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31 Years Old Whisky

Browse our whisky database by the age of the whisky. The 'age' of a whisky is the time it spent in the 'cask' before being bottled. The longer a whisky remains in the cask, the more flavour it will acquire and the less spirit will remain.

The age of a whisk(e)y is determined by the length of time it has spent in the cask before being bottled. Once the whisk(e)y has been bottled the aging process stops. A whisk(e)y bottled at 10 years old will always be a 10 year old whisk(e)y even in a hundred years. By then the vintage of the whisk(e)y would still make it a rare and valuable item.

When dealing especially with blends, but also with single malts, some of the whiskies may be older than the stated age. However none of the whiskies will be younger.

Issue 112 Out Now

Tamdhu, Coopering, Toronto

31 year old whiskies

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Adelphi Glen Grant 1970, 31 Years Old, Cask 1036
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.40% 7 The better balanced of these two Glen Grants. The more integrated flavours. Seems to have matured better.

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Adelphi Teaninich 31 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 57.80% 8 Well-matured, amazing for its age.

Auchentoshan 1966, 31 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 45.80% 8 A fine whisky, but does something as fresh and soft benefit from quite so much ageing?

Banff 1966, 31 Years Old, Old Malt Cask
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00% 7 Banff was never a classic, but it is an evocatively old-fashioned Highland malt, and it has stood up reasonably well to great age.

Cadenhead's Millburn 31 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 52.30% 8 Not a great aromatic display. A cardboardy touch on the palate. Water soothes alcohol a little while underlining the unidimensional aniseed/minty profile.

Dewar Rattray Strathmill 1975 31 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 49.30% 7 The wood has taken charge. Doesn't appear to have the character to carry extended aging.

Dewar Rattray Strathmill 1976
Single Malt - Scotland - 48.40% 7 All was going so well then the finish undoes all the good work. Ultimately unbalanced. Still at least my breath smells minty fresh.

Duncan Taylor Glen Grant 31 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 42.40% 7 A reticent nose is completely eclipsed by a huge but uncomplicated palate. Benefits greatly from water.

Longmorn 1976 31 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.30% 8 A natural beauty. Rich and elegant, without ostentation.As harmonious as a concerto from Mozart.

Longmorn 31 Years Old Bottle for the Whisky Fair
Single Malt - Scotland - 49.80% 8 An extremely complex – and for me, pleasant – nose is matched by a dense and demanding palate.

Old Malt Cask Tomatin
- Scotland - 50.00% 7 Lovely. Has retained freshness (or taken a long time to get here.

Port Ellen 1978 31 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.60% 7 Another evolution in the Port Ellen saga. Less austere but also less overtly smoky. Fascinating.

Scott's Selection Glenlivet 31 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 45.50% 7 A decent Glenlivet.

Signatory Cambus 1964, 31 Years Old
Single Grain - Scotland - 43.80% 7 A good example of a single grain as a pleasant dram, though that is true of several in this tasting. If someone gave me this whisky in a bar, I would enjoy it, but I have yet to find a single grain th...

The Whisky Exchange Glen Grant 31 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.90% 7 With water, more toffeish malt notes emerge in the middle, but the wood is very dominating.

