25 years and older limited whisky releases

About this list25 years and older

Every release on this list carries an age statement of 25 years or more, and that number is a minimum for the whole bottle rather than an average. For Scotch such as Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength or Springbank 25 Year Old, the Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 point to the EU rule that a stated age may only refer to the youngest alcoholic component in the drink, and the age must be expressed in years. Under the same regulations Scotch must be matured only in Scotland, in oak casks of not more than 700 litres, for at least three years, so a 25 year old has spent far longer in cask than the legal minimum. In the United States, federal rules in 27 CFR 5.74 define age as the time the spirit was stored in oak barrels after distillation and before bottling, and require any age shown to be that of the youngest whisky in the product. The US rules also prohibit overstating age, which applies to American releases here such as Michter's 25 Year Bourbon and the Orphan Barrel bottlings.

• No age statement125 releases
• Under 12 years43 releases
• 12 to 17 years40 releases
• 18 to 24 years26 releases