July 2015
The mercury has been rising this week in Scotland, and with near record temperatures outside, it might be a good time to cool down and take a look at our latest whisky auction. This month see's us with a fantastic collection of lots, including some real rarities.
Check out the beautiful Balvenie Violinist Set - a real centrepiece of a collection with exquisite packaging. From the other side of the world we have some excellent Japanese lots, including some fantastic bottles from Karuizawa, Hibiki, Yamazaki, Nikka and Hakushu. Back home we have almost too many bottles to mention that peaked our interest - from Port Ellen for the Royal Wedding to old spring cap bottles. We'd love you to check out all the pages to follow and welcome your bids.
Auction Ends 12th July 8PM
Highland Park 33 Years Old 1974 - Single Cask - The...
A single cask bottling of Highland Park from 'The Ambassadors Cask' series, this 3rd edition has been selected by Gerry Tosh, Highland Park's first Ambassador. The whisky was distilled in 1974, aged for 33 years before bottling in a 35cl bottle rather than the usual 70cl to give more people the opportunity to taste this 33 years old whisky.44.8% vol...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 222.00200522200522Winning Bid: £ 222.00FinishedGlen Flagler Rare All Malt
A rare old bottling of Glen Flagler All Malt Scotch Whisky which was produced by Inver House distillers.70° Proof 26 2/3 FL.oz
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Reserve not met200407200407Final Bid: £ 220.00FinishedGlenfiddich Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 2015
Here is the Glenfiddich bottling for the 2015 festival. A 24 year old Glenfiddich matured in a single first fill bourbon cask, selected by Brian Kinsman with only 100 bottles produced. Only ever available at the distillery during the 2015 Spirit of Speyside whisky festival.54.3% vol 700ml Cask no. 15282 Bottle No: 26 of only 100
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Reserve not met200409200409Final Bid: £ 220.00FinishedLaphroaig 25 Years Old - Cask Strength 2011 Edition
Remarkable things happen when the world's most individual malt matures for a quarter of a century. Laphroaig 25 Years Old 2011 Cask Strength Edition is matured in a combination of the finest Oloroso Sherry and American oak casks. Bottled at Cask Strength, it is a perfect fusion of these two most different styles of maturation flavours, made even smoother...
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Reserve met200796200796Winning Bid: £ 220.00FinishedLagavulin 20 Years Old 1990 - The Syndicate's
A rare 20 Years Old Lagavulin "The Syndicate's" Cask Strength Islay Malt. Distilled in Sept 1990, Bottled on the 22nd of Sept 2010 at the Bruichladdich distillery.48.1% 70cl Cask No. 4395 No of bottles: 261
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Reserve met200817200817Winning Bid: £ 220.00FinishedKininvie 23 Years Old - Batch 1 (35cl x2)
What is believed to be the first and oldest official bottling of Kininvie went on sale in Taiwan, with an estimate 7,000 bottles (350ml) of the 23 years old single malt whisky available. This lot contains two bottles. 42.6% vol 35cl x 2 Bottle No: 6464 & 5291
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Reserve met200295200295Winning Bid: £ 220.00FinishedArdbeg Perpetuum - Bicentenary Committee Release
2015, a big year for Ardbeg Distillery as it celebrates its 200th anniversary in style with this incredible distillery release bottle 'Perpetuum'. Total out-turn of 12,000 bottles.49.2% Vol 70cl
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 216.00200009200009Winning Bid: £ 216.00FinishedArdbeg Perpetuum - Bicentenary Committee Release
2015, a big year for Ardbeg Distillery as it celebrates its 200th anniversary in style with this incredible distillery release bottle 'Perpetuum'. Total out-turn of 12,000 bottles.49.2% Vol 70cl
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 215.00200045200045Winning Bid: £ 215.00FinishedArdbeg Alligator - Exclusive Committee Reserve
On a cask charring scale of 1-4, Ardbeg Alligator is a fearsome 4. Charring bourbon barrels gives whisky varying degrees of colour and flavour. A number 1 char inside the cask resembles burnt toast, whilst the fiercest charring results in a number 4, or an 'alligator char' where the charred wood resembles the creature's hide.This bottle was released for...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 215.00200282200282Winning Bid: £ 215.00FinishedArran 1st Production Cask Strength Decanter
