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.
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Glengoyne 32 Years Old, Single Cask
Single Malt - Scotland - 48.70%
8 Complex, old, not perfect, but good darned fun!
Auchentoshan 1979 Oloroso 32 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.50%
8 ?Excellent.
Balblair 1975
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
7 The Balblair bandwagon continues.
Cooper's Choice Dallas Dhu 1970, 32 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
8 Delicious Dallas Dhu does it again. How long can this go on?
Cooper's Choice Glenlivet 1971, 32 Years Old, Sherry Cask
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
8 This example has stood up to its 32 years in the cask very well. A good example of how supple an old Glenlivet can be.
Glen Elgin 32 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 58.30%
8 A lovely example of a honeyish Speyside whisky.
Glenlivet The Coopers Choice Single Cask Selection
- Scotland - 46.00%
7 Somehow manages to be light in character but deep in weight.
Old Malt Cask Banff 32 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.00%
8 What a lovely wee dram! Gentle, fragrant,open and lively. So comforting.
Port Ellen 32 Years Old
Single Grain - Scotland - 53.90%
8 Another shining example of shrewd cask selection.
Port Ellen 32 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 52.50%
8 Complex with a good balance of fruit and peat.
Signatory The Glenrothes 1968 32 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 50.50%
8 Less soft than the younger expression. A drier, more robust, expression.
The Macallan 1970, 32 Years Old, Vintage
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.90%
8 Still recognisably Macallan, but the dark claret colour sounded a wood warning. I am forgiving of woodiness, but this approached my limits. Other malt-lovers may be more tolerant.
Whisky Fair Clynelish 32 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 58.60%
8 A muscular yet elegant old malt. Brisk and complex. Alcohol is somewhat insistent.


