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#5017124

Linkwood 1990 Signatory Vintage 27 Year Old Cask Strength / 30th Anniversary

Linkwood 1990 Signatory Vintage 27 Year Old Cask Strength / 30th Anniversary

Linkwood single malt has always been considered a key component of many popular blends, such as Johnnie Walker and White Horse, with much of its output reserved for these as a result. In 1982 it was selected for the Ascot Malt Cellar range by DCL, an early precursor to the Classic Malts range later launched by United Distillers. It had been on the short-list for the subsequent range at the time, but the company eventually opted for Cragganmore as the Speyside representative instead, later opting to revive the 12 year old under the Flora & Fauna brand. That remains the only permanent distillery bottling, but independent releases like this are more common however.

This whisky was distilled in 1990 and aged for 27 years in a single hogshead.

Signatory Vintage were established in 1988 by Andrew Symington and are one of Scotland's most prolific independent bottlers. Their offices and bottling facility are located next to Edradour distillery, which they have also owned since 2002

One of 233 bottles.

This bottle is being sold from the Pat's Whisk(e)y private collection which, numbering in excess of 9,000 bottles and over 2,000 miniatures, is the single largest collection of whisky ever to be brought to auction. Pat's Whisk(e)y is the result of over fifteen years of passion and dedication to the goal of creating one of the most complete libraries of whisky and whiskey ever amassed by an individual collector. It contains bottles from over 150 different Scottish distilleries, as well as bourbon, rare Scotch releases from sought-after independent bottlers in Europe, and whisky from other distilleries across the globe. Whisky Auctioneer is delighted to have partnered with Pat's Whisk(e)y to offer this collection across a number of exclusive and spotlight auctions. For more information, please click here.

#5015982

Springbank 1997 First Editions 18 Year Old Author's Series / Alexandre Dumas

Springbank 1997 First Editions 18 Year Old Author's Series / Alexandre Dumas

Springbank distillery has been owned and operated by the Mitchell family in Campbeltown since 1837, and it one of Scotland's most revered distilleries. Following a brief mothballing between 1979 and 1987, upon the reopening the decision was taken to cease all sales to the blending industry and focus on its single malt sales. Today it is one of the only distilleries to malt, distil, bottle and mature whisky on the same site, and produces three distinct and highly prized single malts.

This whisky was distilled in April 1997. It was aged in single refill hogshead for 18 years before being bottled in November 2015. Part of the Author's Series, this particular bottle celebrates Alexandre Dumas.

Edition Spirits was founded in 2010 by Scott and Andrew Laing, the sons of Douglas Laing founder, Stewart. When he left Douglas Laing to establish the new Hunter Laing company in 2013, he was joined by his sons who made Edition Spirits one of its operating arms, along with Langside Distillers.

One of 96 bottles.

#5019709

Glenmorangie 1993 Grand Vintage / Bond House No.1 Collection

Glenmorangie 1993 Grand Vintage / Bond House No.1 Collection

A spectacular Glenmorangie, part of their Bond House No.1 Collection which is a series of releases from Glenmorangie's original 19th century warehouse. Bond House No.1 was transformed into the distillery's Stillhouse in order to increase production capacity the year after this was distilled, making it one of the final vintages to be warhoused there.

Despite being owned by blenders, MacDonald & Muir, for most of the 20th century, Glenmorangie had an early focus on bottling its single malt. Some records show that its single malt was being sold as early as the late 19th century. This became the distillery's main output in 1959, and with the unique flavours derived from Scotland's tallest stills, coupled with their pioneering use of wood finishing, Glenmorangie is now one of the world's biggest selling malts. As a result, the distillery portfolio over the years has been extensive, and little has been spared for independent bottlers.

Distilled in 1993 and aged for 25 years which included a long finish in Bual Madeira casks.

Bottled in 2018.

#5025961

Linkwood 1985 Artist Collection #2 over 25 Year Old

Linkwood 1985 Artist Collection #2 over 25 Year Old

A single cask released in La Maison Du Whisky's Artist range.

