Overall Category and Gold winner in the Small Batch Single Malt - Scotch Islay - 21 years and over category.

Situated on the east coast of Islay, Bunnahabhain creates full bodied, oily spirit which is well suited to long ageing and this rare find is perfection in single malt at cask strength. Bottled at natural strength from a vatting of five refill sherry casks distilled in 1980, and matured individually for over 4 decades, it is the epitome of Rare Find.

Overall Category and Gold winner in the Small Batch Single Malt - Scotch Speyside - 12 years and under category.

The Mortlach distillery in Dufftown was the first legal distillery of the seven in the area and the whiskies from cask there are famous for their fruity noses, sweet tasting and spicy palates. This expression in a Shiraz red wine cask was released in 2023 as a Rare Find by Greg Urquhart and fast became a sought-after bottling.

Overall Category & Gold winner in the Blended Limited Release - 12 years and over category.

A Blended Scotch Whisky comprising one grain and three single malts, this cask was selected by Greg Urquhart at Gleann Mor Spirits. All four makes were all distilled in 1989 and filled into one refill sherry butt at birth, maturing and marrying in this single cask for over 34 years. Bottled at natural strength, natural colour and unchillfiltered.

Silver Award winner in the Single Cask Single Malt - Islay - 12 years and under category.

The Island of Islay is famous for its intensely flavoursome and often heavily peated whiskies. This dram is no exception, maintaining peat smoke and barbeque notes on the nose and a spicy finish imparted by first fill PX 300L American Oak Hogshead followed by a 7 month finish in a 10-year use with Bodegas Del Pino wood.

Silver Award winner in the Single Cask Single Malt - Speyside - 21 years and over category.

Whisky from Glenlossie is rarely seen in single malt expression as most spirit distilled there is destined for blends - making this a Rare Find at its heart. Matured from a single cask for 30 years, this whisky is unchill filtered, natural colour and cask strength 55.2%. It delivers a light, grassy Speyside malt.

Bronze Award winner in the Single Cask Single Malt - Islay - 12 years and under category.

Housed in an old cotton mill, Deanston Distillery sits on the banks of the mighty River Teith and offers the perfect distillate for a multitude of different finishes. This Rare Find, released earlier this year, features a warm, robust and lingering finish imparted by the last part of the spirit journey in Oloroso cask.