New Arrivals: 2nd May 2025

New Arrivals: 2nd May 2025

At The Whisky Vault we are always looking to add more quality stock, here’s the latest products we’ve just added, a selection of new faces and old favourites returning: - 

Deanston 1995 26yo, Rare Find – Single Bourbon Cask 4392

Deanston 1995 26yo Rare Find

A wonderful 26 year old Highland single malt that was laid down at the Deanston distillery in 1995 and bottled for the Rare Find series from Gleann Mór Spirits Co. in 2022.

Filled from single bourbon barrel number 4392 at a natural strength 53.9% ABV.

The Whisky Vault Price: net £250. Buy Here

 

Glen Grant 1985 35yo, Douglas Laing XOP – Cask 14969

Glen Grant 1985 35yo XOP

This incredibly limited 35 year old Speyside single malt was distilled at Glen Grant in July 1985 and bottled in June 2021 for Douglas Laing's Xtra Old Particular series.

Yielded from refill hogshead number 14969 at a natural cask strength 55.5%, this is one of only 183 bottles that comes complete with wooden presentation case and COA insert. This particular bottles is extra special, in that it is numbered No. 1!

The Whisky Vault Price: net £833.33. Buy Here.

 

Glenburgie 1980 40yo, Douglas Laing XOP – Cask 15090

Glenburgie 1980 40yo XOP
This limited release 40 year old Speyside single malt was laid to rest at the Glenburgie distillery in November 1980 and bottled for Douglas Laing's Xtra Old Particular range in June 2021.

Exclusively matured in refill hogshead number 15090, this natural strength beauty is one of just 233 hand-filled bottles that comes complete with wooden presentation box and COA insert

The Whisky Vault Price: net £791.67. Buy Here.

 

Macallan 1952 25yo, Queen’s Silver Jubilee

Macallan 25yo Queens Silver Jubilee

This fascinating 25 year old Speyside single malt was bottled at 70 proof by Gordon & MacPhail, an incredible 40 years ago, to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977.

This regal beauty was distilled at The Macallan in, or before, 1952 and is both highly collectible and very rare. Oh, and expect the contents to be sublime!

The Whisky Vault Price: net £2,500 (elsewhere net £3,083). Buy Here.

 

Macallan 1968 25yo Anniversary Malt

Macallan 1968 25yo Anniversary Malt

This incredibly rare 25 year Speyside single malt was distilled at The Macallan in 1968 and bottled for the UK market in 1994 for the highly decorated Anniversary Malt range.

The Whisky Vault Price: net £4,166.67 (elsewhere net £5000-£7500). Buy Here.

 

Macallan Time:Space Mastery, 200th Anniversary Ltd Edition

Macallan Time:Space Mastery

The Mastery is a no-age statement single malt from the Speyside giants, Macallan, that was filled at 43.6% ABV. It was matured in fourteen different varieties of cask - a complex combination of virgin oak casks, sherry-seasoned casks, and refill casks of varying size and wood origin.

Originally released via ballot in September 2024, the Mastery is one of two expressions in the Time:Space collection, commemorating the distillery's 200th anniversary. Bottled alongside a sensational 84 year old expression, and the first coming of age spirit from their new distillery, the collection aims to 'pay homage to the distillery's past and embrace the future.'

The stunning ring-shaped decanter is presented in even more outlandish box, adorned with two-hundred red spikes that honour each and every one of the distillery's 200 years of decorated history.

The Whisky Vault Price: net £1250. Buy Here.

 

Macallan Private Eye

Macallan Private Eye

This bottling was brought out to celebrate the Private Eye, a popular British satirical and current affairs magazine, 35th anniversary in 1996 and was restricted to a Limited Edition of 5,000 bottles, all individually numbered (with this particular offering being bottle number 2862).

A vatting of Macallan casks, including one from 1961 - the magazine's first publication year, the bottle has a unique stencilled label created by the famous cartoonist Ralph Steadman.

The history, design and of course the excellent whisky inside mean this continues to be a hugely collectible Macallan.

The Whisky Vault Price: net £4166.67 (elsewhere net £8,333). Buy Here.

 

Probably Speyside’s Finest 1965 40yo, Old Malt Cask

Probably Speysides Finest 1965 40yo

Although undisclosed, this 40 year old 'Probably Speyside's Finest' single malt has unofficially been outed as a 1965 Glenfarclas distillation.

Taken from Sherry butt number 2569, this is one of just 539 limited bottling's that were released for Douglas Laing's Old Malt Cask series in April 2006. Awarded a mighty 89 points from the WhiskyFun critics!

The Whisky Vault Price: net £1,666.67 (not currently available anywhere else). Buy Here

 

Springbank 1973 18yo, Rum Butt Cadenhead 57.9% Bottling 

Springbank 1973 18yo Rum Butt

This spectacular vintage Springbank was distilled in June 1973, matured (unusually) in a rum butt for 18 years and then specially bottled by Wm Cadenhead in September 1991. Two versions were released, this is the much deeper and darker coloured 57.9% ABV bottling.

Some folk were upset with the use of a rum butt, whilst others championed it - namely the WhiskyFun guys, who awarded this natural cask strength beauty a whopping 93 points!

The Whisky Vault Price: net £3,333 (not currently available anywhere else). Buy Here.