March 2019 Auction

Ardbeg Dark Cove Committee Release

The Ardbeg committee release for 2016, this has been matured in ex-bourbon casks with a heart matured in dark sherry casks.

The style has been inspired by the history of illicit distilling on the Island of Islay, many people were involved including Allan and Alexander the uncles of John McDougall founder of Ardbeg distillery.

This is the limited committee release, whereas a more available lower ABV edition was launched for Ardbeg Day/Night. 

Ardbeg Dark Cove Committee Release

The Ardbeg committee release for 2016, this has been matured in ex-bourbon casks with a heart matured in dark sherry casks.

The style has been inspired by the history of illicit distilling on the Island of Islay, many people were involved including Allan and Alexander the uncles of John McDougall founder of Ardbeg distillery.

This is the limited committee release, whereas a more available lower ABV edition was launched for Ardbeg Day/Night. 

Ardbeg Kelpie Committee Release

The Ardbeg committee release for 2017, this has been matured in virgin casks crafted from oak grown on land in the Adyghe Republic - a Russian federal subject just north of Georgia, on the northeast coast of the Black Sea.

Ardmore 2008 Jack Wiebers 9 Year Old 'Great Ocean Liners' / Copenicker Whisky Herbst Berlin 2017

This very rare expression was selected by Jack Wieber as part of the Great Ocean Liners series, and bottled for the Copenicker Whisky Herbst Berlin 2017.

Distilled in 2008 at Ardmore in the Highlands and aged 9 years.

One of only 120 bottles filled from bourbon cask #107.

Parker's Heritage Collection Curacao Barrel Finished Straight Bourbon

The Parker's Heritage Collection from Heaven Hill is always highly anticipated. This is the twelfth edition, released in 2018, and is the second barrel finish bottling in the series.

For this release, Heaven Hill partnered up with cognac Master Blender, Alain Royer. The bourbon is a dumping of barrels aged 7 to 8 years in the upper floors of Rickhouse Q, which were finished for 4 months in barrels that had previously held Curacao, a French orange liqueur.

Port Charlotte 12 Year Old Polar Explorer

Polar Explorer was a charity bottling produced for the organisation of the same name by Royal Scottish Geographical Society Explorer in Reseidence, Craig Mathieson.

The journey to produce this Polar Explorer single malt whisky began when a single sherry cask of matured Port Charlotte single malt whisky was generously gifted to Craig Mathieson by Steve Thom, a director of Edinburgh-based Cornhill Building Services Ltd.  A heavily peated single malt whisky with a long finish, Port Charlotte is an expression expertly crafted by the renowned Bruichladdich Distillery on the Inner Hebridean Isle of Islay.   
 
From the single privately owned cask of Port Charlotte, a limited number of bottles subsequently received the addition of pure iceberg water.  A very small amount of ice was carefully hand harvested in the same way the local Inuit population has collected ice for water for centuries.

Limited to 200 bottles

Ardbeg 2007 SMWS 8 Year Old 33.132

\"Beauty and the Beast\"

A young Ardbeg distilled on the 24th of May 2007 and matured in a 2nd fill ex-sherry butt. 

One of 624 bottles filled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Arran 1998 SMWS 9 Year Old 121.21 75cl / US Import

An independent bottling of Arran from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Distilled at the Island distillery in 1998 and bottled in March 2007.

Ardbeg 2000 Malts of Scotland Sherry Butt

A single cask bottling by Malts of Scotland. Distilled in 2000 and bottled in 2016 at cask strength after being matured in a sherry butt number 16016. 

One of only 540 bottles.

Ardbeg Supernova SN2014

Following in the footsteps of the previous Supernova release, this is as peaty as Ardbeg gets. Sold exclusively to members of the Ardbeg Committee via Ardbeg Embassies worldwide, as you can imagine it was not available for long...

This release celebrates the return to earth of the 'Ardbeg Space Experiment'.

Ardbeg 1998 Still Young

Ardbeg Still Young was distilled in 1998 and released in 2006, the second release on the ‘path to peaty maturity’.

Arran White Stag Fourth Release

The fourth release exclusive to Arran's online community, the White Stag.  

Specially selected by a tasting panel of 20 members of the White Stag, these bottlings are always eagerly awaited, selling out online incredibly quickly!  

The fourth release is a small batch 10 years old drawn from four ex-bourbon barrels.

Bottle number 233 of 875.

Aberfeldy 15 Year Old Flora and Fauna

One of the most sought after Flora and Fauna bottlings, discontinued in the late 1990s when Bacardi became owners of the distillery.

Aberfeldy 15 Year Old Flora and Fauna

One of the most sought after Flora and Fauna bottlings, discontinued in the late 1990s when Bacardi became owners of the distillery.

Arran Harmony Edition Vol.1 / Malt and Music Festival 2018

The 2018 release for the Malt and Music festival on Arran.

