March 2019 Auction

Eagle Rare 17 Year Old / Summer 2017

Eagle Rare is a historic bourbon brand and is one of the five bourbons included in the award-winning Buffalo Trace Antique Collection.

Buffalo Trace's parent company, Sazerac, purchased the Eagle Rare brand from Seagram in 1989, who had developed it in the 1970s to replicate what it felt where the successful motifs used by the Wild Turkey brand.

Production of the label was moved to Buffalo Trace when Sazerac acquired the facility in 1992 (then known as Ancient Age).

Eagle Rare 17 Year Old / Spring 2016

Eagle Rare is a historic bourbon brand and is one of the five bourbons included in the award-winning Buffalo Trace Antique Collection.

Buffalo Trace's parent company, Sazerac, purchased the Eagle Rare brand from Seagram in 1989, who had developed it in the 1970s to replicate what it felt where the successful motifs used by the Wild Turkey brand.

Production of the label was moved to Buffalo Trace when Sazerac acquired the facility in 1992 (then known as Ancient Age).

Eagle Rare 17 Year Old / Spring 2016

Eagle Rare is a historic bourbon brand and is one of the five bourbons included in the award-winning Buffalo Trace Antique Collection.

Buffalo Trace's parent company, Sazerac, purchased the Eagle Rare brand from Seagram in 1989, who had developed it in the 1970s to replicate what it felt where the successful motifs used by the Wild Turkey brand.

Production of the label was moved to Buffalo Trace when Sazerac acquired the facility in 1992 (then known as Ancient Age).

Eagle Rare 17 Year Old / Spring 2015

Eagle Rare is a historic bourbon brand and is one of the five bourbons included in the award-winning Buffalo Trace Antique Collection.

Buffalo Trace's parent company, Sazerac, purchased the Eagle Rare brand from Seagram in 1989, who had developed it in the 1970s to replicate what it felt where the successful motifs used by the Wild Turkey brand.

Production of the label was moved to Buffalo Trace when Sazerac acquired the facility in 1992 (then known as Ancient Age).

Evan Williams 23 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon

An impressively aged Kentucky straight bourbon fro Heaven Hill.

The brand is named after Evan Willliams, believed to have opened Kentucky's first distillery in 1783.

That distillery however is long gone, and this was distilled and bottled at the original Heaven Hill in Bardstown, which coincidentally is also no longer operational after it was ravaged by a fire in 1996.

Heaven Hill moved into their new home at the newly refurbished Bernheim distillery in 1999.

Enmore and Port Mourant EHPM 1998 Velier 16 Year Old Rum Blended in the Barrel

A blend of 3 experimental barrels aged 16 years in the tropics. Distilled at Uitvlugt distillery using the Enmore and Port Mourant stills. 

The cask were sourced from Diamond distillery, who consolidated all of Guyana's rum stock and equipment in 2000. Blended and specially bottled for Velier in Italy.

One of 848 bottles. 

Eagle Rare 10 Year Old 1980s

An old 1980's bottling of Eagle Rare for the Italian market. This was distilled and bottled by Seagram's at the Four Roses distillery (labelled using its historic Old Prentice name).

The Eagle Rare brand nowadays is produced at Buffalo Trace after it was sold to the Sazerac company a few years after this was bottled.

Eagle Rare 10 Year Old 1980s

An old 1980s bottling of Eagle Rare for the Italian market. This was distilled and bottled by Seagram's at the Four Roses distillery (labelled using its historic Old Prentice name).

The Eagle Rare brand nowadays is produced at Buffalo Trace after it was sold to the Sazerac company a few years after this was bottled.

Enmore 1987 Velier Full Proof Rum

A pot still rum from Enmore, distilled in 1987 and bottled from special casks #193-197.

Bottled by Dutch company Breitenstein Produkten BV for Italian importers, Velier in November 2000.

One of 419 bottles.

Eagle Rare 10 Year Old 1980s

An old 1980's bottling of Eagle Rare for the Italian market. This was distilled and bottled by Seagram's at the Four Roses distillery (labelled using its historic Old Prentice name).

The Eagle Rare brand nowadays is produced at Buffalo Trace after it was sold to the Sazerac company a few years after this was bottled.

