March 2019 Auction

Blanton's Straight from the Barrel Dumped 2018 / Greek Label

First introduced by then Ancient Age distillery Master Distiller, Elmer T. Lee, Blanton's was the first single barrel bourbon popularised in the US. Ancient Age was renamed the Buffalo Trace distillery by the Sazerac company in 1999.

Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon is normally a 6 to 8 year old bourbon. It is aged in Warehouse H at Buffalo Trace, which is the only metal-clad warehouse at the distillery, commissioned for construction by Albert B. Blanton, after whom the whiskey is named. The warehouse was built shortly after prohibition and being metal, transfers heat quicker than brick warehouses, allowing for more rapid ageing.

This is a 2018 bottling, dumped on the 16th August and matured in barrel #1222.

Stored on rick number 35 and bottled at a barrel proof of 64.6%. This is a specially labelled edition, featuring images of Ancient Greece.

Each bottle of Blanton's has one of 8 different stoppers, each depicting a horse and jockey at a different stage of finishing a race. The designs are all lettered so that a complete set laid out side by side will spell \"BLANTONS.\" This stopper is letter A.

Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5

From the distillery website the Balvenie Tun 1401, Batch 5 is a skillful marriage of some of the rarest treasures from the distillery’s Warehouse 24 – an unrepeatable selection of spirits sourced from seven traditional whisky casks and two sherry butts, whose ages span a number of decades, and which have all been hand-selected by Malt Master David Stewart. The whisky was rested for several months in Tun 1401 – The Balvenie’s traditional oak marrying vessel – to create a single malt that enhances its already precious parts.

Batch 5 was released in the UK market and is now completely sold out.

Limited to 2862 bottles.

Bowmore Claret Bordeaux Wine Cask 75cl

A rare Bowmore, matured exclusively in Bordeaux casks from wineries owned by Suntory.

This was a limited edition bottling, number 7920.

Blanton's Straight from the Barrel Dumped 2018 / Greek Label

First introduced by then Ancient Age distillery Master Distiller, Elmer T. Lee, Blanton's was the first single barrel bourbon popularised in the US. Ancient Age was renamed the Buffalo Trace distillery by the Sazerac company in 1999.

Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon is normally a 6 to 8 year old bourbon. It is aged in Warehouse H at Buffalo Trace, which is the only metal-clad warehouse at the distillery, commissioned for construction by Albert B. Blanton, after whom the whiskey is named. The warehouse was built shortly after prohibition and being metal, transfers heat quicker than brick warehouses, allowing for more rapid ageing.

This is a 2018 bottling, dumped on the 16th August and matured in barrel #1222.

Stored on rick number 35 and bottled at a barrel proof of 64.6%. This is a specially labelled edition, featuring images of Ancient Greece.

Each bottle of Blanton's has one of 8 different stoppers, each depicting a horse and jockey at a different stage of finishing a race. The designs are all lettered so that a complete set laid out side by side will spell \"BLANTONS.\" This stopper is letter N.

Blanton's Straight from the Barrel Dumped 2018 / Greek Label

First introduced by then Ancient Age distillery Master Distiller, Elmer T. Lee, Blanton's was the first single barrel bourbon popularised in the US. Ancient Age was renamed the Buffalo Trace distillery by the Sazerac company in 1999.

Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon is normally a 6 to 8 year old bourbon. It is aged in Warehouse H at Buffalo Trace, which is the only metal-clad warehouse at the distillery, commissioned for construction by Albert B. Blanton, after whom the whiskey is named. The warehouse was built shortly after prohibition and being metal, transfers heat quicker than brick warehouses, allowing for more rapid ageing.

This is a 2018 bottling, dumped on the 16th August and matured in barrel #1222.

Stored on rick number 35 and bottled at a barrel proof of 64.6%. This is a specially labelled edition, featuring images of Ancient Greece.

Each bottle of Blanton's has one of 8 different stoppers, each depicting a horse and jockey at a different stage of finishing a race. The designs are all lettered so that a complete set laid out side by side will spell \"BLANTONS.\" This stopper is letter S.

