Standard Distillery Bottlings (of different times)

Old Fettercairn NAS 43% OB

This one could from the 80's sometime as I remember reading somewhere about Tomintoul having bottled some plastic decanters in the 80's. I am a bit surprised to see the evaporation in this one, is it possible that whisky in plastic are far more vulnerable to evaporation than whisky in glass?

Old Fettercairn 8yo 43% OB

Another one from the ongoing Whyte and MacKay era, this was a short-lived expression, and merely a small variation to complement the 10yo I believe.

Old Fettercairn 10yo 40% OB

The old 10yo OB that has been the standard for as long as I can remember, classic easy style highlander, still available at some online shops.

Fettercairn 10yo 40% OB

I don't know more about this than the one above except it has a different label, and therefore most likely was produced at a different year. But as said, I have no idea about when.

Old Fettercairn 10yo 43% OB

This one was the last "Old Fettercairn"-botlling, upping from 40% to 43% before it turned into "Fettercairn 1824", and lowered the standard of quality a bit as far as I'm concerned.. Thankfully Fettercairn has now made a strong comeback with its recent standard OB thanks to the excellent Fior.

Fettercairn 1824 12yo 40% OB

When Whyte & Mackay "old" from the label they replaced it with "1824", the year the distillery got its license. Now they've also withdrawn the "1824", perhaps because this bottling never were truly appreciated by the masses, so the public perception advance was due till another change in the OB range from Whyte & Mackay. Now discontinued, I don't think this ever will be seen as more than a semi-attractive collectors item.

Fettercairn NAS 42% OB Fior

The current affordable alternative when it comes to OB's, some sherried, some bourbon and a small portion of peated Fettercairn in the mix. Considering the price and availability I think this is a really good purchase, hence the 4(3) bottles in my collection.