La Maison du Whisky, aka LMDW, was founded in 1956 by Georges Benitah and is now one of the largest whisky and rum importers and distributors in France, and known the world over. They opened their first shop in Paris at the legendary 20 Rue d'Anjou in 1968, importing their first Scotch malt whiskies in the 1970s. They are known for their expertise in not only Scotch, but Japanese whisky and rum too, and their collaborative bottlings, as well as their own independent labels like this one, are highly prized.

This whisky was distilled in 1985 and aged in a single hogshead.

The label features artwork by Paola Parés

One of 139 bottles.

#5021086

Macallan 21 Year Old Douglas Laing Premier Barrel

Macallan 21 Year Old Douglas Laing Premier Barrel

It may be hard to imagine today, but for much of the 20th century, Macallan was primarily a constituent malt in blends. It was not until the 1980s downturn in the market that the distillery decided to focus on its single malt brand. Fortuitously, this coincided with the crest of a wave of enthusiasm for the high quality releases that the distillery had licensed to Campbell, Hope & King and Gordon & MacPhail in the 1960s and 1970s. These remain some of the most collectible on the market. While global single malt sales volume is still lead by Speyside neighbours, Glenfiddich and Glenlivet, Macallan is easily the most sought after. So much so in fact, that they had to open a brand new distillery in 2018, a subterranean architectural masterpiece within the Easter Elchies estate, boasting 36 copper pot stills.

Douglas Laing & Co was established in 1948 by Fred Douglas Laing, affectionately known as “FDL.” The company started out as a blending business, but over time their focus shifted towards independently bottlings single malts. Fred died in 1982, leaving the business to his two sons, Stewart and Fred Jr, who eventually carved it up in 2013, with Stewart leaving to establish Hunter Laing. Fred Jr and his daughter Cara now run Douglas Laing, which continues to bottle single malt and has also revived its blending business. Additionally, the company has recently moved into distilling as well, announcing plans to construct the new Clutha distillery in Glasgow, and taking over Strathearn in Perthshire in 2019.

Part of the Exceptional Single Cask range from Douglas Laing, the Premier Barrel are presented in collectible ceramic decanters and differ from the other releases in that they are generally bottled without a vintage.

One of 269 bottles.

#5021024

Glenfarclas 'Probably Speyside's Finest' 1986 Douglas Laing 30 Year Old XOP

Glenfarclas 'Probably Speyside's Finest' 1986 Douglas Laing 30 Year Old XOP

Old Particular is Douglas Laing's flagship label, and was launched in 2013 after their Old Malt Cask series became part of the portfolio of the newly established Hunter Laing. Xtra Old Particular is the premium version of the brand, placed at the pinnacle of its Exceptional Single Casks range and is reserved for casks the company considers the Laing \"family jewels.”

Titled 'Probably Speyside's Finest,' the Laing's well-known pseudonym for Glenfarclas, this was distilled in 1986 and bottled at 30 years old. One of 319 bottles drawn from a refill butt.

Glenfarclas is considered by many to be one of the finest distilleries in Speyside. Its direct-fired stills produce a heavy single malt that is almost exclusively matured in Jerez sherry casks. The distillery focuses on single malt over blends, and a cool microclimate around the distillery that means that their casks are particularly stingy to the \"angels,\" resulting in an incredible depth of stock. Glenfarclas also feel they share some credit for the modern day love of cask strength whisky, introducing their acclaimed 105 proof expressions back in 1968.

#5020858

Glenallachie 1971 Douglas Laing 31 Year Old / Old and Rare

Glenallachie 1971 Douglas Laing 31 Year Old / Old and Rare

Glenallachie distillery was built by Mackinlays in 1967 to meet the demands of its blends following an upturn in sales in the US. In its short history it has passed through the hands of Invergordon Distillers and Pernod-Ricard. During this period the focus was always on the provision of blends, with over 20 years between the first Mackinlay’s distillery bottlings of its single malt and the next official release from Chivas Brothers in 2005. Now in the hands of Billy Walker and being pushed as a single malt brand since 2017, prior to this, the only real opportunity to try Glenallachie was through sought after independent bottlings like this.

