May 2019 Auction

Ardbeg Rollercoaster Committee Reserve

Released June 2010 to mark the 10^th anniversary of The Ardbeg Committee, the Rollercoaster consists of ten vintages from 1997 to 2006.

Parker's Heritage Collection 13 Year Old Wheat Whiskey​ / Original Batch

The Parker's Heritage Collection from Heaven Hill is always highly anticipated and this Wheat Whiskey, released in 2013 and the 8th bottling in the collection, is no different.

Bottled at cask strength, this contains whiskey from the original Bernheim Wheat Whiskey casks filled back in 2000, the year after Heaven Hill took over the distillery. At the time, this 'Original Batch Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey' was the first new style of American Whiskey produced since prohibition.

Ardbeg Day / Feis Ile 2012

Released on 1st June 2012 as Ardbeg’s annual Feis Ile bottling, it was not only available at Ardbeg Distillery, but also via 100 Ardbeg ‘embassies’.

The hugely popular Ardbeg Day was a limited run of 12,000 bottles partially married in refill sherry casks used to mature whisky for the Ardbeg Uigeadail.

Auchroisk 1974 Rare Malt 28 Year Old / 56.8%

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.

This Auchroisk was distilled in 1974 and bottled 28 years later.

Bottle number 1424.

Ardbeg Rollercoaster Committee Reserve

Released June 2010 to mark the 10^th anniversary of The Ardbeg Committee, the Rollercoaster consists of ten vintages from 1997 to 2006.

Aultmore 1983 Flora and Fauna Cask Strength​

This Aultmore was distilled in 1983 and bottled as part of the Flora and Fauna Series in 1997. 

Only a few distilleries in this series were fortunate enough to be bottled at cask strength.

Bottle number 492.

Ardbeg 1993 Cadenhead's 24 Year Old

We don't see too many independent Ardbeg's these days.

Distilled in 1993 and bottled by Cadenhead's in Summer 2018 from a single bourbon hogshead.

One of 138 bottles. 

Ardbeg Day 75cl / Feis Ile 2012 - US Import

Released on 1st June 2012 as Ardbeg’s annual Feis Ile bottling, it was not only available at Ardbeg Distillery, but also via 100 Ardbeg ‘embassies’.

The hugely popular Ardbeg Day was a limited run of 12,000 bottles partially married in refill sherry casks used to mature whisky for the Ardbeg Uigeadail.

Ardbeg Rollercoaster Committee Reserve

Released June 2010 to mark the 10^th anniversary of The Ardbeg Committee, the Rollercoaster consists of ten vintages from 1997 to 2006.

Aberlour A'Bunadh / Very Early Batch

This is one of the first five batches of A'Bunadh, unfortunately the batches were unnumbered in the distant days of 1997. This is from between batch 1 and batch 5. 

The word a'bunadh is translated into English from Scottish Gaelic as \"the origin\", as this refers to how the whisky Aberlour would have produced around 100 years ago.

Ardbeg Alligator Untamed Release

A fierce charring to the cask or 'alligator char' provides the name for this whisky, aggressive heat when applied to the inside of the casks causes the cracking of the wood which resembles that of an alligator's skin. Following the acclaimed committee release, the un-tamed edition was released in 2011 and quickly sold out.

Ardbeg Day / Feis Ile 2012

Released on 1st June 2012 as Ardbeg’s annual Feis Ile bottling, it was not only available at Ardbeg Distillery, but also via 100 Ardbeg ‘embassies’.

The hugely popular Ardbeg Day was a limited run of 12,000 bottles partially married in refill sherry casks used to mature whisky for the Ardbeg Uigeadail.

Arran White Stag Second Release

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

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

Distilled on 23rd September 1996 and bottled 4th October 2016 from a single Sherry butt; #1996/1335, at 20 years of age.

One of 525 bottles.

Aberlour 1990 Hunter Laing 25 Year Old / Old and Rare

This is a Hunter Laing Laing bottling of Aberlour, part of their ultra-premium range, Old & Rare. Formerly the pride of the Douglas Laing portfolio, production of the label was moved to the Hunter Laing company when it was established in 2013.

Distilled in October 1990 and bottled from a single refill hogshead in 2016.

Bottle 111 of 150.

Aberfeldy 15 Year Old Flora and Fauna / Wooden Box

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

Presented in a wooden box.

Ardbeg 1990 Airigh Nam Beist 2006

Ardbeg don't release many vintages at all now, and the Airgh Nam Beist was one of the last, prior to the Galileo.

Taking its name from the Gaelic meaning of \"shelter\" or pasture, this whisky was distilled in 1990 and bottled in 2006 at 46%.

