May 2018 Auction

Jefferson's Presidential Select 25 Year Old 

Inspired by Thomas Jefferson's curiosity, experimental spirit and good taste.

Jefferson's Reserve is a blend produced by Castle Brands, historically from whisky sourced from various distilleries. The company now owns the Kentucky Artisan Distillery in Crestwood and is increasingly warehousing more of its own stock.

Batch No. 1

Bottle No. 0228.

Glenfiddich 1973 Cadenhead's 31 Year Old

An independent bottling of Glenfiddich released by Cadenhead's as part of their Authentic Collection.

Distilled in 1973 and bottled from a single hogshead in April 2004.

One of 186 bottles.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label New York Limited Edition 75cl / US Import

A limited bottling of Johnnie Walker Blue Label with an exclusive New York design on the bottle and box.

Glenugie 1977 Signatory Vintage 32 Year Old

This is a fantastic bottling from the closed Highland distillery, Glenugie.

Distilled on 20th December 1977 and bottled on 8th March 2010 after being finished in Oloroso Sherry butt #5 for 90 months. 

Bottle number 150 of 809 bottles.  

Glenmorangie Collection 5 x 70cl Including Plinth / Madeira Finish and 18 Year Old

An excellent Glenmorangie collection including a display plinth.

• Glenmorangie 10 Year Old
• Glenmorangie Port Wood
• Glenmorangie Sherry Wood
• Glenmorangie Madeira Wood
• Glenmorangie 18 Year Old

All of the above Glenmorangie's are rare increasingly rarer, an interesting and exciting lot.

This lot will be the equivalent of shipping 6 bottles.  

J.A. Dougherty's 13 Year Old Private Stock Pure Old Whiskey / Prohibition Era Bottling

This is a fascinating piece of American whiskey history. A prohibiton era \"medicinal\" bourbon, aaged 13 summers in bond by J.A. Dougherty's Sons Inc. at their distillery in Pennsylvania.

The J.A. Dougherty's Sons distillery was one of the few given licenses to continue bottling whisky during the prohibition era, which had banned the sale and production of recreational alcohol in 1920.

The Pennsylvania based distillery acquired this barrel from the S.P. Lancaster distillery in Kentucky, one of the many to close down due to the effects of the Prohibition Act.

Glenmorangie 15 Year Old Artein

A whisky born of stone, Artein is gaelic for stone as the whisky represents the rocky terroir of it's provence

Glenmorangie Artein was released into Glenmorangie's Private Edition series in 2011, finished in Super-Tuscan wine casks.

Glendronach 1989 Single Cask 28 Year Old #5476​

A single cask Glendronach bottled from a single PX Puncheon cask number #5476.

Distilled in November 1989 and bottled in 2017. 

Bottle number 131 of 546.

Glenugie 1980 Deoch an Doras 30 Year Old

A rare official bottling of Glenugie distilled in 1980 and bottled in 2011.

Single cask and cask strength.

Exclusively available at Chivas Brothers distilleries.

Glenlochy 1969 Rare Malt 25 Year Old 20cl / 62.2%

A very sought after bottling of Glenlochy from within the Rare Malts Selection and one of the scarcer bottles from the series.

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 1969 and bottled as a 25 year old.

Glenturret 1966 Classic Vintage

A rare Glenturret, produced at the distillery just outside Crieff in 1966.

Bottled in 1993.

Glenlivet Special Export Reserve 1960s / Baretto Import

A fantastic bottle of Glenlivet likely to contain very old Whisky from the 1940s/50s

Imported by Baretto to the Italian market.

Glass bottle code SB985 UGB

Glenugie 1980 Deoch an Doras 30 Year Old

A rare official bottling of Glenugie distilled in 1980 and bottled in 2011.

Single cask and cask strength.

Exclusively available at Chivas Brothers distilleries.

Glen Grant 25 Year Old Royal Wedding Reserve / Giovinetti Import

A 25 year old whisky released to commemorate the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer in 1981.

Bottle number 588.

Glenmorangie 15 Year Old Artein

A whisky born of stone, Artein is gaelic for stone as the whisky represents the rocky terroir of it's provence

Glenmorangie Artein was released into Glenmorangie's Private Edition series in 2011, finished in Super-Tuscan wine casks.

Glenfiddich 1995 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel / Spirit of Speyside 2018

This was an exclusive hand-fill bottling available at Glenfiddich distillery throughout the Spirit of Speyside whisky festival 2018.

Distilled in 2005 and matured in a single 1st fill bourbon barrel number #15836, which was specially selected by Glenfiddich's Malt Master, Brian Kinsman.

This bottle features a hand-written label.

Bottle number 171 of 199 bottles.

John Power & Son 7 Year Old Gold Label Irish Whiskey 1960s

This 1960's bottle of Power's is would have been produced at the long closed John's Lane distillery. Bottled in 1968, this was one of the first bottling's produced by the newly formed Irish Distillers group, established 2 years earlier. They would eventually move production of all of their brands to New Midleton in 1975.

Glen Keith 1973 Douglas Laing 33 Year Old​

This independent offering of the recently re-opended Glen Keith distillery is bottled by Douglas Laing.