This whisky was distilled in 1971 and aged for 31 years.

This is part of the premium Old & Rare series. Launched in 2001, it was bottled by Douglas Laing until 2013 when the brand became part of the Hunter Laing portfolio instead.

One of 206 bottles.

#5021031

Girvan 1965 Douglas Laing 50 Year Old XOP

Girvan 1965 Douglas Laing 50 Year Old XOP

Girvan distillery was built in 1963 by William Grant & Sons after a disagreement with DCL resulted in the latter severing their grain supply for the Standfast blend. It was built and in production within 9 months, with the first spirit running on Christmas day, just as it had at Glenfiddich. Today the distillery still provides grain for the Grant's blends, but has also been marketed as a single grain, first as the short-lived Black Barrel, and more recently under the Girvan Patent Still brand. Despite the gaps in time between distillery bottlings, the market was regularly populated by independent releases like this.

This whisky was distilled in 1965 and aged for 50 years in a refill hogshead.

One of 153 bottles.

#5020801

Caol Ila 1979 Douglas Laing 28 Year Old / Old and Rare

Caol Ila 1979 Douglas Laing 28 Year Old / Old and Rare

Caol Ila distillery was built in 1846 by Hector Henderson, who was bought out from the venture a little over 10 year later by Bulloch Lade. The blending firm merged with DCL (now Diageo) in 1927, who still run the distillery today. In 1972 the original site was demolished and replaced by a new one. When distilling resumed in 1974, Caol Ila was the largest producer of single malt on the Isle of Islay. Despite this, due to its importance in popular blends such as Johnnie Walker, its single malt brand disappeared under United Distillers, and it was not until 2002 that it would return, when the 12 year old was revived by Diageo. The Flora & Fauna release was well-regarded in the meantime, but it was independent releases like this that gave the best opportunity to sample this much-loved single malt.

This whisky was distilled in 1979 and aged for 28 years.

This is part of the premium Old & Rare series. Launched in 2001, it was bottled by Douglas Laing until 2013 when the brand became part of the Hunter Laing portfolio instead.

One of 272 bottles.

#5023435

Macduff 1964 Cadenhead's 13 Year Old

Macduff 1964 Cadenhead's 12 Year Old

Wm. Cadenhead are Scotland's oldest independent bottler, operating for over 175 years, but perhaps none of their bottlings are as sought after as these 'dumpy' style bottles. These were produced with brown glass and an iconic black label (white for the occasional grain whisky), with each distillery given its own letterpress font in homage to William Cadenhead's early career in the printing business.

This Macduff was distilled in December 1964 and bottled in December 1977.

Production began at Macduff distillery in 1963, and it was eventually purchased by William Lawson, the Scotch whisky arm of Italian giants, Martini & Rossi. In addition to provision for the William Lawson blend, the company also set about bottling its single malt, selecting the name \"Glen Deveron,\" and youthful 5 and 8 year old age statements so make it more marketable in Italy, where its Glen Grant equivalents were best-sellers. Glen Deveron disappeared after Bacardi took over the distillery ownership in 1993, but eventually returned as simply The Deveron. Macduff-labelled single malts were widely bottled by independent companies in the meantime, and continue to be today.

#5025960

Mosstowie 1973 Artist Collection #2 over 35 Year Old / Charity Lot

Mosstowie 1973 Artist Collection #2 over 35 Year Old / Charity Lot

A single cask released in La Maison Du Whisky's Artist range.