Matured in three different oak casks: French Oak, Spanish Oak and American Oak.

One of 1000 bottles.

Ardbeg 1998 Still Young

Ardbeg Still Young was distilled in 1998 and released in 2006, the second release on the ‘path to peaty maturity’.

Arran Harmony Edition Vol.1 / Malt and Music Festival 2018

The 2018 release for the Malt and Music festival on Arran.

Matured in three different oak casks: French Oak, Spanish Oak and American Oak.

One of 1000 bottles.

Arran 1996 Jack Wiebers 18 Year Old 'Great Ocean Liners' / Whiskyschiff Zurich 2014

This very rare expression was selected by Jack Wiebers as part of the Great Ocean Liners series, and bottled for the Whiskyschiff Zurich 2014.

Distilled in 1996 at Arran and aged 18 years.

One of only 119 bottles filled from a bourbon cask.

Ardbeg Supernova SN2014

Following in the footsteps of the previous Supernova release, this is as peaty as Ardbeg gets. Sold exclusively to members of the Ardbeg Committee via Ardbeg Embassies worldwide, as you can imagine it was not available for long...

This release celebrates the return to earth of the 'Ardbeg Space Experiment'.

Parker's Heritage Collection 11 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon

The Parker's Heritage Collection from Heaven Hill is always highly anticipated, this is an 11 year old Kentucky straight Bourbon.

The collection is named after former Heaven Hill Master Distiller, Parker Beam. Parker's legacy with the distillery was the introduction of single barrel bottlings, and this, barrel #4748018 , was selected from his favourite rickhouse in Deatsville.

Ardbeg Kildalton 2014

This Ardbeg was released in connection with the North Highland Initiative (NHI) a charity which helps rural communities across the Northern Highlands.

Elegantly packaged, it is a combination of first fill and refill ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks. Please do not mistake this Kildalton for that which was released in 2004, 10 years previously.

Ardbeg Grooves Committee Release​

The 2018 committee release from Ardbeg. This has been matured in heavily charred casks (presenting a grooved surface, hence the name).

Totally groovy and totally not the same thing as the Alligator...

Ardbeg Grooves Committee Release​

The 2018 committee release from Ardbeg. This has been matured in heavily charred casks (presenting a grooved surface, hence the name).

Totally groovy and totally not the same thing as the Alligator...

Ardbeg Drum Committee Release

The 2019 committee release from Ardbeg. The liquid has been matured in a combination of ex-Bourbon and ex-Rum casks. 

\"Let the rumbustious revelry begin!\"

Aberfeldy 1999 Hand Filled Cask #20658

A sumptuously dark single cask hand filled bottling from Aberfeldy distillery.

Distilled in 1999 and bottled by hand at the distillery from cask #20658 on 10th December 2018.

Bottle number 173.

Ardbeg Supernova SN2014

Following in the footsteps of the previous Supernova release, this is as peaty as Ardbeg gets. Sold exclusively to members of the Ardbeg Committee via Ardbeg Embassies worldwide, as you can imagine it was not available for long...

This release celebrates the return to earth of the 'Ardbeg Space Experiment'.

Ardbeg Supernova SN2014 75cl / US Import​

Following in the footsteps of the previous Supernova release, this is as peaty as Ardbeg gets.  Sold exclusively to members of the Ardbeg Committee via Ardbeg Embassies worldwide, as you can imagine it was not available for long...

This release celebrates the return to earth of the 'Ardbeg Space Experiment'.  For more information on this take a look at the Supernova story here.

Araside 2010 Whisky House Japenese Blended Malt

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

The liquid was distilled in April 2010 and bottled in 2017. Aged in a European hogshead cask, this bottle is limited to one of only 312.

Ardbeg Grooves Committee Release​

The 2018 committee release from Ardbeg. This has been matured in heavily charred casks (presenting a grooved surface, hence the name).

Totally groovy and totally not the same thing as the Alligator...

Pillage Trilogy 10 Year Old Blended Malt 2003

The first of three \"Pillaged\" releases. A 10 Year Old blend of malt whiskies from Islay distilleries.

Bottled in 2003 to raise funds from Cancer Research and the Islay Life Boat.

Each malt was collected by a single team of oarsmen who rowed 42 miles around Islay in the process.

Ardbeg Blasda

This tamed version of Ardbeg was peated to an average of 8ppm compared to the more usual 24ppm. Rather controversially, the Blasda was also bottled in clear glass, at 40% and has been chill filtered, un-like Ardbeg's other releases which are typically un-chillfiltered and bottled in the iconic green bottle at 46% or above.

Now discontinued and becoming increasingly difficult to find.

Auchentoshan 1994 Whisky Agency 21 Year Old / Three Rivers

An indpendent bottling from Lowland distillery, Auchentoshan.

Distilled in 1994, matured in a hogshead and bottled in 2016 for The Whisky Agency and Three Rivers bar in Tokyo. 

One of 185 bottles.