This bottle is one of a limited edition of one thousand of the first ever production of single malt whisky from the Isle of Arran Distillery. A spirit must mature in wood for three years to officially be called whisky; this is one of the very first casks to be filled, laid down in the summer of 1995. Arran had a famous whisky producing heritage up until...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 215.00200563200563Winning Bid: £ 215.00FinishedArdbeg Perpetuum - Bicentenary Committee Release
2015, a big year for Ardbeg Distillery as it celebrates its 200th anniversary in style with this incredible distillery release bottle 'Perpetuum'. Total out-turn of 12,000 bottles.49.2% Vol 70cl
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 211.00200065200065Winning Bid: £ 211.00FinishedArdbeg Perpetuum - Bicentenary Committee Release
2015, a big year for Ardbeg Distillery as it celebrates its 200th anniversary in style with this incredible distillery release bottle 'Perpetuum'. Total outurn of 12,000 bottles.49.2% Vol 70cl
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 211.00200399200399Winning Bid: £ 211.00FinishedGlenfiddich Snow Phoenix - Limited Edition
Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix was inspired by the collapse of several Glenfiddich distillery roofs in January 2010, following weeks of heavy snow and record low temperatures. Weighed down by four feet of densely compacted snow, the roofs collapsed and exposed hundreds of maturing oak casks to the night sky. In winter conditions and temperatures of -19˚C,...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 210.00200343200343Winning Bid: £ 210.00FinishedHighland Park 16 Years Old - Odin
The 4th and final release in the Valhalla Collection from Highland Park. Odin, Allfather of the Norse Gods and ruler of Asgard, Odin possesses an intensely complex character. Often known as 'The Furious One', not only is he fierce and furious in battle and feared more than any other Gods, he is also driven by an unquenchable thirst for wisdom.By...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 210.00200566200566Winning Bid: £ 210.00FinishedGlenfiddich Snow Phoenix - Limited Edition
Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix was inspired by the collapse of several Glenfiddich distillery roofs in January 2010, following weeks of heavy snow and record low temperatures. Weighed down by four feet of densely compacted snow, the roofs collapsed and exposed hundreds of maturing oak casks to the night sky. In winter conditions and temperatures of -19˚C,...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 210.00200012200012Winning Bid: £ 210.00FinishedArdbeg Corryvreckan - Committee Reserve 100° Proof
The bottle takes its name from the famous Corryvreckan whirlpool which runs between the islands of Jura and Scarba. As a replacement for the much-loved 1990 Airigh nam Beist, Ardbeg Corryvreckan had some pretty big shoes to fill, but the good news is that this is a belter, winning World's Best Single Malt Whisky at the World Whisky Awards 2010 and Best No...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 210.00
Reserve met200280200280Winning Bid: £ 210.00FinishedArdbeg Perpetuum - Bicentenary Committee Release
2015, a big year for Ardbeg Distillery as it celebrates its 200th anniversary in style with this incredible distillery release bottle 'Perpetuum'. Total out-turn of 12,000 bottles.49.2% Vol 70cl
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 210.00200050200050Winning Bid: £ 210.00FinishedArdbeg Perpetuum - Bicentenary Committee Release
2015, a big year for Ardbeg Distillery as it celebrates its 200th anniversary in style with this incredible distillery release bottle 'Perpetuum'. Total out-turn of 12,000 bottles.49.2% Vol 70cl
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 206.00200008200008Winning Bid: £ 206.00FinishedTomatin 21 Years Old 1968 - Marchesi Spinola...
A rare old 1968 vintage Tomatin aged for 21 years and bottled in 1990 for Antica Casa Marchesi Spinola "Collection No.1". 40% vol 75cl Bottle No. 735Please note: Minor tares/creases to box and tares to label. Refer to images.
