The
Whisky Exchange was established in 1999 as a subsidiary of 'The
Nest', which was a specialist Wine & Spirits haven for both
the consumer and the collector.
The Team at The Whisky Exchange have been collecting Single
Malt Whisky for the last 12 years and have about 1000 different
bottles, dating from the 1880's. The profile of the collection
is a mix between drinking whiskies and collecting whiskies.
Whisky
is of course for drinking; therefore The Whisky Exchange have
aside a large number of bottles, which they feel are very good
drinking whiskies, to be drunk in the future. With Single cask
bottlings, gems are to be found which may never be found again,
therefore if affordable it maybe worth putting away a few bottles
for the future.
On
the collecting side, as with every other collector they would
like to get an example from every distillery that has existed
in Scotland. Many bottlings from distilleries, which were easy
to find a few years ago, are now getting difficult and of course
pricey. This will continue to happen as stocks from closed distilleries
are used up.
Original
distillery bottlings are always better, but not possible in
many cases such as Banff, Convalmore, Kinclaith, etc. Limited
Edition bottlings are usually interesting, with the best example
being Black Bowmore.
The
Whisky Exchange is primarily a mail order business, offering
the best spirits in the world, with Single Malt Whiskies being
at the forefront. Other fine spirits such as Cognacs and Rums
are slowly coming to fruition.
The Whisky Exchange has a large showroom with over 1200 new
& old expressions of Single Malts to choose from with a
price range to suit everyone from £10 - £20,000.
If
you are looking for something in particular, please check The
Whisky Excange site as they have many items arriving everyday
and these may not have been added to their list yet.
Click
here for The Whisky Exchange