February 2015 Auction

Kininvie 1990 23 Year Old Batch #001

The first official release from Kininvie.  The elusive malt from William Grant's Dufftown complex.

Distilled in 1990 and matured for 23 years until bottling in 2013, batch 001 with an estimated 7,000 bottles were released in Taiwan.

35cl bottle.

Balblair 1975 Signatory Vintage 21 Year Old

Distilled in November 1976 and bottled September 1997, matured in cask 7275. 

Bottle number 265 of 666. 

Kininvie 1990 23 Year OId Batch 001

The first official release from Kininvie.  The elusive malt from William Grant's Dufftown complex.

Distilled in 1990 and matured for 23 years until bottling in 2013, batch 001 with an estimated 7,000 bottles were released in Taiwan.

35cl bottle.

Bruichladdich Octomore 2.1 or Octomore 2_140

The second Octomore release from Bruichladdich, known as Octomore 2_140 or 2.1 was fortunate enough to have been peated to 140ppm and matured for 5 years. 

15,000 of Octomore 2.1 existed, this particular bottle is number 7427 of 15,000.

Bruichladdich Octomore 2.1

The second Octomore release from Bruichladdich, known as Octomore 2.1 was fortunate enough to have been peated to 140ppm and matured for 5 years. 

15,000 of Octomore 2.1 existed, this particular bottle is number 7721 of 15,000.

Kininvie 1990 23 Year Old Batch #001

The first official release from Kininvie.  The elusive malt from William Grant's Dufftown complex.

Distilled in 1990 and matured for 23 years until bottling in 2013, batch 001 with an estimated 7,000 bottles were released in Taiwan.

35cl bottle.

Brechin 1976 Douglas Laing 26 Year Old

A Douglas Laing bottling of Brechin / North Port distilled in November 1976 and bottled in June 2003.

From a single cask reference #3351 which yielded 282 bottles.

Brora 1975 Rare Malt 20cl

A 20 year old Brora in a 20cl bottle from the Rare Malts range. 

Bruichladdich Black Art 1989 21 Year Old (2nd Edition)

The second Black Art release, distilled in 1989 and bottled as a 21 year old.

Matured in wide variety of American and European oak wines casks.

Bruichladdich Black Art 1989 22 Year Old (3rd Edition)

The second Black Art release, distilled in 1989 and bottled as a 22 year old.

Matured in wide variety of American and European oak wines casks, now an annual release within Bruichladdich's core range.

Banff 1980 Chieftain's 18 Year Old Front

A very rare bottling of Banff distilled in 1980 and bottled 18 years later by Ian Macleod & Co under their Cheiftain's range of whiskies.

Overall condition is good, some minor marks at the top of the box.

Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak

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

Bunnahabhain 1979 Wemyss Malts Exclusive for Highlander Inn

Disitlled in March 1979 and then bottled September 2011, this is a single cask Bunnahabhain bottled for the Highlander Inn. 

Bottle 49 of 511. 

Bowmore Devil's Cask 10 Year Old Batch #2

This, Devil's Cask is the second bottling in the incredibly popular Devil's Cask Small Batch Releases.  This small batch release was matured exclusively in first fill Sherry casks and bottled at cask strength.

\"Where The Devil is He?\" - The story goes the devil was spotted in the circular church at Bowmore, the villagers chased the devil into Bowmore Distillery where, as legend goes, the devil escaped in a cask.

Balvenie 17 Year Old Rum Cask

Matured in oak casks before being finished in rum casks shipped from Jamaica.

Bruichladdich Octomore 5.1

Octomore 5.1 peated to the highest ever peating level of 169 ppm aged for 5 years.

Bowmore 1982 Highlander Inn Single Cask 26 Year Old

A single cask Bowmore at cask strength for the Highlander Inn. 

Bottle number 005 of 186. 

Bunnahabhain 1987 Archive 25 Year Old

An unusual independantly bottled Bunnahabhain by Whiskybase.

Distilled on November 1987 and bottled in October 2013 after 26 years in a sherry hogshead.  

