16 Year Old this bottle was distilled in 1997 and bottled in 2013 by Gordon & MacPhail for their Connoisseur's Choice range. Bottled at a perfect drinking strength of 46%, this shows off all the distillery's charming farmyard, subtle peat and oily notes with a big gingery spicy backbone throughout. Fettercairn is a Highland whisky which first opened in 1824.

Fettercairn distillery was built in 1825 and aside from a brief period in mothballs in the 1930s, has been in operation ever since. It was re-opened from that closure in 1939 by Associated Scottish Distilleries, the Scotch arm of the post-Prohibition drinks giant in the US, National Distillers. When ASD ceased trading in 1954 the distillery passed through various hands before being bought by Whyte & Mackay in 1973. Despite being an important contributor to their blends, they also pushed Fettercairn as a single malt brand, known as "Old Fettercairn" until 2002 when the prefix was dropped.