May 2019 Auction

Glenlivet 1956 Gordon and MacPhail

This is part of what is now known as the Gordon & MacPhail Distillery Labels series, which replicates the livery the Elgin-based bottlers used in the mid-20th century when they produced the only official bottlings (under license) for many distilleries like this.

Distilled in 1956 and bottled in the 1980s using the iconic George and J.G Smiths Label.

Inverleven 1985 Gordon and MacPhail Private Collection

This Inverleven was distilled at the Dumbarton distillery in January 1985 and matured in refill bourbon barrel #562. 

Bottled by Gordon and MacPhail in July 2018 as part of their Private Collection. 

One of 130 bottles. 

Greenbrier 1913 Bottled in Bond Whiskey Pint / Prohibition Era Bottling

A medicinal bottling of American whiskey. Medicinal whiksey was a legal loophole exploited by a select number of distillers who were able to acquire a license to do so, and allowed them to continue bottling their bonded stock as a prescription medication.

This was distilled in 1913 and bottled in 1924, four years after the Prohibition Act was enforced. The whiskey is from the Greenbrier distillery, which was built in 1883 by a certain Old Grand-dad, R.B. Hayden, after whom Jim Beam's Basil Hayden's bourbon is also named. The distillery was purchased by the Schenley company during Prohibition, one of their many acquisitions as they loooked for full warehouses to bottle whiskey from using their medicinal license. The original distillery was closed, however the company, one of the largest post-Prohibition producers built a new one which operated briefly. 

This is not to be confused with the similarly named Green Brier distillery in Tennessee, which was recently revived.

Glenfarclas 40 Year Old

Bottled from casks specially selected by George S. Grant, Director of Sales and the sixth generation of the family who own and manage the distillery.

A fantastic whisky from one of Scotland's last independents.

Glenrothes John Ramsay

Selected by the retiring malt master John Ramsay after 43 years of service, this bottling came from a vatting of twenty, second-fill American oak sherry casks racked into sherry butts. The two best casks were then vatted together.

One of 1400 bottles. 

Glenflagler 1970 Signatory Vintage 23 Year Old

This is a rare Signatory Vintage bottling of this long lost distillery that was once part of the Moffat distilling complex.

Signatory Vintage were established in 1988 by Andrew Symington and are one of Scotland's most prolific independent bottlers. Their offices and bottling facility are located next to Edradour distillery, which they have also owned since 2002.

Distilled on 6th October 1970 and bottled in May 1994 from casks number #1260 and #7861. 

Bottle number 234 of 350.

Glen Garioch 1978 Hand Filled 40 Year Old Cask #11001 / Bourbon Barrel - with 2 x Glasses

A single cask release from one of Scotland's oldest distilleries, established in 1797.

Filled into cask on 16th November 1978 and bottled on the same date in 2018, its 40th birthday. Unlike other distillery hand fill bottlings, those at Glen Garioch are drawn directly from the cask, meaning they continue to age until they are emptied. Limited to only 131 bottles, of which this is 114, making it one of the final few available.

This is one of only a select number whiskies of this age available from the distillery, which is famous for the quality of its small batch single malts.

This has received glowing reviews from independent whisky critics.

Personally signed by the Suntory Master Blender of Glen Garioch Distillery, Olivier Fagnen. 

Glendronach 1990 Jack Wiebers 22 Year Old

A single cask Glendronach for Jack Wieber's Whisky World in Germany.

Distilled in 1990, this was matured in a \"very dark sherry cask,\" as you can see, for 22 years.

Bottle at cask strength, from cask #3058 in July 2012.

One of only 399 bottles.

Glengoyne 1972 Malts Of Scotland Bourbon Barrel

Distilled in 1972 and matured in a single cask until being bottled in 2015 by Malts of Scotland. 

Malts of Scotland were founded in 2005 by whisky enthusiast and connoisseur, Thomas Ewers.

Bottle number 66 of 132. 

Glenmorangie 1971 150th Anniversary 75cl / US Import

A US bottling of this limited edition Glenmorangie release to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the distillery opening in 1843. This was released in 1993. 

