Port Ellen 21 yo 1980 ‘Special Reserve’ (46%, Silver Seal 2002)
Category Archive: Port Ellen
Port Ellen distillery
Islay region
Founded in 1825, currently inactive (said to re-open in 2020)
Owned by Diageo
Ardbeg 21 yo 1974 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail for Sestante 1995, 1387 btl.)
Laphroaig 1987 (53,4%, OB for LMdW 50th Anniversary 2006, six first fill hogsheads, 1387 btl.)
Port Ellen 20 yo 1978 (60,9%, OB Rare Malts 1998)
Port Ellen 42 yo 1981 (52,5%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Recollection series #2’ 2023, refill sherry butt #290, 181 btl.)
Banff 46 yo 1976 (50,4%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Recollection series #2’ 2023, refill sherry butt #2887, 109 btl.)
Glen Mhor 49 yo 1973 (47,2%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Recollection series #2’ 2023, refill sherry hogshead #85026801, 170 btl.)
Port Ellen 13 Years 1979 – Douglas Murdoch
Port Ellen 40 yo 1979 ‘9 Rogue Casks’ (50,9%, OB ‘Untold Stories’ 2020, 1380 btl.)
Port Ellen 35 yo 1982 (50,3%, Signatory Vintage ‘30th Anniversary’ 2018, refill sherry butt #2040, 267 btl.)
Caol Ila 50 yo 1968 (52,5%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Private Collection’ 2018, refill sherry hogshead, 190 btl.)
Macallan 1954 (80° proof, OB / Campbell, Hope & King Ltd. late 1960s, imp. Rinaldi Italy, sherry wood)
Port Ellen 12 yo (59%, James MacArthur ‘Fine Malt Selection’, dark version for Scoma, 75 cl)
Ardbeg 1978 (43%, OB 1997)
Ardbeg 1978 (43%, OB 1998)
Brora 25 yo 1978 (57%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 2004, #61.2 ‘Marmalade on burnt toast’)
Port Ellen 22 yo 1978 (60,5%, Rare Malts 2000)
Port Ellen 11 yo 1983 (43%, Bottiglieria Corsini 1994) – 88/100
Port Ellen 15 yo 1974 (64,5%, Sestante 1990) – 94/100
Port Ellen 37 yo 1978 ‘16th release’ (55,2%, OB 2016, 2940 btl.) – 93/100
Port Ellen 27 yo 1983 (55,6%, The Whisky Agency ‘Private Stock’ 2010, refill sherry cask, 96 btl.) – 92/100
Port Ellen 24 yo 1978 ‘2nd release’ (59,35%, OB 2002, 12.000 btl.) – 91/100
Port Ellen 29 yo 1983 (52%, Maltbarn 2012, bourbon cask, 86 btl.) – 92/100
Port Ellen 26 yo 1982 (56,2%, Douglas Laing OMC for Daily Dram 2009, refill hogshead, ref. 4900, 193 btl.) – 93/100
Port Ellen 1978 (55,7%, Thosop Handwritten 2005, refill sherry butt, 6 btl.) – 93/100
Port Ellen 16 yo 1969 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs’ Choice +/- 1985) – 92/100
Port Ellen 32 yo 1979 ‘12th release’ (52,5%, OB 2012, 2964 btl.) – 91/100
Port Ellen 30 yo 1982 (58,6%, Malts of Scotland 2012, sherry hogshead, MoS 12017, 298 btl.) – 91/100
Port Ellen 28 yo 1983 (55,5%, Silver Seal & Whiskybase 2011, cask S1462, 60 btl.) – 92/100
Port Ellen 28 yo 1983 (55,5%, Old Bothwell 2011, cask #230, 179 btl.) – 92/100
Port Ellen 28 yo 1983 (58,9%, Malts of Scotland 2011, bourbon hogshead, MoS 11011, 267 btl.) – 92/100
Port Ellen 27 yo 1983 ‘While my whisky gently weeps’ (55,5%, The Whiskyman 2011, 120 btl.) – 92/100
Port Ellen 29 yo 1982 (58,5%, Whisky-Doris 2011, bourbon hogshead #18, 212 btl.) – 90/100
Port Ellen 26 yo 1983 (54,6%, Duncan Taylor Rarest of the Rare 2010, cask #674, 282 btl.) – 93/100
Port Ellen 27 yo 1983 (56%, Malts of Scotland 2010, refill sherry cask MoS66, 322 btl.) – 89/100
Port Ellen 28yo 1982 (57,5%, Whiskysite.nl / QV.ID 2010, refill sherry puncheon, 136 btl.) – 92/100
Port Ellen 31 yo 1978 ‘10th release’ (54,6%, OB 2010, 3000 btl.) – 95/100
Port Ellen 27 yo 1982 (57,3%, Whisky-Fässle 2010) – 93/100
Port Ellen 26 yo 1983 (50%, Douglas Laing OMC 2009, refill butt, DL ref. 5441, 640 btl.) – 88/100
Port Ellen Pe2 (59,5%, Elements of Islay 2010, 50 cl.) – 89/100
Port Ellen 27 yo 1983 (55,7%, Signatory Vintage 2010, cask #231, 501 btl.) – 93/100
Port Ellen 27 yo 1982 (55,2%, Douglas Laing OMC 2009 for The Whisky Fair, ref. DL 4904, 133 btl.) – 91/100
Port Ellen 26 yo 1983 (53,5%, Old Bothwell for Thosop 2009, cask #221) – 92/100
Port Ellen 27 yo 1978 ‘6th release’ (54,3%, OB 2006, 20cl) – 89/100
Port Ellen 28 yo 1979 ‘7th release’ (54,7%, OB 2007, 20cl) – 94/100
Port Ellen 24 yo 1979 ‘3rd release’ (57,3%, OB 2003, 9000 btl.) – 91/100
Port Ellen 21yo 1982 (50%, Douglas Laing OMC 2004, DL ref. 414, full sherry, 420 btl.) – 89/100
Port Ellen Pe1 (58,7%, Elements of Islay 2009) – 92/100
Port Ellen 1979 (54,1%, The Whisky Show 2009, 60 btl.) – 91/100
Port Ellen 27 yo 1982 (53%, Daily Dram 2010) – 92/100
Port Ellen 26 yo 1982 (55,7%, Old Bothwell 2009, cask #2473) – 89/100
Port Ellen 26 yo 1982 (56,4%, Old Bothwell 2009, cask #2545) – 88/100
Port Ellen 9th release 30yo 1979 (57,7%, OB 2009, 5916 btl.) – 92/100
Port Ellen 29yo 1979 (52%, Old Bothwell for Lindores 2009, cask #1654, 11 btl.) – 91/100
Port Ellen 28y 1979 (53,7%, Norse Cask Selection 2007, Cask QW1311, 277 btl.) – 93/100
Port Ellen 23y 1983 (46%, DL McG Provenance 2007, refill butts #3402-3403) – 86/100