Mosstowie is a long-discontinued single malt that was produced at the Miltonduff distillery in Speyside using Lomond stills. The stills were installed in the 1960s by owners Hiram Walker, who had done likewise at their Scapa, Inverleven and Glenburgie distilleries. The experiment was short-lived, with Miltonduff's Lomond stills ripped out and replaced by traditional pot stills in 1981. Primarily used as a constituent in Ballantine's blends, Mosstowie is rarely seen as a single malt, and sought after when it is.

This whisky was distilled in 1973 and aged in a single ex-Sherry butt.

The label features artwork by Paola Parés.

One of 562 bottles.

This bottle has been selected by Pat as a donation to charity. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this bottle will be donated to Pat's chosen charity, the Teenage Cancer Trust. You can find out more about their important work by clicking here.

#5023580

Caol Ila 1982 31 Year Old Cask Strength -

La Maison du Whisky

Caol Ila 1982 Signatory Vintage 31 Year Old Cask Strength / LMDW

This whisky was distilled in 1982 and aged for 31 years in a single hogshead.

One of 215 bottles made exclusive to legendary French spirit merchants, La Maison du Whisky

#327362

Dailuaine 1973 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old 75cl - 60.92% - US Import

Dailuaine 1973 Rare Malts 22 Year Old 75cl / 60.92% - US Import

The Rare Malts Selection was a historic selection of single malt whiskies from operational and lost distilleries that were released by Diageo between 1995 and 2005. As with the Flora & Fauna series, they were often from lesser-seen single malt distilleries.

Dailuaine was at a time in the 19th century, Speyside's largest distillery, and it was home to Scotland's first pagoda roofed kiln. That distillery perished in a fire however, in 1917. The newly rebuilt distillery was acquired by DCL (now Diageo) who used its \"meaty\" spirit as a filler for their many blends. As with most of the single malt operations in the Diageo portfolio, the Flora & Fauna release was Dailuaine's first ever distillery bottling.

These Rare Malts Selection releases followed, this 1973 vintage is one of the three.

#5015949

Dallas Dhu 1975 Dead Whisky Society 27 Year Old

Dallas Dhu 1975 Dead Whisky Society 27 Year Old

In its time a key component of the Roderick Dhu blended Scotch, Dallas Dhu is a rarely seen single malt. As with much of the DCL (now Diageo) portfolio, the distillery was deemed surplus to requirements during the market downturn of the 1980s, and closed in 1983. It is now run as a distillery museum by Historic Environment Scotland. Very few official bottlings exist, and it is incredibly sought after when rare independent bottlings appear.

This whisky was distilled on 26th November 1975 and laid to rest in single cask #2349 for 27 years before being bottled in 2003.

One of 228 bottles.

#326751

Benromach 1978 Rare Malts Selection 19 Year Old

Distillery Bottling

Benromach 1978 Rare Malts 19 Year Old / 63.8%

This Benromach was distilled in 1978 and bottled in May 1998.

Benromach distillery in Speyside was built at the end of the 19th century, and spent much of the next providing malt for the blends of its owners, who included Macdonald Greenlees, Joseph Hobbs and latterly, DCL (now Diageo), who were the first to produce a distillery bottling of its single malt as part of this Rare Malts Selection. DCL closed the distillery in 1983, selling it to current proprietors, Gordon & MacPhail, ten years later. They then had to spend the next five rebuilding it from scratch, as little remained other than the shell of the buildings. It has since become a well-regarded and widely distributed single malt.

#328642

Glendullan 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old - 62.6%

Glendullan 1972 Rare Malts 22 Year Old / 62.6%

One of the rarer Glendullan, this 22 year old was distilled in 1972.

Glendullan became part of DCL (now Diageo) in 1925, and continues to be an important producer for their blends to this day. Production there was increased in 1972 following the opening of \"Glendullan 2\" next-door. Both sites ran simultaneously until 1985 when the original plant was closed, and Glendullan 2 became simply Glendullan. The key outcome of this was that more spirit could be reserved for bottling as a single malt, with a 12 year old distillery bottling appearing in the 1970s. Several Rare Malts Selections and a Flora & Fauna release increased its presence in the 1990s, before the distillery became the US exclusive side of The Singleton banner in 2007.

