41 Year Old Whisky

Looking for the ideal gift for someone's 41st birthday? Clearly the perfect present for the whisky enthusiast who is turning Forty one is a bottle of 41 year old whisky. Or maybe you just want to treat yourself!

The age statement on a whisky label tells you the age of the youngest whisky in the bottle. What does this mean? Put simply, a bottle of whisky may contain whiskies matured in a number of different casks for different periods of time. If the label says that the whisky is 41 Years Old (or Forty one Years Old) then, although it may contain older whiskies, you can be certain that none of components are any younger than 41 years.

Once a whisky is bottled it ceases its maturation, unlike wine which continues to age in the bottle, so Forty one year old whisky is frozen in time and will be considered 41 forever.