January 2018 Auction

Ambassador Deluxe 8 Year Old 1970s​

'Scotch at it's lightest', an unusual 8 year old blend of Ambassador produced for the European market.

Italian Import.

White Horse 1980s / Italian Import

A bottle of White Horse whisky from the 1980's, imported by Montenegro S.p.A. for the Italian market.

Aberlour 10 Year Old 1990s / Including Cufflinks​

An old bottle of Aberlour 10 year old. Unlike most examples of this bottle which turn up at auction, this still has the cufflinks!

William Lawson's Finest Blended Whisky 1970s

One of the most popular blends in France, William Lawson's Finest.

This is an older bottling from the 1970s.

W5 Double U Five Scotch Whisky Circa 1970s​

A rarely seen blend from the 1970s, blended and bottled for the Italian market.

Aberlour 12 Year Old Double Cask

Double cask Aberlour, matured in traditional oaks casks before being finished in casks that once held sherry.

Aberfeldy 12 Year Old

A bottle of the Aberfeldy 12 year old, in recent but no longer current packaging. 

W5 Double U Five Scotch Whisky Circa 1970s​

A rarely seen blend from the 1970's, blended and bottled for the Italian market.

Warner Edwards Melissa Gin

A bottle of Lemon Balm flavoured Gin from Harrington based distillers, Warner Edwards.

Armorik Bretagne Single Malt

Single malt produced in Brittany in France. The people of this area are traditionally of Celtic decent so the whisky making craft is traditional. 

Double matured in bourbon and Oloroso casks.

Wenneker Islay Cask Finished Genever 50cl​

This Genever (juniper seasoned pot still distilled malt wine) was finished in Islay Cask finish.

Aberlour 10 Year Old 1990s

An old bottle of Aberlour 10 year old.

White Tavern American Whiskey 1.75 Litre

A large bottle of blended American whiskey with a built in pourer.

Bottled by the White Tavern Distilling Co. in Dayton, NJ, the blend is 27.5% straight whiskies of 4 years old or more, and 72.5% neutral white grain spirits.

Whyte and Mackay Special 1.13 Litre 1980s​

Nothing unusual about this, Whyte & Mackay Special.

Apart from the unusual 1.13 litre volume dates this from the early 1980's when fluid ounces were first being converted in to metric measurements.

Aberfeldy 1978 Signatory Vintage 14 Year Old Miniature 5cl

A rare Signatory Vintage bottling of Aberfeldy, distilled in December 1978, and bottled from cask #7790 in May 1993.

5cl

Aurum Brandy Reserva Speciale 1970s

Distilled in Pescara since 1925, Aurum is a sweet Italian liqueur made from brandy and citrus fruit infusion. 

The name derives from the pun between the Latin words aurum, which means gold, and aurantium, which means orange (fruit).

Ardmore Legacy

A mildly peated Non-chill filtered highland whisky introduced to replace the Ardmore Traditional. Has a mixture of malt that is 80% peated and 20% unpeated. 

William Lawson's Finest Scotch Whisky

One of the most popular Scotch blends in France, William Lawson's Finest.  

Aultmore 1980 Signatory Vintage 11 Year Old Miniature 5cl​

An Aultmore distilled in September 1980 and bottled June 1995 after 11 years of maturation,

Whyte and Mackay 1 Litre

This Whyte and Mackay is the core product and is twice matured.

Waris-Callot Marc de Champagne

An interesting old bottling of Marc de Champagne from Waris-Callot.

Marc de Champagne is an acquavite or pomace-brandy, distilled from grapes grown from the Champagne region.  

Ape Cognac 3-Star 15cl 1930/40s

A \"Cognac\" bottled by Distilleria APE, Milano.

This could be a Cognac as we use the word today, though more likely it is an Italian 'cognac' which predates the protection of the term. 

We estimate that this was bottled sometime around the 1930/40s

Alain Thomas Napoleon Royal Brandy 1960s

French brandy that we estimate is from 1960's. 

Please be aware there are no markings for volume or strength. 

Spanish import.

Whyte and Mackay Special Reserve 1 Litre

This Whyte and Mackay is the core product and is twice matured.

Wray and Nephew White Overproof Rum

A white rum from Kingston, Jamaica.

Archie Rose Original Vodka

A vodka produced from locally sourced Australian wheat. Distilled in November 2016, this is one of 1440 bottles.

Batch no. 13.

Whyte and Mackay Special

Nothing unusual about this, Whyte & Mackay Special.

Arcense Stoombierbrouwerij

A very old bottle of dutch beer from Arcense Stoombierbrouwerij, the predecessor to Hertog Jan.

This 75cl stoneware bottle is certainly from 1990's, prior to the brewery being sold to Inbev, and is therefore only being sold as a collectible item. We do not recommend drinking this.