Bowmore 1974 First Cask 24 Year Old

An independent Bowmore from Direct Wines, part of their extensive First Cask series.

Distilled on the 25th March 1974 and bottled at 24 years of age.

Drawn from cask #2110, this is bottled 249.

Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak / First Release 2007

A well-aged Balvenie release, matured in Oloroso casks.

Released in 2007, this sherry matured Balvenie became very popular!

Bowmore 15 Year Old Decanter / Glasgow Garden Festival 1988

Another rare ceramic Bowmore, this time released for Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988.

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Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #7

As with the previous releases of Balvenie Tun 1401, these whiskies are hand-selected by Malt Master David Stewart. Nine traditional whisky casks and two sherry butts are combined and rested for several months in Tun 1401 – The Balvenie’s traditional oak marrying vessel.

The expression has been exclusively created for the travel retail market and consists of the casks shown below.

Seven traditional whisky casks.  

• #15914
• #5033
• #14824
• #7051
• #15342
• #15336
• #5823
• #13453
• #442

Two sherry butts:

• #6440
• #5173

Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #7

As with the previous releases of Balvenie Tun 1401, these whiskies are hand-selected by Malt Master David Stewart. Nine traditional whisky casks and two sherry butts are combined and rested for several months in Tun 1401 – The Balvenie’s traditional oak marrying vessel.

The expression has been exclusively created for the travel retail market and consists of the casks shown below.

Seven traditional whisky casks.  

• #15914
• #5033
• #14824
• #7051
• #15342
• #15336
• #5823
• #13453
• #442

Two sherry butts:

• #6440
• #5173

Brora 1982 Douglas Laing 19 Year Old / US import

Distilled in November 1982 and bottled May 2002, this is a single sherry cask matured Brora and was bottled at 50% ABV. 

One of 120 bottles.

Balblair 1964 Gordon and MacPhail 20 Year Old

A 1964 vintage single malt from Balblair distillery. 

Bottled in 1995 by Gordon MacPhail as part of their Distillery Label range. 

Bowmore De Luxe Gift Pack 1970s / with Glasses x 2

An iconic dumpy bottling of Bowmore De Luxe, presented as part of a gift pack with two stylish branded glasses. 

Banff 1975 Duncan Taylor 28 Year Old

A single malt from the increasingly sought after closed Highland distillery, Banff. 

Distilled in November 1975 and bottled in October 2004 by Duncan Taylor as part of their Rarest of the rare series, which showcases Scotland's closed distilleries.

This is bottle number 159 of 240 and was bottled from cask #3415.

Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak / First Release 2007

A well-aged Balvenie release, matured in Oloroso casks.

Released in 2007, this sherry matured Balvenie became very popular!

Bowmore 15 Year Old Decanter / Glasgow Garden Festival 1988

Another rare ceramic Bowmore, this time released for Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988.

Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #8

As with the previous releases of Balvenie Tun 1401, these whiskies are hand-selected by Malt Master David Stewart. Nine traditional whisky casks and three sherry butts are combined and rested for several months in Tun 1401 – The Balvenie’s traditional oak marrying vessel.

The expression has been exclusively created for the travel retail market.

Bourbon Hill 15 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon / Japanese Import

Bourbon Hill is a label produced by Heaven Hill for Japan, a market that preferred well-aged bourbon that was not to America's taste at the time of production. 

Charcoal filtered and 15 years old, this particular bottle was filled in 2005, meaning the bourbon will have been distilled at the original Heaven Hill distillery in Bardstown. The distillery burned down in 1996, with the company moving into the refurbished Bernheim distillery in Louisville in 1999.

Benrinnes 1985 The Bottlers 17 Year Old

The Bottlers Benrinnes distilled in June 1985 and bottled in June 2003 at 17 years old.

A refill sherry butt, cask number #1852 was chosen by the established Edinburgh fine wine merchant Raeburn Fine Wines, the producers of 'The Bottlers' whiskies.

Ballantine's 17 Year Old Liqueur Scotch 1940s / US Import

An exceptional blend and winner of many highly desired awards.

This is an incredibly well preserved bottling from the 1940's.

