April 2016 Auction

Bowmore 25 Year Old/ The Gulls

Yet another of Bowmore's many legends.

Back in the day, When the Scots traveled from their Celtic lands to create the Kingdom of Dalriada-in-Alban, the Pictish and Brythonic tribes who already lived in the lands resisted fiercely. Legend says that the daughter of a Pictish King fell in love with a captured Scottish warrior and helped him escape. Together they fled westwards to Islay. Rowing towards the young warrior's home on the shores of Loch Indaal, a terrible storm assaulted their boat, sending it crashing into the rocky coast line.

The young Scot's clansmen found only debris and no sign of the lovers - but a pair of white gulls soared and swooped together across the Loch, settling neither on the western nor the eastern shore, as if torn between the two.

... on the whisky front, this is a 25 year old Bowmore presented in a stunning blue decanter with a stylish box.

Please note tax seal and condition of the box, pay close attention to the overall condition.

Bowmore 22 Year Old/ The Gulls

Yet another of Bowmore's many legends.

Back in the day, When the Scots traveled from their Celtic lands to create the Kingdom of Dalriada-in-Alban, the Pictish and Brythonic tribes who already lived in the lands resisted fiercely. Legend says that the daughter of a Pictish King fell in love with a captured Scottish warrior and helped him escape. Together they fled westwards to Islay. Rowing towards the young warrior's home on the shores of Loch Indaal, a terrible storm assaulted their boat, sending it crashing into the rocky coast line.

The young Scot's clansmen found only debris and no sign of the lovers - but a pair of white gulls soared and swooped together across the Loch, settling neither on the western nor the eastern shore, as if torn between the two.

... on the whisky front this is a 22 year old Bowmore presented in a stunning blue decanter with a stylish box.

Please note condition of lot as pictured.

Brora 1981 Signatory Vintage 23 Year Old

A single cask Brora distilled in December 1981 and bottled in June 2005. 

Bottled un-chillfiltered after being matured in refill butt 05/372. 

Bottle number 180 of 314.  

Ardbeg 1978 / Bottled 1998

The second release of the Ardbeg 1978 limited edition, released in 1998.

Aultmore 1974 Samaroli 20th Anniversary

Distilled by John & Harvey & Co. Ltd in 1974

Bottled by R.W. Duthie & Co. Aberdeen in 1988 to celebrate Samaroli's 20th Anniversary

Bottle No. 291

Ardbeg 1978

The second release of the Ardbeg 1978 limited edition, bottled and released in 1998.

Please note condition of lot as shown.

Balblair 2000 Single Cask #1343

An exclusive first fill sherry Balblair bottled for The Whisky Exchange. 

Distilled in 2000 and bottled in 2014. 

One of the Team reckons this is \"the best whisky i've tried in the last two years\". Can't argue with that!

Balvenie Tun 1409 Batch #8

A marriage of 9 American Oak casks and 3 European Oak Sherry casks went into creating Batch 8, a limited release of 2,700 bottles. A very highly sought after range from Balvenie.

As with the previous releases of Balvenie Tun 1401, these whiskies are hand-selected by Malt Master David Stewart. Nine traditional whisky casks and two sherry butts are combined and rested for several months in Tun 1401 – The Balvenie’s traditional oak marrying vessel.

The expression consists of the casks shown below.

Seven traditional whisky casks   
#15917
#14827
#7049
#15338
#6333
#5825
#1636
#887
#486

Three sherry butts
#12614
#13148
#8587

Balvenie 25 Year Old Triple Cask / Travel Retail Exclusive

Balvenie Triple Cask series of whiskies is exclusive to travel retail. 

This 25 year old is the oldest in the range and is accompanied by a 12 year old and 16 year old versions.

Balblair 2000 Single Cask #1343

An exclusive first fill sherry Balblair bottled for The Whisky Exchange. 

Distilled in 2000 and bottled in 2014. 

One of the Team reckons this is \"the best whisky i've tried in the last two years\". Can't argue with that!

Bowmore 25 Year Old 

A late 90s bottling of 25 year old single malt from Bowmore, Islay's oldest distillery. 

Bunnahabhain 1980 Signatory Vintage 31 Year Old

31 Year Old Bunnahabhain, distilled on 21st of January 1980 and bottled in January 2012 from Cask #604, which was a sherry butt.

Bottle Number 132 of 558.

Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch #1

The latest 'tun' release from Balvenie following the footsteps of Balvenie Tun 1401 and 1858.

This larger Tun can hold upto four times as much liquid as Tun 1401 and hence we expect a larger quantity of this release.  This release is a combination of 42 casks, 35 traditional American oak barrels and 7 European oak sherry butts, these were married in tun 1509 for several months before bottling.

Aberlour - Glenlivet 1879- 1979 Centenary Decanter

A rare bottling of Aberlour-Glenlviet for their Centinary in 1979. Bottled in a decanter with a glass stopper. 