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Reserve met200609200609Winning Bid: £ 206.00FinishedArdbeg Alligator - Exclusive Committee Reserve
On a cask charring scale of 1-4, Ardbeg Alligator is a fearsome 4. Charring bourbon barrels gives whisky varying degrees of colour and flavour. A number 1 char inside the cask resembles burnt toast, whilst the fiercest charring results in a number 4, or an 'alligator char' where the charred wood resembles the creature's hide.This bottle was released for...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 206.00200822200822Winning Bid: £ 206.00FinishedYamazaki Limited Edition 2014
A limited edition 'Yamazaki' Single Malt. Produced by Suntory in Japan. Comes in presentation box with small booklet. The Yamazaki Limited Edition 2014 is composed of three single malts:a single malt aged 20 years in sherry casks made out of European oak ; these barrels were used for maturating red wines. another single malt aged 20 years in port...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 205.00200246200246Winning Bid: £ 205.00FinishedHighland Park 16 Years Old - Odin
The 4th and final release in the Valhalla Collection from Highland Park. Odin, Allfather of the Norse Gods and ruler of Asgard, Odin possesses an intensely complex character. Often known as 'The Furious One', not only is he fierce and furious in battle and feared more than any other Gods, he is also driven by an unquenchable thirst for wisdom.By...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 205.00
Reserve met200452200452Winning Bid: £ 205.00FinishedArdbeg Perpetuum - Bicentenary Committee Release
2015, a big year for Ardbeg Distillery as it celebrates its 200th anniversary in style with this incredible distillery release bottle 'Perpetuum'. Total outurn of 12,000 bottles.49.2% Vol 70cl
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 205.00200286200286Winning Bid: £ 205.00FinishedArdbeg Rollercoaster - Exclusive 10th Anniversary...
Rollercoaster has been created from whisky taken from rare casks from ten different years for a true flavour of Ardbeg's history. It's a veritable cascade of booming peaty chords and tongue tingling sweetness. A limited edition whisky which is to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Ardbeg. The product was initially launched to the Ardbeg Committee on...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 205.00200281200281Winning Bid: £ 205.00FinishedKilbeggan 15 Years Old
A 15 year old Kilbeggan, produced at the Cooley distillery and a Gold Medal winner at the 2008 IWS.40% vol 70cl
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 205.00200019200019Winning Bid: £ 205.00FinishedArdbeg Rollercoaster - Exclusive 10th Anniversary...
Rollercoaster has been created from whisky taken from rare casks from ten different years for a true flavour of Ardbeg's history. It's a veritable cascade of booming peaty chords and tongue tingling sweetness. A limited edition whisky which is to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Ardbeg. The product was initially launched to the Ardbeg Committee on...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 205.00200223200223Winning Bid: £ 205.00FinishedArdbeg Perpetuum - Bicentenary Committee Release
2015, a big year for Ardbeg Distillery as it celebrates its 200th anniversary in style with this incredible distillery release bottle 'Perpetuum'. Total out-turn of 12,000 bottles.49.2% Vol 70cl
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 205.00200053200053Winning Bid: £ 205.00FinishedArdbeg Perpetuum - Bicentenary Committee Release
2015, a big year for Ardbeg Distillery as it celebrates its 200th anniversary in style with this incredible distillery release bottle 'Perpetuum'. Total out-turn of 12,000 bottles.49.2% Vol 70cl
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 205.00200052200052Winning Bid: £ 205.00FinishedArdbeg Perpetuum - Bicentenary Committee Release
2015, a big year for Ardbeg Distillery as it celebrates its 200th anniversary in style with this incredible distillery release bottle 'Perpetuum'. Total out-turn of 12,000 bottles.49.2% Vol 70cl
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 205.00200048200048Winning Bid: £ 205.00FinishedArdbeg Perpetuum - Bicentenary Committee Release
2015, a big year for Ardbeg Distillery as it celebrates its 200th anniversary in style with this incredible distillery release bottle 'Perpetuum'. Total out-turn of 12,000 bottles.49.2% Vol 70cl
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 205.00200046200046Winning Bid: £ 205.00FinishedGlenmorangie 10 Years Old 1984 - Original Bottling...
