August 2016
A big welcome from all of us here at Just Whisky to the 33rd Whisky Auction! This month's Blog sees us examine GlenDronach - a distillery under new ownership. Will the new owners change things up? Will values of their Single Cask bottles skyrocket? The focus of our monthly blog piece is on the Aberdeenshire Distillery and you can read all about it by clicking on the Blog button at the top of the page, or from the menu on mobile devices.
In other news - the array of bottles this month is fantastic, with a particularly nice selection of old Macallan. With in excess of 80 bottles from the Craigellachie Distillers, you'll find something of interest.
Bidding Ends Sunday 21st August from 8PM UK Time. Please note that any bids placed in the last 5 minutes will extend that lot only by 15 minutes.
Yamazaki Limited Edition 2016
A limited edition of Yamazaki released in 2016. While this is a No-Age whisky, Suntory has disclosed the whisky consists of 3 types of malt: 20-year-old Yamazaki whiskies aged in sherry casks; 20-year-old Yamazaki whiskies aged in export casks; and a younger Yamazaki malt matured in Bourbon barrels
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 185.00330558330558Winning Bid: £ 185.00FinishedYamazaki Limited Edition 2016
A limited edition of Yamazaki released in 2016. While this is a No-Age whisky, Suntory has disclosed the whisky consists of 3 types of malt: 20-year-old Yamazaki whiskies aged in sherry casks; 20-year-old Yamazaki whiskies aged in ex-port casks; and a younger Yamazaki malt matured in Bourbon barrels.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 185.00330816330816Winning Bid: £ 185.00FinishedBenrinnes 23 Years Old 1985 - Natural Cask Strength
A natural cask strength edition bottling from Benrinnes, distilled in 1985 & matured for 23 years in sherry wood before bottling.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 185.00330828330828Winning Bid: £ 185.00FinishedRosebank 12 Years Old - Flora & Fauna
An increasingly hard to find bottling, as it was discontinued a while back, from the closed Rosebank distillery. A victim of the (at the time) downturn in the whisky market and producer of some beautiful whiskies. Comes with Wooden Box.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 185.00330845330845Winning Bid: £ 185.00FinishedDictador 35 Years Old Best of 1980 - Single Cask...
A very limited bottling of Columbian Rum from Dictador's "Best of" series. Distilled in 1980 and aged for 35 long years before it was ready for bottling from a single cask.
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Reserve not met330960330960Final Bid: £ 185.00FinishedParker's 13 Years Old - Heritage Collection...
In September of 2000, Heaven Hill's Master Distillers crafted a Wheat Whisky - the first new style of American Whiskey introduced since prohibition. Made using soft winter wheat as the primary grain and paired with corn and malted barley, it was primary grain and paired with corn and malted barley, it was originally bottled under the Bernheim Original...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 185.00331003331003Winning Bid: £ 185.00FinishedYamazaki Limited Edition 2016
A limited edition of Yamazaki released in 2016. While this is a No-Age whisky, Suntory has disclosed the whisky consists of 3 types of malt: 20-year-old Yamazaki whiskies aged in sherry casks; 20-year-old Yamazaki whiskies aged in export casks; and a younger Yamazaki malt matured in Bourbon barrels.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 185.00330560330560Winning Bid: £ 185.00FinishedMacallan 10 Years Old - Sherry Oak
Macallan 10 years old, exclusively matured in selected Sherry oak casks from Jerez, Spain which is now discontinued.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 184.00330452330452Winning Bid: £ 184.00FinishedBruichladdich 22 Years Old 1989 - Black Art Edition...
This 22 Years old third release showcasing the spellbinding craft of head distiller Jim McEwan. Distilled in 1989, a work of alchemy, the dark secrets of which Jim will not reveal. Distilled, matured and bottled un-chill filtered and colouring-free at the Bruichladdich distillery.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 180.00330057330057Winning Bid: £ 180.00FinishedMacallan Estate Reserve - Ernie Button Masters of...
This is a unique collaboration with acclaimed artist and photographer Ernie Button and the result is a beautiful pack for the Travel Retail Exclusive Estate Reserve. The whisky itself is perfect for celebration, being crafted from the very best sherry seasoned oak casks. The natural colour tells you that most of these casks will have been hand-made with...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 180.00330174330174Winning Bid: £ 180.00FinishedRoyal Salute Hundred Cask - 8th Release
This Limited Batch Release No.8 of Royal Salute The Hundred Cask Selection is a limited edition of 29,383 bottles. Colin Scott, Master Distiller, hand selected 100 casks of very old whiskies that have reached perfect maturation to make this rare and exclusive blended Scotch whisky.
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Reserve not met330227330227Final Bid: £ 180.00FinishedBowmore 17 Years Old - SMWS 3.243 - Feis Ile 2015
From The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, a limited edition Bowmore matured for 17 years in a single cask and bottled for the 2015 Feis Ile. "Dark, smouldering flamenco gypsy".