Bushmills 1985 Single Cask/ La Maison Du Whisky Exclusive

Irish whisky distilled in 1985 and matured in barrel #15183 exclusively for La Maison du Whisky.

This bottle number 389. 

Ardbeg Supernova Stellar Release

Following the incredibly popular committee release of Arbdeg Supernova, this commercial release sold out quickly as well.  

Ardbeg Supernova is the peatiest Ardbeg ever released at 100ppm, an estimate 18,000 bottles were released in January 2009.

Bruichladdich 1984 Enlightenment 18 Year Old Including Book

Two Bourbon casks of Bruichladdich from 1984, bottled in 2002 to celebrate the reprinting of the classic Whisky text \"Practical Distiller - Treatise of Practical Distillation\", a copy of which is included.

Bottle No. 36 of 500.

Ardbeg 17 Year Old

The first releases of Ardbeg 17 year old sparked the renewed interest in Ardbeg. Now, several years after being discontinued, it is still recognised as a sensational Ardbeg. Please note the condition of the box.

Please note condition of lot as shown.

Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak

A limited edition 17 year old Balvenie released in 2007, matured in first fill Oloroso sherry casks.

Octomore Discovery Feis Ile 2014 

Perhaps the most desirable of the new Feis Ile releases, this is the first time Bruichladdich has released an Octomore for Feis Ile and it is incredibly limited with only 1,695 bottles being released.

Distilled on the 18th February 2007 and bottled for the 2014 Bruichladdich Open Day at Feis Ile, with a very impressive abv of 69.5%. 

Bottle number 0632 of 1,695. 

Ardbeg Rollercoaster Committee Reserve

Released June 2010, Ardbeg Rollercoaster was strictly only available at the distillery or via Ardbeg.com.  However Ardbeg did not expect such demand, the website quickly broke and it did not take long for all 15,000 bottles to sell out.

Released to mark the 10^th anniversary of the Ardbeg Committee the Rollercoaster consists of ten vintages from 1997 to 2006

1997: Second Fill Barrel
1998: Refill Hogshead
1999: First Fill Barrel
2000: First Fill Barrel
2001: Refill Barrel
2002: Refill Barrel
2003: First Fill Barrel
2004: First Fill Barrel
2005: Second Fill Sherry Butt
2006: Refill Hogshead

Bladnoch 1977 Rare Malt 23 Year Old

The Rare Malt Selection is a historic selection of single malt whiskies from operational and lost distilleries that were released by Diageo between 1995 and 2005.

This Bladnoch was distilled in 1977  and bottled 23 years later in October 2001.

Bottle number 3008.

Ben Nevis 1990 Single Cask 21 Year Old Single Port Butt

Distilled in November 1990 at Ben Nevis distillery and matured in a Port butt before being bottled in September 2012.

The full maturation was in a single Port Butt. 

Bottle number 245 of 825.

Bunnahabhain 1979 Duir 30 Year Old

Distilled in 22nd of September 1979 and matured in a single sherry cask for 30 years then bottled on the 7th of October 2009.

Bottle number 352 of 554. 

Ardbeg 1998 Malts of Scotland 16 Year Old

Distilled in 1998 and bottled by Malts of Scotland in June 2014. Matured in a single sherry hogshead. 

Bottle number 61 of 222. 

Bushmills 1991 Whisky Agency 24 Year Old

Distilled in 1991 and bottled in 2015 after maturation in a bourbon barrel. 

One of 218 bottles. 

Aberfeldy 15 Year Old 75cl (1980s)

A rare bottling of Aberfeldy 15 year old prior to the Flora and Fauna release, bottled during the 1980s.

75cl

Please note minor tear to front label. 

Ardbeg 17 Year Old

The first releases of Ardbeg 17 year old sparked the renewed interest in Ardbeg. 

Now, several years after being discontinued, it is still recognised as a sensational Ardbeg.

Please note the condition of the box. 

Bowmore 12 Year Old Feis Ile 2015 - Hand Filled First Fill Sherry Butt

A single cask hand filled Bowmore from Feis Ile 2015, this proved very popular and sold out fast. 

Distilled on the 7th of October 2002 and matured exclusivly in first fill sherry butt #2214. Bottled on the 29th of May 2015.

Balblair 1969 Highland Selection 31 Year Old

A 31 year old single malt from Balblair distillery. 

Please note overall condition of this lot, particularly label and seal.  

There was leakage on delivery to us and we can not be held responsible if further leakage is to occur, the buyer of this lot accepts this responsibility.

Bladnoch 1974 Signatory Vintage 28 Year Old

Bladnoch, distilled on 6th March 1974 and bottled in November 2002 from casks #1781 and #1782.

Bottle number 177 of 331.

Arran 1996 Distillery Exclusive 19 Year Old

Distilled in October 1996 and bottled 19 years later in January this year. Distillery Exclusive.

Matured exclusively in  a Sherry Cask

Bottle No. 539/610