May 2018 Auction

Irish Single Malt #1 That Boutique-y Whisky Company 24 Year Old Batch #1

The first Irish whisk(e)y to be bottled by That Boutique-y Whisky Company / Master of Malt.

One of 264 bottles.

Lagavulin 1991 Distillers Edition 2007 1 Litre

This 2007 Distillers Edition was matured in Pedro Ximinez cask wood. Lagavulin is the most sought after of the Distiller’s Edition range. 

ID: LGV. 4/495.

Laphroaig 18 Year Old Diamond Jubilee

This commemorative edition of Laphroaig 18 year old, was released in Summer 2012 in a specially designed tube celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

There were only 3,000 of these limited edition tubes made.  

Jim Beam donated £3000 from the sales of these bottles to the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust which helps young craftsmen.

Laphroaig Cairdeas Port Wood Feis Ile 2013

Released during the Feis Ile 2013, the latest edition of Laphroaig Cairdeas was matured in bourbon casks for 8 years prior to being finished in port pipes for 14 months.

Longrow 1995 Tokaji Wood 10 Year Old

A 1995 vintage Longrow, matured for 8 Years in refill casks then a further 2 years in Fresh Tokaji wood. 

One of 7440 bottled in 2005.

I.W. Harper President's Reserve Decanter

The I.W is named after Isaac Wolfe Bernheim, who founded the brand. With his brother he helped establish Louisville, Kentucky as a centre for Bourbon production. 

This President's Reserve bottling is a great example of a well aged Bourbon. Although Bernheim is now owned by Heaven Hill, Diageo continued to produce the brand using whisky distilled there. It was aged in Stizel-Weller warehouses and then bottled at their George Dickel plant at Cascade Hollow in Tennessee.

Longrow 2004 Duty Paid Sample 14 Year Old / Fresh Rum Barrel​

An official bottling of heavily peated Springbank, supposedly for trade purposes, but available to anyone at the distillery. 

Distilled on the 20th February 2004 and bottled after 14 years in a \"FR BRL\" a Fresh Rum BaRreL.

Rotation No. 198 from warehouse 5.

Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2015

Released annually to coincide with Lagavulin’s sponsorship of the Islay Jazz Festival, this particular release had production issues and didn't appear until long after the Festival had finished. 

Produced from hand selected refill American oak casks and European oak bodega casks. 

Bottle number 2079.

Lagavulin 1996 Distillers Edition 2012

The 2012 Distillers Edition release of Lagavulin from Diageo, distilled in 1996 and finished in Pedro Ximenez casks.

lgv.4/500

Lagavulin 1996 Distillers Edition 2012

The 2012 Distillers Edition release of Lagavulin from Diageo, distilled in 1996 and finished in Pedro Ximenez casks.

lgv.4/500

Linkwood 1987 Cadenhead's 30 Year Old​ / Warehouse Tasting

A special Warehouse Tasting bottling of Linkwood from Cadenhead's.

Distilled in 1987 and bottled at 30 years old from a single hogshead.

Laphroaig 18 Year Old

This was originally the replacement for the much loved 15 year old, and has become very hard to find recently.

Longmorn 20 Year Old SMWS 7.61​

\"As good as it gets\"

This is a cask strenth Longmorn matured in a single refill ex-bourbon hogshead and bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society after 20 years.

One of 288 Bottles.

Longrow 1973 & 1974 Miniatures 2 x 5cl

Longrow, peated spirit was first produced at Springbank during the early 1970s. 

• Longrow 1973 46%
• Longrow 1974 46%

Laphroaig 18 Year Old

This was originally the replacement for the much loved 15 year old, and has become very hard to find recently.

Longrow 2007 Springbank Society 9 Year Old / Fresh Sauternes Hogsheads​

Distilled in November 2007 and bottled in October 2017.

One of 1134 bottles.

Islay Mist 8 Year Old 1980s / Laphroaig

Islay Mist was originally created on Islay in 1922 to celebrate the 21st birthday of Lord Margadale.

The theory was that the intensity of the Islay malts might be too much for all the guests to handle, so some Speyside whisky and a grain whisky were blended with some Islay malts to create Islay Mist.