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 180.00330275330275Winning Bid: £ 180.00FinishedJohnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend
Named after the company's foundation year, this is rumoured to be a blend of whiskies aged around 21 years. Released as a premium blend exclusively to the Japanese market.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 180.00330668330668Winning Bid: £ 180.00FinishedMiyagikyo 15 Years Old - Nikka
Miyagikyo the second distillery of Nikka, the most subtle and least peated of Nikka Single Malts, is a true expression of refinement. This version of Miyagikyo single malt has been matured for a minimum of 15 years in oak casks before if was bottled.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 175.00330817330817Winning Bid: £ 175.00FinishedGlenglassaugh 30 Years Old
Glenglassaugh 30 Years Old is an exceptionally fine example of this rare Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky.Located on the Banffshire coast near the fishing village of Portsoy, Glenglassaugh was considered by whisky writer Alfred Barnard 'Too well known to need any praise'The first expression to be released by the new owners, a marriage of the finest...
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Reserve met330921330921Winning Bid: £ 175.00FinishedTeeling 21 Years Old - Vintage Reserve Silver Bottling
Silver Reserve was the first in Teeling's Vintage Reserve range of small-batch single malt Irish whiskeys. Initially matured in Bourbon barrels, the Silver Reserve was finished in Sauternes wine casks, the first time this has ever been done with a Irish whiskey.Bottled on the 28/03/14 and Crafted by Jack Teeling.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 175.00330904330904Winning Bid: £ 175.00FinishedMacallan Rare Cask
A limited edition Macallan from the 1824 Series.Handcrafted using an exceptionally high proportion of first fill Sherry oak casks, handpicked by Macallan's Whisky Maker, from less than 1% of the casks maturing at The Macallan distillery.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 175.00330995330995Winning Bid: £ 175.00FinishedArdbeg Dark Cove - Special Committee Only Edition 2016
2016 Limited Edition Committee Release bottling from Ardbeg. Entitled Dark Cove it is the darkest Ardbeg ever, while being matured in ex-Bourbon casks, unlike other Ardbeg bottlings the Dark Cove's heart has been matured in dark sherry. A must have for all Ardbeg Enthusiasts.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 175.00330758330758Winning Bid: £ 175.00FinishedDufftown - Glenlivet Over 8 Years Old - 80°...
A hard to find bottle we believe to be from the late 60's or very early 70's. A De Luxe Malt Scotch Whisky from Arthur Bell & Sons LTD. Imported to the Italian Market.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 175.00330529330529Winning Bid: £ 175.00FinishedWolfburn - The Kylver Series
From Wolfburn: "Every so often we find a cask that is doing something different and make a note of it. These casks are then kept aside and sampled every so often to see whats happening inside them. All casks are different, that’s just the way whisky works and some of them catch our nose as worth setting aside. Wolfburn will be releasing these casks when...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 175.00330406330406Winning Bid: £ 175.00FinishedArdbeg Supernova - Stellar Release
SUPERNOVA, bottled at high strength and non-chill-filtered, is the peatiest Ardbeg ever with a peating level well in excess of 100 parts per million. This is a limited release, previously discussed (at length) with the Ardbeg Committee. Whisky bible 2010 named this Scotch Whisky of the Year.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 175.00330277330277Winning Bid: £ 175.00FinishedSpeyside 38 Years Old 1977 - The Whisky Agency
This is a joint bottling with The Whisky Agency and Acla Da Fans and is a 38-year-old single malt whisky from a secret Speyside distillery. Matured in refill sherry wood laid down in 1997, it was bottled in 2015 with only 586 bottles being made.Natural colour. Un chill filtered.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 173.00330150330150Winning Bid: £ 173.00FinishedMacallan 10 Years Old - Sherry Oak
Macallan 10 years old, exclusively matured in selected Sherry oak casks from Jerez, Spain which is now discontinued.
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Reserve met330791330791Winning Bid: £ 173.00FinishedCooley 24 Years Old - Cadenhead's World Whiskies
An Irish peated single malt whisky distilled at the Cooley Distillery, aged for 24 years in a bourbon barrel until bottling in July 2016 for Cadenhead's World Whiskies range.
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Reserve met330912330912Winning Bid: £ 170.00FinishedArdbeg Dark Cove - Special Committee Only Edition 2016
2016 Limited Edition Committee Release bottling from Ardbeg. Entitled Dark Cove it is the darkest Ardbeg ever, while being matured in ex-Bourbon casks, unlike other Ardbeg bottlings the Dark Cove's heart has been matured in dark sherry. A must have for all Ardbeg Enthusiasts.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 170.00330902330902Winning Bid: £ 170.00FinishedHighland Park 17 Years Old - Ice Edition
This stunning expression celebrates the Viking roots of the brand’s Orkney Island home, where the Norse influence and culture were woven for hundreds of years before Highland Park single malt whisky was created.Naturally vivid and radiant in colour with a 53.9% ABV, this special edition has been aged predominantly in ex-bourbon casks and is limited...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 170.00330864330864Winning Bid: £ 170.00FinishedArdbeg Dark Cove - Special Committee Only Edition 2016
2016 Limited Edition Committee Release bottling from Ardbeg. Entitled Dark Cove it is the darkest Ardbeg ever, while being matured in ex-Bourbon casks, unlike other Ardbeg bottlings the Dark Cove's heart has been matured in dark sherry. A must have for all Ardbeg Enthusiasts.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 170.00
Reserve met330686330686Winning Bid: £ 170.00FinishedYamazaki 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 maturing red wines. Another single malt aged 20 years in port wine...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 170.00330556330556Winning Bid: £ 170.00FinishedGlenfarclas 15 Years Old - Dumpy Bottle
Older style 'dumpy' bottle of Glenfarclas 15-year-old. Distilled and bottled by J&G Grant.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 170.00330456330456Winning Bid: £ 170.00FinishedBunnahabhain 18 Years Old - Feis ile 2015 Moscatel...
