11 June 2025

    • Ardbeg Galileo

    Miniature with Cocktail Shaker (5cl)

    Highest Bid
    £305
    RESERVE NOT MET
    Ardbeg Galileo
    Miniature with Cocktail Shaker (5cl)
    Lot #1370150
    FINISH DATE
    21 April 2025

    An ultra-rare Ardbeg Galileo miniature teamed with a space capsule-inspired cocktail shaker, presented to journalists and whisky bloggers upon its launch event. Only 450 of these examples exist and are keenly fought over when they touch down at auction!
    In Autumn 2011, Ardbeg launched a bottle of whisky molecules into space so the folks on the International Space Station can test the difference in ageing between our normal gravity here on Earth and the ISS micro-gravity. This became the marketing tool for their new whisky, Galileo, distilled in 1999 and released 1st September 2012.
     
    Galileo is matured in ex-bourbon and ex-Marsala casks and bottled at 49%.

    Ardbeg

    One of Scotland’s most iconic and recognisable brands, the Ardbeg of today is thanks to a take over by Glenmorangie in 1997. Prior to this it had fallen into a state of disrepair and suffered bouts of closures since the 1980s when the market lost the taste for Islay peat. The distillery was founded in 1815 by the McDougall family and remained in private hands until the Distillers Company Limited and Hiram Walker bought into the distillery in 1959. In 2004, the parent company was acquired by Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy who has enjoyed considerable success since. In 2021, to cope with growing demand, a new stillhouse was completed on the Ardbeg shoreline that is home to 2 new pairs of replica stills that will ensure more of its charismatic whisky is available for all of us to enjoy.

    Lot Features
    • BOTTLER
      Official Bottling
    • CASK TYPE
      ex-bourbon & ex-Marsala
    • DISTILLERY
      Ardbeg
    • TYPE
      Miniatures
    • SIZE
      5 cl
    • STRENGTH
      49%
    Region
    Scotland, Islay
    Scotland, Islay

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