One of 233 bottles.

Bowmore Devil's Cask 10 Year Old Batch #2

This, Devil's Cask is the second bottling in the incredibly popular Devil's Cask Small Batch Releases.  This small batch release was matured exclusively in first fill Sherry casks and bottled at cask strength.

\"Where The Devil is He?\" - The story goes the devil was spotted in the circular church at Bowmore, the villagers chased the devil into Bowmore Distillery where, as legend goes, the devil escaped in a cask.

Bowore Devils Cask 10 Year Old - Batch 2 - 2014

This, Devil's Cask II, is the second bottling in the incredibly popular Devil's Cask Small Batch Releases.  This small batch release was matured exclusively in first fill Sherry casks and bottled at cask strength.

\"Where The Devil is He?\" - The story goes the devil was spotted in the circular church at Bowmore, the villagers chased the devil into Bowmore Distillery where, as legend goes, the devil escaped in a cask.

75cl 

US Import

Bruichladdich Octomore 3.1 or Octomore 3_152

This rather oddly is actually the fourth Octomore release from Bruichladdich, following the Octomore Orpheus 3.2. 

A further increase in peating level to what seemed at the time a remarkable 152ppm. 

There were 18,000  bottled.

Bowmore 1984

A popular vintage Bowmore, distilled in 1984 and bottled at cask strength at the turn of the millenium

Balvenie 14 Year Old Roasted Malt

The first single malt Scotch whisky to be made using a batch of dark roasted malted barley.

This 14 year old Balvenie is a limited bottling from 34 casks.

Bowmore 1999 Feis Ile 2008

Bottled for the Feis Ile 2008, only 800 bottles of this 8 year old Bowmore were produced. Distilled on the 14th June 1999 and matured in warehouse #5 using Limousin Oak, each bottle is individually numbered.

Bruichladdich Octomore 6.2 (Travel Retail Exclusive)

Aged for 5 years in true Octomore fashion, the latest travel retail exclusive was finished in Limousin Oak which previously held 'one of the world's great Eaux de Vie'.  

18,000 bottles produced and bottled at 58.2%

Balvenie 1977 15 Year Old Single Barrel

An older edition of Balvenie's classic single barrel series, a 15 year old single malt which is drawn from a single traditional oak whisky cask of a single distillation. While every cask is subtly different, The Balvenie Malt Master has selected only casks which have the essential characteristics of The Balvenie Single Barrel.

Distilled on 17th February 1977  and bottled from cask # 1203 on the 24th January 1995, this is bottle number 200.

Please note there is a little rust on the lid, please also note the staining on the box.

Bowmore 10yo.1988 Glasgow Garden Festival

Bottled in 1988 @ 75cl. and 40% to celebrate the Glasgow Garden Festival in original tube, level is well into neck, all in great condition.

Balvenie 1991 Port Wood

Distilled in 1991 and matured in bourbon casks before a finishing period in Port pipes, these Port wood finished Balvenies are very popular and have since been replaced by the 21 year old Port wood.

Bunnahabhain Dram An Stiureadair Feis Ile 2014

One of the 2014 Feis Ile releases by Bunnahabhain, Dram An Stiureadair means 'The Helmsman's Dram'.  This limited Bunnahabhain was matured for 9 years in ex-American bourbon casks before being finished in Marsala casks No.1 on the 1st February 2013.  This 10 year old spirit was matured in Bunnahabhain's warehouse no.7.

Benriach 1994 Single Cask Peated Chateau Yquem Finish

Distilled in June 1994 and then bottled in August 2006, this heavily peated Benriach was finished in a Chateau Yquem cask.  Cask number 06/143/3. 

Bottle number 10 of 323. 

Bunnahabhain 1979 Single Malts of Scotland Year Old

Distilled October 1979 and bottled March 2007. 

One of 234 Bottles.

Balvenie 10 Year Old Founders Reserve

The iconic long discontinued cognac shaped bottle of Balvenie Founder's Reserve.

Please note condition of rear label, as pictured.