#327212

North Port 1979 Rare Malts Selection 20 Year Old - 61.2%

North Port 1979 Rare Malts 20 Year Old / 61.2%

The Rare Malts Selection was a historic selection of single malt whiskies from operational and lost distilleries that were released by Diageo between 1995 and 2005. As with the Flora & Fauna series, they were often from lesser-seen single malt distilleries.

The Brechin distillery was built in 1820 by the Guthrie family, who changed its named to North Port at some point later that century. It was acquired by DCL (now Diageo) in 1922, who closed it down six years later. Production briefly resumed for two years before the war, but it was not until 1945 that regular distilling recommenced. North Port was one of the nine distilleries closed by DCL in 1983 after a market downturn meant their blends were oversupplied. It never re-opened and the site now houses a supermarket. Its single malt is very rare, and was never officially bottled in its lifetime. Diageo have produced only a handful of limited edition distillery bottlings, the first of which were in the Rare Malts Selection.

Distilled in 1979, this is one of three North Port in the series.

#328537

Royal Lochnagar 1973 Rare Malts Selection 23 Year Old - 59.7%

Royal Lochnagar 1973 Rare Malts 23 Year Old / 59.7%

This is a 1973 vintage Royal Lochnagar, bottled in April 1997.

Royal Lochnagar is so-called after it was bestowed with a Royal Warrant by Prince Albert and Queen Victoria following a visit in 1848. The popularity of the distillery’s Begg’s blend saw it acquired by John Dewar & Sons in 1916, who later became part of DCL, upping the demand for its whisky from other brands in their portfolio, including Johnnie Walker. Today it is part of Diageo, their smallest distillery by some margin, making the modest amount of its single malt spared for bottling increasingly sought after.

#328615

Royal Brackla 1978 Rare Malts Selection 20 Year Old - 59.8%

Royal Brackla 1978 Rare Malts 20 Year Old / 59.8%

Royal Brackla was only released once within the Rare Malts Selection series, distilled in 1978 and bottled in May 1998.

Founded in 1817, Brackla distillery was the first in Scotland to be granted a Royal Warrant, becoming Royal Brackla at the behest of King William IV in 1835. The distillery was primarily tasked with providing malt for blending, and became part of DCL (now Diageo) in 1943. It was one of the many distilleries that they were forced to close due to a production surplus in the 1980s however, mothballed between 1985 and 1991. Royal Brackla was sold along with the rest of those associated with the Dewar's brand to Bacardi in 1998. It was bottled by United Distillers as part of the Flora & Fauna range, as this Rare Malts Selection, and an 8 year old with its own brand was briefly produced by Diageo. It was not until 2014 under Bacardi ownership that a widely distributed unique single malt brand first appeared. These releases from prior to this have become increasingly sought after.

#327038

Bruichladdich 1972 Valinch 'The Re-opening of the Distillery'

Bruichladdich 1972 Valinch 'The Re-opening of the Distillery'

Like its island neighbour Bunnahabhain distillery, Bruichladdich has traditionally been an un-peated single malt, mostly owing to its requirements by the blenders who owned it. The last of these was Whyte & Mackay, who eventually shut it down in 1995, deeming it surplus to requirements. They sold the distillery to Murray McDavid in 2001, who launched the peated Port Charlotte and heavily-peated Octomore single malts in 2006 and 2008. A recommissioned Lomond still also now produces the popular Botanist gin there.

The Valinch bottlings are 50cl single cask releases, available exclusively from the distillery. More recent versions have also been hand-filled by distillery visitors.

Distilled in 1972 , this one is from a bourbon cask and was bottled in \"continuation of the celebration of the re-opening of Bruichladdich distillery\" in 2002.

