Despite the changes in the industry throughout the past decades Old Pulteney has remained fairly consistent in style and quality. Perhaps not quite as intense and uncompromising as it once was, it is, nevertheless, still a full-bodied style malt with plenty of upfront coastal aspects and a clear accent that speaks its origins very distinctly. Since Inver House acquired the distillery in 1995 they have released an excellent 12yo, followed in the 2000s by the uber-honied 21yo and, arguably the most authentic example of the distillate, the wonderfully coastal and balanced 17yo.

There are also a few more independent bottlings around these days, along with the various official single casks and one-off bottlings that get released from time to time. The modern character of Old Pulteney is one of distinct coastal richness supported but clean malt, plenty of honey and sinewy fruit. There are also occasional flashes of peat and a little drying smokiness. It remains a fantastic whisky and one of the very few distilleries that you could conceivably argue is still quite an old school in character.