Enmore 1990 Moon Import 26 Year Old Sherry Wood Rum

A single pot still rum from Enmore, distilled in 1990 and bottled in 2016 after maturing in single sherry barrel number 29.

Enmore closed its doors in 1993 and the original wooden stills that gave this rum its unique character removed. 

Bottles from this distillery are becoming increasingly sought after and hard to find. 

Selected by Pepi Mongiardino.

Bottle number 191 of only 315.

Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon / Memorial Bottling

This whisky is named after the legendary Elmer T. Lee (1919-2013), who was hired in 1949 by Col. Albert B. Blanton to work at Buffalo Trace (named George T. Stagg distillery at the time).  

Starting from the bottom he worked his way up to Master Distiller before retiring in 1985. He passed away in 2013 aged 93. This bottle was released in 2014 to memorialise him. At the time of his death, Lee was one of only two living Master Distillers to have a bourbon named after them.

Enmore 1988 Whisky Agency 24 Year Old Rum / The Nectar

An aged rum from Guyana, distilled at Enmore in 1988. 

The Enmore distillery closed in 1993, with its stills moved first to Uitvlugt and then to Diamond in 2000.

Bottled in 2012 by The Whisky Agency in collaboration with The Nectar, this is one of 264 bottles.

E.H. Keeling and Son Old Demarara Rum 1960s

A fantastically unusual bottle of Rum from the banks of the Demerara in \"British\" Guyana.

Bottled some time in the 1960's.

Italian import.

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon 2014 Release / Batch #C914

Elijah Craig is one of the flagship brands produced by Heaven Hill, named after an 18th century pastor, often cited (although probably incorrectly) as the first man to distil bourbon in the US.

This is the generally thrice annual cask strength 12 year old, released in September 2014.

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon 2014 Release / Batch #C914

Elijah Craig is one of the flagship brands produced by Heaven Hill, named after an 18th century pastor, often cited (although probably incorrectly) as the first man to distil bourbon in the US.

This is the generally thrice annual cask strength 12 year old, released in September 2014.

Edradour 2006 Straight from the Cask 10 Year Old / Sherry Cask

Distilled on 6th December 2006, and matured in sherry butt #395 for 10 years before being bottled on 11th September 2017.

One of 973 bottles.

Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon

A single barrel sour mash Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. 

This whisky is named after the legendary Elmer T. Lee (1919-2013), who was hired in 1949 by Col. Albert B. Blanton to work at Buffalo Trace (named George T. Stagg Distillery at the time).  

Starting from the bottom he worked his way up to Master Distiller before retiring in 1985. He passed away in 2013 aged 93. At the time of his death, Lee was one of only two living Master Distiller's to have a bourbon named after them.

This is a 2018 bottling.

Elijah Craig 12 Year Old / Pre-2011

The 12 year old Elijah Craig.

Elijah Craig is one of the flagship brands produced by Heaven Hill, named after an 18th century pastor, often cited (although probably incorrectly) as the first man to distil bourbon in the US.

This is a 2008 bottling, meaning this will contain bourbon distilled by Heaven Hill at their old distillery in Bardstown, or on stills rented at either Jim Beam or Brown-Forman. The company was forced to do this between 1996 when their Bardstown distillery burned down, and 1999 when they acquired Bernheim from United Distillers.

70cl European import bottle.

Enmore 1997 Rum Nation Small Batch

Pot still rum from the Enmore still during its four year stay at the now-closed Uitvlugt distillery, distilled in 1997 and bottled in 2016 at cask strength. Drawn from three casks 2-3-69

Bottle number 232 of 918.

Eigashima Akashi White Oak 8 Year Old  Sherry Cask #188​

A blended whisky produced at Eigashima, White Oak Distillery , within the Akashi range of whiskies.  

Exclusively bottled from sherry butt #188 after 8 years.

One of 721 bottles.

Exotic Cargo 2006 SMWS 10 Year Old Blended Malt Batch 01

The first blended malt from the SMWS, matured exclusively in first fill sherry hogsheads.

Eden Mill Single Malt Hip Flask Series No.4 20cl / French Virgin Octave​

In 2012, Eden Mill became St Andrews first brewery since 1902, and Scotland's first ever combined brewing and distillery complex in 2014 when the plan was hatched and set into motion, to produce their first malt whisky. 

