May 2018 Auction

Timorous Beastie 40 Year Old

A very well-aged Highland vatted malt, bottled at natural cask strength.

Produced by Douglas Laing and Co Ltd.

This is one of 1080.

Macallan 7 Year Old Armando Giovinetti Special Selection

A seven year old Macallan for Giovinetti and Figli Milano, the Italian wine importers. 

Macallan Cask Strength 75cl / US Import​

A more recent release of cask strength Macallan produced for the US market.

Macallan 1991 Elegancia 1 Litre

The original Macallan Elegancia, distilled in 1991 and bottled in 2003, matured from a combination of Oloroso and Fino sherry casks - released to the travel retail market.

1 Litre

Macallan 18 Year Old 1996

Distilled in 1996 and bottled in 2014 from Jerez sherry oak casks.

Italian import.

Macallan 21 Year Old Fine Oak 75cl / US Import

Macallan 21 year old Fine Oak was matured in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks.

Dave Broom from Whisky Magazine gave this a cracking score of 9/10.

Midleton Very Rare 1996 Edition 

This famous blend of whiskies was initially produced by Jameson's Master Distiller, Barry Crockett, and has been released in very limited quantities on  an annual basis since 1984 right up to the current year. In 2013, when Barry  Crockett retired, in his honour Irish Distillers released the acclaimed 'Barry  Crockett Legacy' whiskey. In 2014, Brian Nation took over as Master Distiller and he has carried on the proud Midleton Very Rare tradition right up to the present day.

The whiskey is aged somewhere between 12 and 25 years and matured solely in Bourbon casks. Each bottle is individually numbered and carries the signature of the Master Distiller.

The pre-2000 editions of the Midleton Very Rare still contain vintages of whiskey produced at the now closed Old Midleton distillery.

Macallan 18 Year Old 1996

Distilled in 1996 and bottled in 2014 from Jerez sherry oak casks.

Macallan 18 Year Old 1996

Distilled in 1996 and bottled in 2014 from Jerez sherry oak casks.

Russian import.

Macallan 7 Year Old Armando Giovinetti Special Selection

A very rare seven year old Macallan for Giovinetti and Figli, Milano, the Italian wine importers. 

Macallan 18 Year Old 1996

Distilled in 1996 and bottled in 2014 from Jerez sherry oak casks.

Macallan Enigma

A travel retail exclusive Macallan in a 70cl bottle.

Matured in 1st fill European and American sherry 'seasoned' oak butts and hogsheads from Jerez.

Tint 33.6

Macallan 18 Year Old 1991 37.5cl / US Import

Distilled in 1991 and bottled in 2009.

Officially imported to the US by Remy Cointreau USA, NY.

Macallan 18 Year Old 1996

Distilled in 1996 and bottled in 2014 from Jerez sherry oak casks.

Russian import.

Macallan 21 Year Old Fine Oak

Macallan 21 year old Fine Oak was matured in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks. Presented in the old style card box. 

Dave Broom from Whisky Magazine gave this a cracking score of 9/10.

Macallan 10 Year Old

Now discontinued, sherry matured Macallan. This an early 2000s example.

Macallan 1990 Elegancia 1 Litre

The original Macallan Elegancia, distilled in 1990 and bottled in 2002, matured from a combination of Oloroso and Fino sherry casks - released to the travel retail market.

Macallan Decades Thirties

The Macallan Decades, consists of four whiskies that were created to recreate the style of whiskies from the 1920's, 1930's, 1940's and 1950's.

This bottle was created to replicate the style of Macallan from the 1930's.

50cl.

Mortlach 12 Year Old Johnnie Walker 1980s / Japanese Import​

A very, very rare bottling of Mortlach carrying the Johnnie Walker name.

This bottling was released to the Japanese market during the 1980's and it is not often one appears at auction!

Tamnavulin 1968 Stillman's Dram

Perhaps the earliest version of the Stillman's Dram series produced by Whyte and Mackay.  

Distilled in 1968 before being bottled in October 1985 from casks #2525-2527.

Bottle number 637 of only 1996 produced.

Midleton Very Rare 2008 Edition 

This famous blend of whiskies was initially produced by Jameson's Master Distiller, Barry Crockett, and has been released in very limited quantities on  an annual basis since 1984 right up to the current year. In 2012, when Barry  Crockett retired, in his honour Irish Distillers released the acclaimed 'Barry  Crockett Legacy' whiskey. In 2013, Brian Nation took over as Master Distiller and he has carried on the proud Midleton Very Rare tradition right up to the present day.

The whiskey is aged somewhere between 12 and 25 years and matured solely in Bourbon casks. Each bottle is individually numbered and carries the signature of the Master Distiller.

Macallan 10 Year Old 1990s / with Jug and Miniature 5cl​

Now discontinued, sherry matured Macallan, with matching miniature and jug.

Macallan As We Get It 1980s / with Miniature 5cl​

These days \"As We Get it\" is a mystery malt, but in the past the stated where it was from. 

This is an old bottling of cask strength Macallan, produce in the 1980s by J.G. Thomson & Co (57.2%).

Lot includes another Macallan As We Get It, this time in miniature form and bottled by Macfarlane Bruce & Co at 59.7%.

Macallan 18 Year Old 2016 Release

The range has changed, the famous Macallan 18 Year Old no longer carries the vintage that the spirit was originally distilled in.  

This is the release that was bottled in 2016. 

Macallan 12 Year Old

An older example of Macallan 12 Year Old.

Matured in Sherry wood.

Martell Three Star Cognac 1960s

​An older example of Martell, we estimate this to have been produced in the 1960s.

Talisker 30 Year Old 2013 Release

Released in 2013, this is a 30 year old Talisker limited to just 3738 bottles.

This is bottle number 419.

Midleton Very Rare 2007 Edition

This famous blend of whiskies was initially produced by Jameson's Master Distiller, Barry Crockett, and has been released in very limited quantities on  an annual basis since 1984 right up to the current year. In 2013, when Barry  Crockett retired, in his honour Irish Distillers released the acclaimed 'Barry  Crockett Legacy' whiskey. In 2014, Brian Nation took over as Master Distiller and he has carried on the proud Midleton Very Rare tradition right up to the present day.

The whiskey is aged somewhere between 12 and 25 years and matured solely in Bourbon casks. Each bottle is individually numbered and carries the signature of the Master Distiller.

Macallan 21 Year Old Fine Oak

Macallan 21 year old Fine Oak was matured in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks.

Dave Broom from Whisky Magazine gave this a cracking score of 9/10.

Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye 2015 Release

Released within the famous and eagerly awaited Buffalo Trace Antique Collection.

In recent years, due to the supply shortage of bourbon, rye whiskeys - including those of Thomas H. Handy - have both become increasingly popular, and then increasingly harder to get hold of.  Particularly so after the T.H. Handy Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey 2011 release was named Jim Murray's \"Whisky of the Year!\"

Macallan 10 Year Old 75cl

Now discontinued, this is an older release from either the late 1980s or 1990s.

Talisker 30 Year Old 2017 Release

Limited edition from the famous Isle of Skye distillery.

Bottle number 5403 of 9078.