Inaugural Auction

A Single sherry butt #2390 was filled on 24^th November 1976 and matured for 25 years prior to bottling on 27^th April 2002 for the Feis Ile. 

Only available at Ardbeg Distillery, 494 bottles of this Ardbeg were filled.

Bottle 117 of 494

Please note the minor scuffs on the side of the box.

This whisky was distilled on 26^th December 1975 and matured in a single ex-fino cask before being bottled on 14^th April 2005.  This 29 year old has become known as a memorable Ardbeg; bottled for the Feis Ile 2005 it was only available at Ardbeg Distillery. 

This is bottle number 72 of 188 bottles.

There are slight stains on the rear and sides of the box. Please take a closer look on the photos or contact us for more information.  Packaging otherwise is in good condition, with no marks on the bottle.

A very unusual bottle of Absolut vodka.

Tack is the Scandinavian/Icelandic word for thanks; this special edition bottling was presented to Maxxium employees when Absolut was bought by Pernod Ricard in 2009.

Approximately 1800 bottles were produced.

Quite simply a legendary Ardbeg released in 2004, this was a combination of experimental unpeated Ardbeg and lightly peated Ardbeg.  It is known that between 1979 and 1981 these experiements took place, we have yet to see any from 1979.

Only 1,300 bottles of Kildalton were bottled and it is certainly a popular collectors item now.

Ardbeg Committee Reserve 2002

Released strictly for the Ardbeg Committee in 2002, this was a non-age statement whisky made up of whiskies from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. 

Only 3000 bottles were released with the member's name and membership number written on the back of the bottle.

Ardbeg Very Young For Discussion 1997

The very first release of Ardbeg Very Young, bottled ‘For Discussion’ with the Ardbeg Committee.  Containing some of the first spirit created under the ownership of Glenmorangie PLC, distilled during 1997 and bottled 12^th November 2003.

Matured using first fill casks, only 4002 bottles ever existed.

Named after the rule of Orkney in the 1100’s, Earl Magnus is the first edition of the trilogy consisting of; Earl Magnus, Saint Magnus and Earl Haakon.  A 15 year old, cask strength release within an outstanding wooden box and fashioned glass styled on bottles from 150 years ago, this quickly become a desirable Highland Park.

Only 5,976 of the Earl Magnus were created.

Ardbeg Very Young 1998

The first in Ardbeg’s young series on their ‘path to peaty maturity’, tracing Ardbeg’s path to their new 10 year old.  Bottled in 2004.

Bottled specially for German connoisseurs this single cask Highland Park was distilled in 1980 and bottled on the 19^th September 2003 from cask #7367, only 498 bottles produced.

An 11 year old Laphroaig, bottled exclusively for the Islay Festival in 2003 (Feis Ile).  Apparently quite a distinctive difference to the standard 10 year old Laphroaig.

The packaging is quite simple as it comes with just a white tube.

Distilled in 1994, this limited distillery only bottling produced 600 bottles. 

Distilled by the apprentice John Campbell in 1994 and bottled by the distillery manager John Campbell in 2006. 

Bottle number 357 of 600

Released for discussion by the Ardbeg Committee.

Released in June 2011, Ardbeg Alligator takes its name from the aggressive charring of the American casks the whisky was matured in.  This charring level is known as the Alligator char because the cracking of the wood under the heat looks similar to the skin of an Alligator.

Named after the famous whirlpool to the north of Islay, this release of Corryvreckan was only available to Ardbeg Committee members prior to its repackaging and official release in 2008

Bottled on the 19^th March 2008, only 5000 bottles were released.

Ardbeg Roller Coaster – 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 10th 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

Released annually to coincide with Lagavlin’s sponsorship of the Islay Jazz Festival, this particular release was distilled on 19^th January 1995 and bottled in 2013. 

Bottle number 1073

Released annually to coincide with Lagavlin’s sponsorship of the Islay Jazz Festival, this particular release was distilled on 19^th January 1995 and bottled in 2013. 

Bottle number 1073

This was the first release of Lagavulin 12 year old as a part of Diageo’s super premium series, back in 2002. 

Please note there is slight damage to the bottom of the box.

Released on June 1^st 2012 as Ardbeg’s annual Feis Ile bottling it was not only available at Ardbeg Distillery but also via 100 of Ardbeg’s ‘embassies’.

The hugely popular Ardbeg Day was a limited run of 12,000 bottles partially married in ex refill sherry casks used to mature whisky the Ardbeg Uigeadail.

These 5cl miniatures of Ardbeg Day are very rare.

With golden screen print label and gold box.

This particularly old release of Highland Park 12 year old looks fantastic, with the gold box and gold screen printed writing.  

This is the first bottling of Ardbeg Uigeadail, now a core product for Ardbeg. 

Uigedail is the name of the loch which feeds Ardbeg distillery.  Uigedail has become a much loved whisky, having gained recognition in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible winning ‘World Whisky of the Year’ in 2009.

A single cask Laphroaig bottled exclusively by Douglas Laing for The Whisky Fair in 2004. 

Distilled November 1987 and bottled February 2004 this single cask produced 336 bottles.

Highland Park 18 years old round tube.  These dumpier, sloped shouldered Highland Park bottles are quite desirable.

This Aultmore was distilled in 1983 and bottled as part of the Flora and Fauna Series in 1997.  Only a few distilleries in this series were fortunate enough to be bottled at cask strength.

Released in 2002 the Highland Park Capella is a commemorative bottling to mark the 60^th anniversary of Orkney’s famous Italian Chapel.

Only  5,400 bottles were made available.

Still in high demand theblack whisky, distilled at Mannochmore distillery has become increasingly harder to find.

No box.

The result of an accident when very year old Ardbeg gets mixed with 12 year old Glen Moray.

This blended malt was simply 20% Glen moray and 80% Ardbeg.

Released in 2005, there were 16,000 bottles made available.

Please note the sticker mark on the rear of the bottle (an alarm sticker, which it seems is quite difficult to remove)

Released September 2012, the Ardbeg Galileo quickly sold out at retailers. Aged for 12-13 years, the Galileo is a combination of casks matured in first-fill bourbon casks and a peculiar Marsala enhanced version of Ardbeg Alligator.

Released in mid 2013, Arran’s second edition, release in the very popular punch bowl series consists of 27 casks distilled between 1997 and 2004; 17 of which are sherry casks, 6 ‘unpeated’ bourbon casks and 4 peated bourbon casks. Known as the Angels and Devils edition, only 6,600 bottles have been released.

Ardbeg Still Young 1998

Ardbeg Still Young was distilled in 1998 and released in 2007, the second release on the ‘path to peaty maturity’.

Possibly from the early 1990’s

Highland Park 12 years old has existed since 1979, this particular bottle we believe is from the early 1990’s.  We consider these dumpier, sloped shouldered Highland Park bottles to be quite desirable.

Highland Park 16 years old in the old square box and dumpy bottle shape. Duty Free and Travel Retail bottle only.

Highland Park 18 years old in the old square box and dumpy bottle shape.

Paul Pacult’s Spirit Journal regarded this as ‘The Best Spirit in the World’.