#5042203

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Balvanie Cask End Ornament

Balvenie was built by William Grant in 1892 and remains part of his family's company to this day. In the early part of its history, its purpose was primarily for the provision of malt for Grant's blends, however following the global success of Glenfiddich, the Balvenie single malt brand was launched in 1973. It remained a rarity though, and it was not until the opening of Kininvie in 1990, and later Ailsa Bay in Girvan, that the distillery was given the freedom to focus on its single malt. Today it is one of the best recognised brands in the world. In 1993 they launched the 12 year old \"DoubleWood,\" an expression credited with pioneering the use of cask-finishing, and this has become a key motif for the distillery's output in recent times.

This is an ornamental cask end which displays a vintage and the name of the distillery.

Cask Diameter 50cm. This lot will include a four bottle shipping fee.

This is being sold from the Pat's Whisk(e)y private collection which, numbering in excess of 9,000 bottles and over 2,000 miniatures, is the single largest collection of whisky ever to be brought to auction. Pat's Whisk(e)y is the result of over fifteen years of passion and dedication to the goal of creating one of the most complete libraries of whisky and whiskey ever amassed by an individual collector. It contains bottles from over 150 different Scottish distilleries, as well as bourbon, rare Scotch releases from sought-after independent bottlers in Europe, and whisky from other distilleries across the globe. Whisky Auctioneer is delighted to have partnered with Pat's Whisk(e)y to offer this collection across a number of exclusive and spotlight auctions. For more information, please click here.

#5023419

Glen Grant 1988 SMWS 30 Year Old 9.149 / 35th Anniversary

Glen Grant 1988 SMWS 30 Year Old 9.149 / 35th Anniversary

'Delightful gravitas.'

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) was founded in 1983 by a group of friends lead by tax accountant Phillip ‘Pip’ Hills as a private members club. The concept behind the society was to source casks from all over Scotland which would then be bottled and made available exclusively to its members. Perhaps the most famous feature of these bottles are the unique codes. Each distillery is represented by a different number and the following digits indicate that particular release. That same year, the SMWS set up its first location in Leith’s Vault buildings in Edinburgh where it still stands today.

This whisky was distilled in April 1988 and aged for 30 years in a first-fill ex-PX butt.

Glen Grant is one of Speyside's most recognised distilleries. It was built in 1839 by James and John Grant, and was a huge facility for its time. Its size increased exponentially over time, in the hands of John's son, John \"The Major\" Grant (who also built the short-lived Caperdonich next-door), and twice in the 1970s following the merger with The Glenlivet Distillers and its subsequent takeover by Seagram. Glen Grant was bottled as a single malt as early as the late-19th century, and developed a global export market. None perhaps as important as in Italy, where their agent in the 1960s, Armando Giovinetti, turned it into the nation's favourite whisky, after discovering the palate preferences of his countrymen for very young single malts. So loved is Glen Grant in Italy, that the distillery is now owned by Gruppo Campari, who bought it from Pernod Ricard in 2006.

One of 503 bottles released to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the SMWS.

#5022370

Carsebridge 52 Year Old That Boutique-y Whisky Company Batch #1

Carsebridge 52 Year Old That Boutique-y Whisky Company Batch #1

The history of Carsebridge dates back to 1798 when it was built by John Bald in order to produce malt whisky. The decision to convert to grain production was made by his son, an astute businessman known as John 'The Politic' Bald II. He installed two coffey stills and transformed it into one of the largest whisky producers in Scotland. The distillery was one of the founding members of DCL in 1877, securing its future for the next 100 years. Sadly, it was surplus to the requirements of DCL's new owners, Guinness, and it was closed in 1983. It is now demolished, and it was not officially bottled as a single grain until over 30 years after its closure. Independent labels like this have always provided the best opportunity to try its elusive unblended spirit.

Launched in 2012, That Boutique-y Whisky Company is an independent bottler and subsidiary of the Atom Group in Kent, England. Their releases are notable for their use of comic book style graphic labels, often with irreverent industry jokes concealed within them. Their catalogue is hugely expansive, covering whiskies from all over the world, and they are now joined by sister companies who bottle Gin and Rum.

