Cadenhead's Glen Spey 1981 16Yr Old /Bot. 1997 60.5%

Glen Spey 1981 Cadenhead's 16 Year Old

Bot. 1997

The Authentic Collection was launched by Wm. Cadenhead in 1991, and included whiskies from several rare closed Scottish and Irish distilleries, bottled for the company's 150th anniversary. It would later go on to become a mainstay of their portfolio, as the cask strength alternative to the Original Collection, which replaced their famous "dumpy" bottlings in the early 1990s. The Authentic Collection is now the flagship Cadenhead brand and one of the most recognisable independent labels on the market.

This is a 1981 vintage Glen Spey, bottled in July 1997.

Glen Spey is the historic home of the Gilbey's 'Spey Royal' blend, and currently provides the majority of its output to J&B. Distillery owners, Diageo, who produced an official distillery bottling in the 1990s as part of the Flora & Fauna range, which then became a permanent product. Outside of this, however, it is a rarely seen single malt.