Bottled by D Johnston, who owned Laphroaig at the time so there a good chance this bottle contains some lovely 1970s/80s single malt from the distillery.

Lagavulin / Like a Villain 2008 Spirit Still Cotes du Rhone Cask 9 Year Old

An independent bottling of an undisclosed Islay distilled in 2008, and bottled 9 years later by Spirit Still

One of 108 bottles drawn from a single Cotes du Rhone butt. 

The very clever people at Spirit Still have hidden cryptic clues in their description:

\"LIKE A VILLAIN is a whisky to drink whilst lagging behind in the slow lane. Perhaps on 'Islay time' as they say on the island. Set up your deckchair by the lagoon, hang back and hollow out the moment. Get your lips moving around this dram and all will be revealed.\"

Longrow 10 Year Old Sherrywood

A 10 year old Longrow, the peatier version of Springbank.

This edition has been matured in sherry wood.

Imperial 1995 Signatory Vintage 21 Year Old Cask Strength

Distilled in 18th September 1995 and bottled on 13th January 2017, this closed speyside is gaining a lot of attention!

Matured in two hogsheads #50250+50251

One of 429.

Lancelot 30 Year Old Rarest Edition​

A 30 year old blend produced by Cochrane Blair and named after the legendary English Knight.

Longmorn 15 Year Old 1980s

This popular sherried Speyside whisky was discontinued a few years ago and has become a popular bottle at auction.

This was available in the late 1980's and early 1990's. 

Invergordon 1972 The Whisky Angel 43 Year Old

Distilled in 1972 and matured for 43 years until being bottled on the 26th of April 2016.

35cl.

Longmorn 1969 & Cragganmore 1976 Gordon and MacPhail Miniatures 2 x 5cl

Two Speyside miniatures from Gordon & MacPhail's \"Cask\" series. A 1976 distilled Cragganmore, and a 1969 Longmorn.

Lagavulin 1995 Distillers Edition 1 Litre

The 2011 Distillers Edition release of Lagavulin, distilled in 1995 and finished in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks.

lgv.4/499

Laphroaig 1996 SMWS 19 Year Old 29.209​

\"More reviving than smelling salts\"

Distilled on 26th November 1996 and matured for 19 years in a single refill ex-Bourbon hogshead.

One of only 258 bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Lakes Founder's Club #1

This is the first release of aged spirit given to members of the Lakes Distillery Founders' Club.

Every member of the Founders' Club is given a release every year, for 10 years, drawn from the first 100 casks of whisky ever produced at the distillery. Each release also includes 2 miniatures.

The Lakes Distillery opened in December 2014 in The Lake District, Cumbria, England.

Only 2975 places were available in the Founders' Club.

Ichiro's Malt Mizunara Wood Reserve

Rumored to be a vatting of the closed Japanese distillery of Hanyu with that of the relatively young distillery of Chichibu, where this whisky was matured, married and bottled.

The whiskies were matured in Mizunara Oak casks (Japanese Oak). 

Given that this was first released in 2010 and and Hanyu has become thinner on the ground since, we can only assume the Hanyu content has or will eventually be removed.

When that will happen or if it has already happened is unclear. 

Loch Dhu 10 Year Old 1 Litre

Still in high demand the black whisky, distilled at Mannochmore distillery has become increasingly harder to find.

Lagavulin 16 Year Old Feis Ile 2017

A small batch Lagavulin double matured in Moscatel cask wood. 

This cask strength 16 year old bottling was personally selected by Iain MacArthur. 

One of only 6000 bottles.

Linkwood 1990 SMWS 26 Year Old 39.137​

A 26 year old Linkwood, bottled by the Scotch malt Whisky Society under the name 'Apple-Sour Cream Crumb Pie.'

Distilled on 30th April 1990, matured for 26 years in a refill bourbon hogshead and bottled at cask strength.

One of 210 bottles.

Imperial 1995 Signatory Vintage 21 Year Old Cask Strength

Distilled in 18th September 1995 and bottled on 13th January 2017, this closed speyside is gaining a lot of attention!

Matured in two hogsheads #50250+50251

One of 429.