This rare Bunnahabhain Moscatel Limited Edition, one of only 250 bottles. This bottle has been exclusively created by the Master Distiller Mr Ian MacMillan for Feis Ile 2015. Originally filled to traditional oak casks this exclusive expression has slowly matured in the Bunnahabhain warehouse for 16 years after which it was filled into carefully selected...
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Reserve met330257330257Winning Bid: £ 170.00FinishedArdbeg Dark Cove - Special Committee Only Edition 2016
2016 Limited Edition Committee Release bottling from Ardbeg. Entitled Dark Cove it is the darkest Ardbeg ever, while being matured in ex-Bourbon casks, unlike other Ardbeg bottlings the Dark Cove's heart has been matured in dark sherry. A must have for all Ardbeg Enthusiasts.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 170.00330197330197Winning Bid: £ 170.00FinishedArdbeg Dark Cove - Special Committee Only Edition 2016
2016 Limited Edition Committee Release bottling from Ardbeg. Entitled Dark Cove it is the darkest Ardbeg ever, while being matured in ex-Bourbon casks, unlike other Ardbeg bottlings the Dark Cove's heart has been matured in dark sherry. A must have for all Ardbeg Enthusiasts.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 170.00330196330196Winning Bid: £ 170.00FinishedBruichladdich 21 Years Old 1994 - Micro-Provenance...
The Micro-provenance series is unique to Bruichladdich and is conceived as an exploration into cask evolution, each individually picked by master distiller Jim McEwan to explore the fine nuances of the Bruichladdich whisky and the effects of warehousing, oak, cask and micro-climate on maturing spirit. It is available exclusively online via...
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 170.00330037330037Winning Bid: £ 170.00FinishedArdbeg Supernova - SN2015 Committee Release
Supernova 5: The final, fleeting Committee bottling of Supernova heralds the culmination of Ardbeg's experiment in space, as Dr Bill Lumsden's highly anticipated white paper on the mysteries of zero-gravity maturation is published. You can pour over his research findings at the Ardbeg website or pour yourself a dram and reach your own conclusions.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 168.00330834330834Winning Bid: £ 168.00FinishedArdbeg Dark Cove - Special Committee Only Edition 2016
2016 Limited Edition Committee Release bottling from Ardbeg. Entitled Dark Cove it is the darkest Ardbeg ever, while being matured in ex-Bourbon casks, unlike other Ardbeg bottlings the Dark Cove's heart has been matured in dark sherry. A must have for all Ardbeg Enthusiasts.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 167.00
Reserve met330687330687Winning Bid: £ 167.00FinishedMacallan 10 Years Old - Sherry Oak
Macallan 10 years old, exclusively matured in selected Sherry oak casks from Jerez, Spain which is now discontinued.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 166.00330487330487Winning Bid: £ 166.00FinishedBlair Athol 12 Years Old - Pure Malt
An older dumpy bottling of Blair Athol 12 Years Old Pure Malt.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 165.00330543330543Winning Bid: £ 165.00FinishedIchiro's Malt Double Distilleries - Chichibu...
Ichiro's Malt Double Distilleries is a pure malt whisky which is a vatting of both Chichibu & Hanyu whisky. The range is named after Ichiro Akuto, the grandson of the creator of Hanyu distillery. In the dismantling of Hanyu distillery in 2004, Ichiro salvaged some casks and once Chichibu distillery was created, Ichiro blended the old and new casks...
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Reserve met330684330684Winning Bid: £ 165.00FinishedMiyagikyo 2000's - 2009 Nikka Whisky (500ml)
Nikka Yoichi Whisky 2000's. Blended with malt whiskies distilled in 2000 and bottled in 2009 at cask strength.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 165.00330696330696Winning Bid: £ 165.00FinishedArdbeg Dark Cove - Special Committee Only Edition 2016
2016 Limited Edition Committee Release bottling from Ardbeg. Entitled Dark Cove it is the darkest Ardbeg ever, while being matured in ex-Bourbon casks, unlike other Ardbeg bottlings the Dark Cove's heart has been matured in dark sherry. A must have for all Ardbeg Enthusiasts.
ViewFinishedWinning Bid: £ 164.00330736330736Winning Bid: £ 164.00Finished