Distilled in 1973 and bottled in 2007 after spending 33 years maturing in a single refill Hogshead.

One of only 331 bottles.

Glenlivet Alpha

The Glenlivet Alpha was a very limited release in 2013 of 3,350 bottles - 600 of which were in the UK.  At the time of release there was no mention of anything beyond the label which reads 'from The Glenlivet Distillery'.

Once all the bottles had been sold the information was released through online challenges and at the end of June 2013 a video of Master Distiller Alan Winchester reveals that the whisky was entirely matured in ex - Scotch whisky casks

Johnnie Walker Red Label 1940s

A very old bottle of Johnnie Walker Red Label, bottled during the second World War. 

Sealed with paper and plastic as the metal usually used to secure the bottles was rationed for the war effort.

No indications of volume or strength but the bottle is full sized.

Johnnie Walker Oldest

Johnnie Walker Oldest is the original bottling of what we now know as Johnnie Walker Blue Label, these are becoming more and more difficult to find.

Glenlivet 1972 Very Rare 31 Year Old​

Distilled on 10th March 1972 and bottled in November 2003.

Single cask #1024.

Bottle number 167.

Glendronach 1992 Single Cask 24 Year Old #43 / UK Exclusive

A 24 year old Oloroso Sherry butt matured Glendronach.

Distilled in May 1992 and bottled November 2016.

One of only 644 bottles.

This release was exclusive to the UK market.

Glenrothes 1992 Ridge Zinfandel Cask Finish 24 Year Old / Wine Merchant's Collection

A Berry Brother's exclusive vintage release from the Glenrothes distillery in Speyside.

Distilled 1992 and bottled 2016. 

Cask #10 of the Wine Merchant's Collection, finished in an ex-Zinfandel cask from Ridge vineyards in California.

One of 240.

Jade Mountain 45 Year Old Scotch Malt Whisky / Batch #2​

An impressively aged blended malt from Hunter Laing.

Named for Mount Yu in Taiwan, this is a Taiwan exclusive bottled at cask strength.

Jade Mountain 45 Year Old Scotch Malt Whisky / Batch #2​

An impressively aged blended malt from Hunter Laing.

Named for Mount Yu in Taiwan, this is a Taiwan exclusive bottled at cask strength.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost and Rare 1st Edition​ / Brora​

A limited release of Johnnie Walker's most premium brand. The Ghost and Rare blends will focus on Scotland's lost and sorely missed distilleries, with this first release built around malt from the legendary Brora. Other \"Ghosts\" rearing their welcome heads from the annals of whisky history is malt from lost Speyside distillery Pittyvaich, and Cambus grain, which closed in 2002 and 1993 respectively.

Given that Brora shut it's doors in 1983, were talking about whisky that was distilled at least 34 years ago!

Speaking of the Ghost and Rare series, master blender Jim Beveridge had the following to say:

“Whiskies from these ghost distilleries are becoming increasingly rare. From our library of irreplaceable casks that we keep exclusively for Johnnie Walker Blue Label, I've chosen a few uniquely full-bodied expressions of these precious malts and grains to let people explore, in a new way, the extraordinary richness found in our pinnacle whisky.”​

Glenlivet 21 Year Old Founder's Reserve

A distillery bottling of Glenlivet released to commemorate the 2010 distillery expansion and honouring the distillery's founding in 1824.

Released on 4th May 2010, a limited number of only 1,824 bottles became available.

This is bottle 864 of 1,824.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost and Rare 1st Edition​ 75cl / Brora​

A limited release of Johnnie Walker's most premium brand. The Ghost and Rare blends will focus on Scotland's lost and sorely missed distilleries, with this first release built around malt from the legendary Brora. Other \"Ghosts\" rearing their welcome heads from the annals of whisky history is malt from lost Speyside distillery Pittyvaich, and Cambus grain, which closed in 2002 and 1993 respectively.

Given that Brora shut it's doors in 1983, were talking about whisky that was distilled at least 34 years ago!

Speaking of the Ghost and Rare series, master blender Jim Beveridge had the following to say:

“Whiskies from these ghost distilleries are becoming increasingly rare. From our library of irreplaceable casks that we keep exclusively for Johnnie Walker Blue Label, I've chosen a few uniquely full-bodied expressions of these precious malts and grains to let people explore, in a new way, the extraordinary richness found in our pinnacle whisky.”​

Glen Mhor 1977 Signatory Vintage 21 Year Old

An independent bottling of Glen Mhor from Signatory Vintage.

Distilled 12th of May 1977 bottled 22nd of February 1999 from cask #1548

Bottle #206 of 358

Glenmorangie 1994 Single Cask #1385

A single cask Glenmorangie, distilled on 14th April 19954 and matured  in a sherry cask before being bottled on 7th September 2005.

This is bottle 322 of 631.

75cl

Glenmorangie 1994 Single Cask #1385

A single cask Glenmorangie, distilled on 14th April 19954 and matured  in a sherry cask before being bottled on 7th September 2005.

This is bottle 253 of 631.

75cl