Aged 17 years and imported to the US market by 21 Brands, NY.

Banff 1982 Rare Malt 21 Year Old / 57.1%

The Rare Malt Selection is a historic selection of single malt whiskies from operational and lost distilleries that were released by Diageo between 1995 and 2005.

Distilled in 1982 and bottled in April 2004 as a 21 year old, there was only one release of Banff under the Rare Malt Selection.

This is bottle number 3450.

Balvenie 25 Year Old Triple Cask 

The Balvenie Triple Cask series of whiskies is exclusive to travel retail.

This 25 year old is the oldest in the range and is accompanied by 12 year old and 16 year old versions.

Benrinnes 1982 The Bottlers 26 Year Old

The Bottlers Benrinnes distilled in November 1982 and bottled in May 2009 at 26 years old.

A refill sherry butt, of cask number #3229 was chosen by the established Edinburgh fine wine merchant Raeburn Fine Wines, the producers of 'The Bottlers' whiskies.

Balvenie 1992 Single Barrel 25 Year Old Traditional Oak

An unusual 2018 edition of Balvenie's classic single barrel series, a 25 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 8th of April 1992 and bottled on 13th February 2018 from single cask #3161. 

One of 300 bottles.

Balmenach 1975 Gordon and MacPhail

A Balmenach distilled in April 1975 Matured in first fill sherry casks and bottled in March 2007 by Gordon and MacPhail.

Banff 1978 Chieftain's 26 Year Old

A very rare bottling of this lost highland distillery by Ian Macelod, part of their Cheiftain's range of whiskies.

Distilled in October 1978 and bottled in November 2004.

Cask #3771 yielded 462 bottles.

Bowmore 1993 Whisky Agency 17 Year Old / Perfect Dram

The Perfect Dram is a series of independent bottlings produced for the Whisky Agency in Germany.

Distilled in 1993 on the isle of Islay, this Bowmore bottled at 17 years old in 2010.

One of 226 bottles filled at cask strength from an ex-bourbon hogshead.

Bowmore 1993 Whisky Agency 16 Year Old / Perfect Dram

The Perfect Dram is a series of independent bottlings produced for the Whisky Agency in Germany.

Distilled in 1993 on the isle of Islay, this Bowmore bottled at 16 years old in 2010.

One of 212 bottles filled at cask strength from an ex-bourbon hogshead. This is a joint bottling with Three Rivers bar in Tokyo.

BenRiach 1983 SMWS 35 Year Old 12.22

'35 and still alive!'

A BenRiach bottling from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Distilled in April 1983 and matured in a refill hogshead ex bourbon cask.

One of 204 bottles.

Blanton's Single Barrel Dumped 2018 / LMDW

First introduced by then Ancient Age distillery Master Distiller, Elmer T. Lee, Blanton's was the first single barrel bourbon popularised in the US. Ancient Age was renamed the Buffalo Trace distillery by the Sazerac company in 1999.

Normally a 6 to 8 year old bourbon, it is aged in Warehouse H at Buffalo Trace, which is the only metal-clad warehouse at the distillery, commissioned for construction by Albert B. Blanton, after whom the whiskey is named. The warehouse was built shortly after prohibition and being metal, transfers heat quicker than brick warehouses, allowing for more rapid ageing.

This is a 2018 bottling, dumped on the 23rd July and matured in barrel #885, which was specially selected for La Maison du Whisky in Paris.

Stored on rick number 45 and bottled at 55%. 

Each bottle of Blanton's has one of 8 different stoppers, each depicting a horse and jockey at a different stage of finishing a race. The designs are all lettered so that a complete set laid out side by side will spell \"BLANTONS.\" This stopper is letter O. 

Benriach 30 Year Old

Released in 2006, this was the first ever official release of a Benriach 30 year old, limited to only 3000 bottles.

A marriage of bourbon and sherry casked Benriach.

Bunnahabhain 1974 Sansibar 40 Year Old

This is an independent single cask bottling of Bunnahabhain, released by Sansibar in 2014.

Distilled in 1974, this was aged an impressive 40 years.

One of just 146 bottles.