Batch #1 resulted in 260 bottles.

Single Cask

#5016101

Ben Nevis 1990 30th Anniversary 27 Year Old

Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Co

Ben Nevis 1990 Signatory Vintage 27 Year Old Cask Strength / 30th Anniversary

This Ben Nevis was distilled on 20th December 1990 and matured in sherry butt #1505. Bottled on 12th June 2018 as part of Signatory Vintage's 30th anniversary celebrations. Presented with two glasses, this is one of 593 bottles.

Ben Nevis distillery was built by \"Long\" John MacDonald in 1825, and was so popular by the end of the 19th century that at one point the estate employed over 200 people. After a series of closure and re-openings at the beginning of the 20th, it was eventually bought by former Canadian bootlegger, Joseph Hobbs. He installed a coffey still there in 1955, making Ben Nevis Scotland's first dual-operation distillery, and began to blend its malt and grain before filling it to cask. Sporadic closures again followed Hobb's death, with stability finally ensured in 1989 when it was bought by long-term customers, Nikka Whisky of Japan. Its turbulent history means there were few distillery bottlings until the launch of the 10 year old single malt in 1996, but casks had long been making their way to independent labels, and many of them are very highly praised.

#5015785

Littlemill 1988 First Editions 26 Year Old Author's Series / Gustave Flaubert

Littlemill 1988 First Editions 26 Year Old Author's Series / Gustave Flaubert

Littlemill was one of Scotland's oldest distilleries in its time, with distilling rumoured to have taken place there as far back as the late 18th century. It has a turbulent history of ownership changes and mothballings, as well as briefly experimenting with producing lightly and heavily peated single malts called Dunglass and Dumbuck, respectively. Barton Brands, the owners at the time, called a halt to these in 1971 however. The distillery closed again for a time in the 1980s, with its stills falling silent for the final time in 1994. The distillery buildings were then lost in a fire in 1996, bringing an end to its tumultuous story.

This whisky was distilled in November 1988. It was aged for 26 years in a single refill hogshead before being bottled in July 2015. This particular bottle celebrates the author Gustave Flaubert.

One of 137 bottles.

#347820

Dalmore 32 Year Old Douglas Laing Rum Cask Finish / 60th Anniversary

Dalmore 32 Year Old Douglas Laing Rum Cask Finish / 60th Anniversary

The Old Malt Cask series is one of the most established independent labels on the market. It was launched by Douglas Laing in 1998 and bottled by them until 2013 when the brand became part of the Hunter Laing portfolio instead.

This is a special edition, bottled in 2009 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the company. Released in June that year, this is a 32 year old Dalmore, finished in a rum cask. The range also included a Port Ellen and a Laphroaig.

Dalmore is undoubtedly the prize single malt in the Whyte & Mackay portfolio. This was not always the case though. The blenders purchased it from the Mackenzie family in 1960, having been long-standing customers. Due to the long-running importance of it to their blends, their distillery bottlings of its single malt were limited to a 12 year old expression. Nowadays however, it is positioned as a luxury brand, rubbing shoulder with the likes of Macallan, and is globally recognised. Independent releases like this are hard to come by.

Single Cask

#5023415

Benriach 1983 SMWS 35 Year Old 12.22 - 35 and still alive!

Scotch Malt Whisky Society

Benriach 1983 SMWS 35 Year Old 12.22 / 35th Anniversary

'35 and still alive!'

A Benriach bottling from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society to celebrate their 35th anniversary.

This whisky was distilled in April 1983 and age for 35 years in a second-fill ex-Bourbon cask.

Benriach is a distillery with long-standing transatlantic connections. It was procured by Seagram in 1978, the former Canadian drinks empire, and is now in the hands of the Brown-Forman corporation, via Billy Walker who rescued it from a brief mothballing in 2002. Walker bottled some of the peated whisky that Seagram had begun producing there for its blends in 1983, and the positive reaction to these means the distillery now produces both a peated and unpeated single malt. Benriach is one of only seven distilleries in Scotland to still operate its own in-house floor maltings.