Aberlour 1970 31 Year Old The Whisky Exchange	£550.00
Ardbeg 1974 Single Cask 2743 31 Year Old Abbey Whisky	£1,398.00
Ardbeg 1976 31 Year Old Cask 2397 Sherry Butt The Whisky Exchange	£999.00
Auchentoshan 1965 31 Year Old The Whisky Exchange	£850.00
Auchentoshan 1965 31 Year Old Cask #2502 The Whisky Exchange	£850.00
Auchentoshan 1965 31 Year Old Cask #2511 The Whisky Exchange	£850.00
Auchentoshan 1966 31 Year Old Cask #1004 The Whisky Exchange	£699.00
Auchentoshan 1966 31 Year Old Cask #511 The Whisky Exchange	£699.00
Auchentoshan 1966 31 Year Old Cask #804 The Whisky Exchange	£699.00
Balblair 1969 31 Year Old 45% 70cl The Whisky Exchange	£299.00
Banff 1966 31 Year Old The Whisky Exchange	£399.00
Ben Wyvis 1968 + Mini 31 Year Old Cask #686 The Whisky Exchange	£1,500.00
Ben Wyvis 1968 31 Year Old The Whisky Exchange	£1,400.00
Ben Wyvis 1968 31 Year Old Cask #687 The Whisky Exchange	£1,400.00
Ben Wyvis 1968 31 Year Old Cask #687 The Whisky Exchange	£1,400.00
Benriach 1979 31 Year Old Peated Bourbon Barrel #11195 The Whisky Exchange	£175.00
Benriach 1980 31 Year Old Cask 2531 Whisky-Online.com	£139.96
Black Bowmore 1964 31 Year Old Final Edition The Whisky Exchange	£3,500.00
Bowmore 1957 31 Year Old Sherry Cask The Whisky Exchange	£1,999.00
Bowmore 1968 31 Year Old Signatory The Whisky Exchange	£699.00
Bruichladdich 1970 Valinch 31 Year Old 45.5% The Whisky Exchange	£550.00
Bunnahabhain 1976 31 Year Old Oloroso Sherry The Whisky Exchange	£175.00
Bunnahabhain 1979 31 Year Old Cask #9523 Signatory The Whisky Exchange	£109.00
Bunnahabhain 1980 31 Year Old Cask #604 The Whisky Exchange	£113.00
Caol Ila 1979 31 Year Old Cask #5305 Mackillop's The Whisky Exchange	£129.00
Caol Ila 1979 31 Year Old Mackillop's The Whisky Exchange	£110.00
Dallas Dhu 1968 31 Year Old Bot.2000 The Whisky Exchange	£450.00
Dallas Dhu 1980 31 Year Old Cask #2106 Signatory The Whisky Exchange	£128.00
Dallas Dhu 1980 31 Year Old Cask #2106 Signatory The Whisky Exchange	£128.00
Glen Albyn 1965 31 Year Old Silent Stills The Whisky Exchange	£499.00
Glen Grant 31 Year Old 1964 Lost Bottlings Series Master Of Malt Master of Malt	£599.95
Glen Keith 1968 31 Year Old Old Malt Cask The Whisky Exchange	£275.00
Glendronach 31 Year Old Grandeur The Whisky Barrel	£345.20
Glendronach 31 Year Old Grandeur Master of Malt	£336.60
Glendronach Grandeur 31 Year Old Whisky-Online.com	£340.00
Glendronach Grandeur 31 Year Old Sherry Cask The Whisky Exchange	£340.00
Glenfarclas 31 Year Old Port Cask The Whisky Exchange	£310.00
Glenfarclas 31 Year Old Port Cask Abbey Whisky	£305.00
Glenfarclas 31 Year Old Port Cask Master of Malt	£305.86
Glenfarclas 31 Years Old Port Cask The Whisky Shop Dufftown	£305.00
Glenfiddich 1976 31 Year Old The Whisky Exchange	£799.00
Glenfiddich 1978 Cask 28152 31 Year Old Whisky-Online.com	£995.00
Glenglassaugh 1979 31 Year Old Cask #1546 Signatory The Whisky Exchange	£124.00
Glenglassaugh 1979 31 Year Old Cask #1546 Signatory The Whisky Exchange	£124.00
Glengoyne 1972 31 Year Old Cask #2970 The Whisky Exchange	£199.00
Glenturret 1979 31 Year Old Cask #1441 Signatory The Whisky Exchange	£109.00
Glenturret 31 Year Old 1979 Cask Strength Collection Signatory Master of Malt	£142.47
Glenugie 1966 31 Year Old Silent Stills The Whisky Exchange	£999.00
Karuizawa 1977 31 Year Old Wait La Mazurka Whisky The Whisky Exchange	£250.00
Laphroaig 1974 31 Year Old Sherry Cask The Whisky Exchange	£3,999.00
Laphroaig 1974 31 Years 49.7% Lmdw 31 1974 Lions Whisky	£3,350.00
Lochside 1959 31 Years Old 57.9% Signatory 31 1959 Lions Whisky	£1,180.00
Longmorn 1978 31 Year Old Masterpieces The Whisky Exchange	£155.00
Mosstowie 1979 31 Year Old Cask #12908 The Whisky Exchange	£124.00
Port Ellen 1969 31 Year Old The Whisky Exchange	£999.00
Port Ellen 1978 31 Year Old 10th Release 2010 The Whisky Exchange	£699.00
Rum Nation Demerara 1975 31 Years Old 31 1975 Lions Whisky	£375.00
Smws 112.6 1966 31 Year Old The Whisky Exchange	£299.00
Smws 19.22 1967 31 Year Old The Whisky Exchange	£750.00
Smws 20.15 1967 31 Year Old An Arranged Marriage The Whisky Exchange	£350.00
Smws 45.19 1975 31 Year Old The Whisky Exchange	£250.00
Smws 99.13 1980 31 Year Old The Whisky Exchange	£299.00
Springbank 1965 31 Year Old Campbeltown Scotch Whisky The Whisky Exchange	£599.00
Springbank 1965 31 Year Old Sherry Cask Campbeltown Whisky The Whisky Exchange	£1,500.00
Tomintoul 1981 31 Year Old Cask #5985 The Whisky Exchange	£250.00

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