Old Comber 30 Year Old 1980sPure Pot Still Irish Whiskey Distillery Bottling 70cl 40% 70 Proof A bottle of Old Comber 30 year old Irish whiskey from the fabled Northern Irish distillery of the same name. Sadly, the Old Comber distillery went out of production in the 1950s during the existential crisis that nearly wiped out the Irish distilling industry. This bottling of Old Comber 30 year old Pure Pot Still came from a batch of old casks assembled in the 1980s from some of the

in 2016 and 2019

The earliest release of three consecutive 1990 vintages that Ardbeg released are widely considered to be the distillery's last gasp of greatness before aged stocks were all but dried up

A 12 year old Dimple encased in Royal Pewter with etched bottle number on the base

muscular peat

Great stuff and oddly tricky to find

then mellowing to brioche and a hint of spice

This is the blue decanter from the Glenfiddich Ancient Reserve set

waxy and filled with old-style fruit qualities

olive oil and light phenols

Another late 1940s distillate from Glenlivet

Highly recommended

fruity sherry with all kinds of wee complexities and oily textures lurking on the palate