One of 204 bottles.

#5016815

Teaninich 1983 Signatory Vintage 35 Year Old Cask Strength / 30th Anniversary

Teaninich 1983 Signatory Vintage 35 Year Old Cask Strength / 30th Anniversary

Teaninich was built in the early 19th century and was eventually bought by blenders, Munro & Cameron, in 1895. Their trustees later sold the distillery to DCL in 1933, and it remains part of the Diageo operation to this day. The distillery's primary focus is on provision for the firms many blends, and the 10 year old Flora & Fauna has been the only permanent distillery bottling, with just a handful of rare official releases appearing alongside it over the years. As such, the majority of Teaninich single malt has appeared under independent labels such as this.

This whisky was distilled in 1983 and aged in a refill butt for 35 years.

One of 575 bottles.

#347821

Laphroaig 21 Year Old Douglas Laing / 60th Anniversary

Laphroaig 21 Year Old Douglas Laing / 60th Anniversary

This is a special edition, bottled in 2009 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the company. Released in June that year, the range also included a Port Ellen and two Macallan.

The whisky is a sherry finished Laphroaig which has been aged for 21 years and is one of 214 bottles.

Laphroaig is the largest of the three heavyweight Islay distilleries in Kildalton, out-stripping the production capacity of neighbours, Ardbeg and Lagavulin, by over 1 million litres per annum. Despite its traditional appearance, Laphroaig was always a forward-thinking distillery. It was bottled as a single malt as early as the 1920s, an unfashionable option at the time, especially for a peated whisky. They were also shrewd in capitalising on post-Prohibition America to add trademark sweetness to their spirit through the use of imported ex-bourbon casks, and hired Scotland’s first ever female distillery manager, Bessie Williamson, in 1954. Laphroaig is one of only a handful of distilleries in Scotland to still use in-house maltings, providing them with 20% of their annual requirements, and contributing to the distillery’s unique flavour profile.

#326762

Coleburn 1979 Rare Malts Selection 21 Year Old - 59.40%

Coleburn 1979 Rare Malts 21 Year Old / 59.40%

This Coleburn was distilled in 1979 and bottled in October 2000.

Coleburn is a lesser-seen single malt, important in its time to the Usher's and Johnnie Walker Red Label blends. It was owned for the majority of the 20th century by DCL (now Diageo), who closed it down alongside many others in their portfolio in the early 1980s. There have been no official distillery bottlings outside of this Rare Malts Selection series, but a number of sought after independent releases like this have appeared over the years. The site of Coleburn is now owned by Aceo, the parent company of Murray McDavid.

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Talisker 17 Year Old Manager's Dram 2011

Talisker 17 Year Old Manager's Dram 2011

The Manager’s Dram series of whiskies were bottled exclusively for employees of what is now known as Diageo. These whiskies were selected by the respective distillery managers within Diageo malt distilling and bottled at natural cask strength. The selections were taken very seriously by each distillery, a point of principle, and the result has become a series of rare, sought after and highly regarded single malts.

This 17 year old Talisker was bottled in 2011.

For a long time, Talisker was the sole distillery on Scotland’s iconic Isle of Skye. Renowned for the quality of its output, the distillery has rarely changed hands, joining DCL (now Diageo) back in 1916. Despite this, releases were not the most common. An 8 year old was bottled officially and Gordon & MacPhail produced what are now classic and sought after vintage bottlings under official license from the distillery. When a 10 year old expression became a founding pillar of United Distillers’ Classic Malts range in 1988, the popularity of the distillery exploded, and it is now one of the most revered and exported in Scotland.

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Glenmorangie 21 Year Old Sesquicentennial Decanter

Glenmorangie 21 Year Old Sesquicentennial Decanter

This very limited 21 year old was bottled to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the distillery in 1993 and was released only to staff of the distillery.

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