A collectable 10 years old from Glenmorangie. Distilled 12th July 1984 then bottled 9th March 1995, this is a numbered bottle and captured at full cask strength. 60.0% vol 70cl Cask No. 4357 Bottle No. 031Please note: Minor rust to inside of tube and lid, refer to images.
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Reserve met200057200057Winning Bid: £ 200.00FinishedYamazaki Limited Edition 2014
A limited edition 'Yamazaki' Single Malt. Produced by Suntory in Japan. Comes in presentation box with small booklet. The Yamazaki Limited Edition 2014 is composed of three single malts:a single malt aged 20 years in sherry casks made out of European oak ; these barrels were used for maturating red wines. another single malt aged 20 years in port...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 200.00200244200244Winning Bid: £ 200.00FinishedArdbeg 17 Years Old
A much desired and sadly discontinued distillery bottling for the Ardbeg, guaranteed 17 years old. Complete with tasting notes.40% vol 70clPlease note: Minor creases/scuffs to box, refer to images.
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Reserve met200263200263Winning Bid: £ 200.00FinishedGlenmorangie Wood Finish Collection - 4 x 70cl
A collection of 4x Glenmorangie Wood Finish Single Malts including:1x Glenmorangie Madeira Wood Finish 1x Glenmorangie Port Wood Finish1x Glenmorangie Burgundy Wood Finish1x Sherry Wood Finish43%vol x 4 70cl x 4 Please note: Slight rust to inside of lid. Refer to images.
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Reserve met200266200266Winning Bid: £ 200.00FinishedJohnnie Walker Deco
An extremely rare Johnnie Walker limited edition originally released in Taiwan. A very limited number of bottles were produced in beautiful Art Deco-designed bottles, hence the name of this blend. Comes with presentation tube. 40% vol 35clPlease note: Minor rust to inside of tube, refer to images for fill level.
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Reserve met200473200473Winning Bid: £ 200.00FinishedHighland Park 10 Years Old 1996 - Single Cask - The...
A single cask bottling of Highland Park from 'The Ambassadors Cask' series, this 2nd edition has been selected by Gerry Tosh, Highland Park's first Ambassador. The whisky was distilled in 1996, aged for 10 years before bottling in 2006.58.8% vol 70cl Cask No: 1071
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 200.00200497200497Winning Bid: £ 200.00FinishedGlenfiddich 19 Years Old - Age of Discovery Collection
A full set from Glenfiddich 'Age of Discovery' range. All 3 Single malt whiskies have been aged for 19 years, all with a different cask finish:1x Red Wine Cask Finish ***Please note damage to bottle holder inside box***40% vol 70cl1x Madeira Cask Finish40% vol 70cl1x Bourbon Cask Reserve40%vol 70clPlease note: Total lot...
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Reserve met200739200739Winning Bid: £ 200.00FinishedArdbeg 17 Years Old
A much desired and sadly discontinued distillery bottling for the Ardbeg, guaranteed 17 years old. Complete with tasting notes.40% vol 70clPlease note: Minor creases/scuffs to box, refer to images.
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Reserve not met200261200261Final Bid: £ 196.00FinishedHighland Park 40 Years Old - Miniature
First released in April 2008, this is the oldest permanent expression of Highland Park. Presented in a high quality oak wooden box.48.3% vol 5cl
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 195.00200191200191Winning Bid: £ 195.00FinishedHighland Park 40 Years Old - Miniature
First released in April 2008, this is the oldest permanent expression of Highland Park. Presented in a high quality oak wooden box.48.3% vol 5cl
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 195.00200192200192Winning Bid: £ 195.00Finished