before bottling at 54.7%. 88.25pts Whiskybase.