The first whiskies produced in St. Andrews for over 150 years, these elegantly packaged 20cl glass \"hip flask\" bottles were distilled using a variety of malt types, and matured in a variety of different casks.

No.4 in the series was distilled using Pale Spirit on 11th December 2014, and matured in a French virgin oak octave.

One of only 220 bottles.

Eden Mill Single Malt Hip Flask Series No.5 20cl / Frankenstein's Malt Bill​

In 2012, Eden Mill became St Andrews first brewery since 1902, and Scotland's first ever combined brewing and distillery complex in 2014 when the plan was hatched and set into motion, to produce their first malt whisky. 

The first whiskies produced in St. Andrews for over 150 years, these elegantly packaged 20cl glass \"hip flask\" bottles were distilled using a variety of malt types, and matured in a variety of different casks.

No.5 in the series was distilled using \"Frankenstein's Malt Bill\" on 13th February 2015, and matured in a US virgin oak octave. Frankenstein's Malt Bill is a combination of all the previous mashes used in the production of single casks 1-4 in the series, the product of the distillery team's desire to both experiment, and avoid wasting any materials. According to distillery staff, this has been the best received of the first 7 hip flask bottlings, and with uncertainty over whether it can be reproduced, this is sure to become the rare gem of the set.

Bottle number 88 of only 220 bottles.

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon 2017 Release / Batch #B517

Elijah Craig is one of the flagship brands produced by Heaven Hill, named after an 18th century pastor, often cited (although probably incorrectly) as the first man to distil bourbon in the US.

This is the second 2017 batch, bottled in May that year.

Batch #B517 won Whisky Advocate’s 2017 Whisky of the Year and was featured in the Winter 2017 magazine issue. Elijah Craig was selected from hundreds of samples submitted globally throughout the year. Whisky Advocate’s Top 20 are selected every year from a group of the highest-rated whiskeys nominated by the Buying Guide reviewers, and ranked based on quality, value and availability.

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon 2017 Release / Batch #B517

Elijah Craig is one of the flagship brands produced by Heaven Hill, named after an 18th century pastor, often cited (although probably incorrectly) as the first man to distil bourbon in the US.

This is the second 2017 batch, bottled in May that year.

Batch #B517 won Whisky Advocate’s 2017 Whisky of the Year and was featured in the Winter 2017 magazine issue. Elijah Craig was selected from hundreds of samples submitted globally throughout the year. Whisky Advocate’s Top 20 are selected every year from a group of the highest-rated whiskeys nominated by the Buying Guide reviewers, and ranked based on quality, value and availability.

Elijah Craig 12 Year Old

The 12 year old Elijah Craig.

Elijah Craig is one of the flagship brands produced by Heaven Hill, named after an 18th century pastor, often cited (although probably incorrectly) as the first man to distil bourbon in the US.

70cl European import bottle.

Edradour 2002 Cask Strength Decanter #1422

Part of Edradour's cask strength range.

Distilled 28th August 2002 and bottled 24th August 2017.

Cask #1422

One of 697 Bottles.

Eigashima Akashi White Oak 5 Year Old Bourbon Cask #1356

A blended whisky produced at Eigashima, White Oak Distillery , within the Akashi range of whiskies.  

Exclusively bottled from bourbon cask #1356.

Edradour 2005 Cask Strength Decanter #138

This 2005 vintage Edradour, officially bottled by distillery owners Signatory Vintage in the elegant glass bottles used for their Decanter Collection.

Distilled on 20th June 2005 and bottled on 21st August 2018 from cask #138.

One of 628 bottles. 

Enmore 2002 Rum Nation Small Batch

Pot still rum from the Enmore still at Diamond Distillery, distilled in 2002 and bottled in 2016 at cask strength. Drawn from single cask 77-82. 

Bottle number 105 of 447.

Eigashima 2011 Whisky House

A curious bottle of whisky distilled in Japan and matured in Scotland by Duncan Taylor for The Whisky House.

The liquid was distilled in July 2011 and bottled in 2017. Aged in a European hogshead cask, this bottle is limited to one of only 660.