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A distillery bottling is a bottling by the whisky distillery itself. We also call this 'original brand' bottling or OB. Until the 1970s, there were only 12 distillers in Scotland who released original brands. The whisky from the other distillers that did not disappear into the blends was bottled by independent bottlers.
Almost all distillers now have their own bottlings. This can be standard bottlings that always come in standard quality, or special bottlings in a limited edition. Sometimes even single-cask releases are involved.
But in addition to the OB's, there still appear independent bottlings (IB) from all distilleries.
In the Contrasts series from Speyside distillery Benromach, the 'Unpeated' bottling was released in 2025, a 12-year-old version of this single malt whisky, matured in first-fill sherry casks and, of course, unpeated. A fine whisky for a nice price. (46%)
A true 'old school' bottling, this Glen Garioch with its classic deer label. The Highland single malt whisky was released between 2006 and 2009, after 15 years of maturation in oak. Spicy, floral, sweet malt, honey, vanilla and ripe fruit. (43%)
This Brora single malt whisky, vintage 1982, was bottled in 2003 at the age of 20, at a solid 58.1% ABV. You rarely come across a bottle of this legendary malt anymore, and the price also indicates that we are dealing with a special collector's item!
Distilled from local barley, matured in 5 different—and sometimes exceptional—cask types, highly peated (132.1 PPM), and bottled at 60.9%: that is Octomore Edition 17.3. The unique Islay single malt was released as part of 'The Impossible Equation' series
Speyside distillery Tamdhu, specialized in sherryed single malt whisky, releases a whisky with a modern profile. It matured in sherry casks for 15 years. In addition to the abundant sherry influences, this also results in an oily mouthfeel.
Glenfiddich is the best-selling single malt whisky in the world with 10 million bottles annually. That is not to say that they only think in terms of large batches. For example, this is a Small Batch edition. Aged for 18 years in sherry and bourbon casks.
Oban is one of Scotland's oldest, still active distilleries. This 14-year-old standard malt shows the basic character of Oban well: juicy orange, malt, salty and a hint of smoke, oily in the mouth. And that for a reasonable price.
The Wakatsuru Saburomaru Distillery distils whisky from peated Scottish barley malt and regional barley malt dried over a fire of Scottish peat. This Saburomaru Tarot Card VI - The Lovers (Islay & Highland Peated) is a fine example of this! (48% ABV)
Springbank is the only larger Scottish distillery where the entire production process of single malt whisky takes place on-site, manually, from malting to cask storage. You can taste that too, in this 10-year-old, bourbon-aged 'old school' malt! (46% )
This is an older Campbeltown Loch bottling (2013?), a 21-year-old blended Scotch whisky, so a mix of malt and grain whiskies. Interesting to compare with the newer Campbeltown Loch bottlings, which are blends of single malt whiskies. (40% ABV)
One of the first single malt whiskies from the young Dutch distillery Dubhghlas. It is a peated, 3-year-old malt that matured in a Palo Cortado sherry quarter cask, a small cask, so there is a clear cask influence. At a cask strength of 62.8% ABV.
In the single malt core series from Glenallachie, which previously produced almost exclusively for blended whisky, this 18-year-old has matured in sherry casks and finished in virgin oak. A very drinkable standard bottling at 46%.
For four years, no new bottlings were released from the Tormore Distillery, but production resumed in 2026. This 12-year-old Tormore single malt matured in an intriguing variety of casks: bourbon, cream sherry, and toasted American white oak. (46% ABV)
This 5-year-old Octomore single malt, released as part of The Impossible Equation series, matured in bourbon and port casks. Smoky, of course—it's a peated Bruichladdich whisky—it also offers notes of red fruit, raisins, coffee, and tobacco. (59.5% ABV)
For this single malt, the barley, water, peat for drying the malt, and coal for heating the stills all came from within eight miles of the distillery. Springbank was already thinking about this back in 1965! (36 years old; 52.4%; Whiskybase score 93.4)
Now here is a true collector's item! We have a Macallan single malt whisky here that was distilled in 1940 and—after 40 years of maturation— was bottled in 1981 for the Italian market, featuring a 'handwritten' label and a red ribbon draped across it. 43%
The single malt whisky matured in PX and Oloroso sherry casks, red wine and virgin oak casks. Notes like heather, honey, red fruit, cinnamon, nutmeg and chocolate. Complex and balanced. This is the 13th batch in the 10-year-old Cask Strength series. 59.8%
This 15-year-old single malt is a good example of Campbeltown whisky in general and of Glen Scotia in particular. This standard bottling has a lot of character with its typical mineral notes and a hint of smoke and salt. Worth considering!
The Dutch name Azijnhouten-ankersluitings-borgpen of this Dubhghlas single malt refers to the maritime background of the makers. The whisky itself is a peated malt that matured for 3 years in a 1st-fill Tawny port cask. This yielded 141 bottles at 62.5%.
Aberfeldy 16 year old bottled at 40%. Easy to drink with a typical profile. Butterscotch, raisins, honey, oranges and some spices.
This 8-year-old, sherry-matured Aberlour—bottled for the Italian market in the early 1970s—is an 'unblended all-malt Scotch whisky,' or what we nowadays call single malt whisky. It is an excellent dram, judging by its score of nearly 89 points. (50% ABV)
This 21-year-old Springbank single malt whisky is one of the core bottlings of the quirky Campbeltown distillery. But it is by no means a standard dram! It matured in sherry, bourbon, rum, and port casks! Attention: this is a limited edition! (46%)
Founded in 2013, the artisanal Strathearn Distillery distils its single malt whisky from an old barley variety that yields slightly less alcohol but more flavour. This Batch No. 3 matured in bourbon, sherry, and new oak casks. Curious? (50% ABV)
This is another Ardnamurchan single malt whisky that matured entirely in sherry casks (1st-fill PX and Oloroso). The spirit that went into those casks was partly peated, partly unpeated. So, you can certainly call this a special Ardnamurchan. (50% ABV)
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