Port Charlotte 2001 Cask Strength 5 Year Old PC5

Port Charlotte is a heavily peated spirit produced by Bruichladdich in remembrance and hope for a long lost distillery at Port Charlotte on Islay, which closed in 1929. 

Matured in both bourbon and sherry casks, this 5 year old spirit was bottled in 2006 and limited to 6038 bottles.

Aultmore 12 Year Old Flora and Fauna

12 year old Aultmore bottled within Diageo's Flora and Fauna series, now increasingly difficult to find.

Port Dundas 1980 SMWS 37 Year Old G6.8

A cask strength Port Dundas independently bottled by Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Distilled on the 3rd of December 1980 and bottled after 37 years in a refill 1st Fill Hogshead/ex-Oloroso, this release was titled 'Soothing the Mind'.

One of 173 bottles.

Amrut 2013 Le Gus't 5 Year Old

A single cask release from Amrut distillery in India, bottled for French independent firm, le Gus't in France.

Distilled in 2013 and bottled from bourbon cask #2288 after 5 years.

One of 102 bottles. 

Ardbeg 1992 Whisky Broker 20 Year Old​

An independent Ardbeg, distilled in 1992 and bottled by Whisky Broker.

Bottled 12th February 2013 from single Hogshead #434

One of 222 Bottles

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!\"

Aberlour A'Bunadh Batch #6 75cl / US Import

Aberlour A'Bunadh is bottled at cask strength in the tradition of 19th century single malts when villagers would come to the distillery to collect their dram straight from the cask, often in apothecary bottles obtained from the village chemist. These were the inspiration for the A'Bunadh bottle shape today.

A'Bunadh is bottled using only Spanish Oloroso sherry butts, this is batch #6, this first to have been numbered and was released in 1999.

Ardbeg Supernova SN2010

This is the second release of Ardbeg's Supernova and was very highly acclaimed. Released in 2010, this was peated in excess of 100ppm.

Ardbeg Supernova SN2010

This is the 2nd release of Ardbeg's Supernova and was very highly acclaimed. Released in 2010, this was peated in excess of 100 p.p.m.

Aberfeldy 15 Year Old 1980s

A rare bottling of Aberfeldy 15 year old, prior to the obviously inspired Flora and Fauna release.

Bottled during the 1980's.

Port Charlotte 8 Year Old SMWS 127.1 75cl / US Import

The first Port Charlotte bottling from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Bottled at 8 years old from a refill ex-bourbon barrel.

'Harbourside barbeque'

One of 231 bottles.

Arran Smugglers' Series Volume 1 / The Illicit Stills

A very cool nod to the shady history of Arran's distilling. Back during the 18th and 19th century the island was a producer of illicit whisky. Presented in a book style package to hide the goods.

The whisky itself represents the type of dram the illict producers would create. It is a mixture of Port Pipes and Sherry Hogsheads containing unpeated spirit and oak barrells containing peated spirit. An all-together heavier style dram than what is produced today.

This is the first edition of the trilogy, released in 2015.

One of only 8,700 bottles. 

Aultmore 12 Year Old Flora and Fauna

12 year old Aultmore bottled within Diageo's Flora and Fauna series, now increasingly difficult to find.

Arran Smugglers' Series Volume 2 / The High Seas

A very cool nod to the shady history of Arran's distilling. Back during the 18th and 19th century the island was a producer of illicit whisky. Presented in a book style package to hide the goods. This second release is specifically for the producers of the famed Arran Waters. 

The whisky itself is a peated spirit matured in rum casks and finished in first fill bourbon barrels.

One of 8,700 bottles. 

Pittyvaich 1979 Duncan Taylor 28 Year Old

An independently bottled Pittyvaich from Duncan Taylor, part of their Rarest of the Rare series which spotlights Scotland's closed distilleries.

Duncan Taylor was founded in Glasgow in 1938 as a cask broker and trading company. Its modern history began in 2001 when a former Glendronach employee, Euan Shand, purchased the firm and moved it to Huntly in Aberdeenshire, using the impressive cask portfolio it has amassed over the 20th century to become one of the premier independent bottlers in Scotland.

Distilled in April 1979 and bottled in June 2007 from single cask #5639.

One of only 201 bottles.

Ardbeg Supernova SN2015

The fourth and final release of Supernova... SN2015.

With Ardbeg having blasted whisky into space and it having returned successfully, we are being treated to a new Supernova. We'll need to wait and see as to what Dr Lumsden has to say about zero gravity maturation... probably that it isn't cost efficient. Peated to over 100 PPM, this is a big bang of a whisky. Truly out of this world. A star of a dram. Is that enough space puns yet?