February 2014 Auction

Port Ellen 1979 22 Year Old 1st Release

The first of the incredibly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1979 and bottled 22 years later in 2001, bottled at cask strength and limited to 6,000 bottles, this is bottle 0443.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel of the Islay crown. Closure in 1983 has enabled this distillery to receive a near mythical amount of love and respect. As stocks get thinner on the ground, these bottles become rarer and rarer

Port Ellen 1978 25 Year Old 4th Release

The fourth in the wildly popular Port Ellen annual releases.  Distilled in 1978 and bottled 25 years later in 2004, bottled at cask strength and limited to 5,100 bottles, this is bottle 0464.

Port Ellen is the lost jewel of the Islay crown. Closure in 1983 has enabled this distillery to receive a near mythical amount of love and respect. As stocks get thinner on the ground, these bottles become rarer and rarer.

Please note  that there are some very feint marks on the box.

Port Ellen 1979 Douglas Laing 25 Year Old

A lovely Old Malt Cask release from Douglas Laing, this Port Ellen was distilled in December 1979 before being bottled 25 years later in July 2005.

Finished for 6 months in sherry wood, this single cask only produced 425 bottles.

Port Ellen 1980 21 Year old Silver Seal

A slightly younger Port Ellen than you normally see from the long closed Islay legend. This was bottled for the Italian market by the Glasgow based company. Bottle 118 of 240

Port Charlotte PC5

Port Charlotte is a heavily peated spirit produced by Bruichladdich in rememberance and hope for a long list distillery at Port Charlotte on Islay, which closed in 1929. 

Matured in both bourbon and sherry cask this 5 year old spirit was limited to 6,038 bottles.

Old Comber 30 Year Old 1980s 75cl

The Old Comber distillery was located in Comber, county Down in Northern Ireland.  Like the mjority of Ireland's distilleries, distilling ceased at Old Comber in 1952, which makes this an amazing piece of Irish Whiskey heritage.

This 30 year old bottle was bottled during the 1980s and represents the last bottlings ever released from this long lost distillery.

75cl nd 70 proof.

Port Ellen 1982 Douglas Laing 25 Year Old

A sherry cask matured Port Ellen as part of Douglas Laing's Provenance range.

Bottled in the summer of 2008 and matured for 25 years since the winter of 1982, independant bottlings are quickly becoming the only affordable way to reach Port Ellen's.

Paul John Debut Cask P1-161

The first release from the new Indian producer Paul John, based in Goa.

Matured in a single bourbon cask P1-161.

Port Charlotte PC10

Port Charlotte is a heavily peated spirit produced by Bruichladdich in rememberance and hope for a long list distillery at Port Charlotte on Islay, which closed in 1929. 

The coming of age version of Port Charlotte, PC10.  The Trona Linntean - in English means 'Through the Generation' to celebrate the young craftsmen coming through the distillery.

Bottle number 554 of 6,000.

Oban 18 Year Old 75cl (US Import)

A slightly older version to the 14 year old and Distiller Edition varieties available in the UK, this 18 year old Oban was released for the U.S market.

75cl bottle.

Old Rhosdhu 1967 33 Year Old

An official bottling from Loch Lomond.  Loch Lomond produce quite an array of different spirits, Rhosdhu is apprently the fourth most heavily peated spirit.

Distilled in 1967 and bottled december 1996.

Old Fettercairn 10 year Old (Old Style with Free Glass)

Bottled in the early 2000s, prior to the word 'old' being removed from the title of their whiskies, this 10 year old comes with a free branded glass.

Glass and bottle are in good condition.