Glenury Royal 1970 Rare Malt 29 Year Old / 57%

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.

One of the few official bottles of Glenury, distilled in 1970 and releases at 29 years old within the famous Rare Malts Selection. 

Bottle number 811.

Glenmorangie 1991 Grand Vintage / Bond House No.1 Collection

A spectacular Glenmorangie, part of their Bond House No.1 Collection which is a series of releases from Glenmorangie's original 19th century warehouse. Bond House No.1 was transformed into the distillery's Stillhouse in order to increase production capacity the year after this was distilled, making it one of the final vintages to be warhoused there.

The fourth in the series, this is a vatting of of just two parcels of casks. Both were initially matured in bourbon wood before one was finished for over a decade in ex-Oloroso sherry, and the other in ex-Burgundy.

Bottle 0310 of 7551 filled in 2018.

Glendronach 12 Year Old Sherry Casks 1980s

A 1980's bottling of sherry casked Glendronach 12 year old.

Glendronach Grandeur 27 Year Old Batch #010

The tenth release within the Grandeur series from Glendronach, matured this time in a mixture of Pedro Ximenez  and Oloroso sherry casks. Bottled at cask strength.

Bottle number 2271 of 2293.

Glendronach Grandeur 24 Year Old Batch #005

The fifth release within the premium Grandeur series from Glendronach, matured in Oloroso sherry casks and bottled at cask strength.

Bottle number 132 of 600.

Glenmorangie 12 Year Old Rare Single Cask / in Honour of H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco

An exclusive single cask bottling for the Monte Carlo Whisky Society, in honour of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II.

This is an ex-bourbon cask, selected by the Prince himself, with assistance from Bill Lumsden, Charles MacLean and society president Dario di Sotto.

Bottle number 9 of only 180 bottles.

George Morton 'OVD' Old Vatted Demerara Rum 1970s

An old bottle of OVD rum from Guyana. We estimate that this bottle is from the 1970s. When it was first produced, the majority of the rum used in OVD came from Port Mourant distillery. It closed in 1958 with its still moved to Uitvlugt, where much of the rum in this bottle will have been made.

Bottled by George Morton Ltd of Dundee. 

Glenlivet 1961 Gordon and MacPhail

A fantastic older vintage of Glenlivet bottled by Gordon and MacPhail.

Glendronach 20 Year Old Octaves

A very popular recent release from Glendronach.  This 20 year old well presented whisky was matured for a minimum of 20 years in Pedro Ximénez Sherry Octaves.

An Octave is a cask made from staves of a previously used cask, most commonly sherry casks, it is approximately one-eight the size of a sherry butt and allows more interaction between the wood and the spirit due to the increase of surface area for the whisky.  

Very limited release of 371 bottles.

Glendronach Grandeur 24 Year Old Batch #009 75cl / US Import

The ninth release within the Grandeur series from Glendronach, matured in Oloroso sherry casks and bottled at cask strength.

Bottle number 4 of 1487.

Glenury Royal 1968 Cask Strength 36 Year Old

Founded by Captain Robert Barclay in the 1820s this distillery was granted the right to use the ”Royal” suffix by William IV in 1835. It was mothballed in 1985 and later sold to be replaced by a housing development. 

Distilled in 1968 and bottled in 2004, this is now a quite rare expression from a closed distillery.   

One of only 2100 bottles.

Glenfarclas 1983 Family Cask #38 / Winter 2017

Bottled as part of the Glenfarclas Family Cask series, perhaps the most extensive collection of vintage whiskies from a single distillery.

This 1983 vintage was bottled on the 7th November 2017 from single refill hogshead #38, yielding 257 bottles.

Glenugie 1981 Reserve Collection 37 Year Old 50cl / Single Cask Edition

Glenugie distilled on 19th June 1981 and bottled on 6th August 2018.

Matured in 3rd Fill Hogshead #3197

One of 300 bottles.

Glenugie 1981 Reserve Collection 37 Year Old 50cl / Single Cask Edition

Glenugie distilled on 19th June 1981 and bottled on 6th August 2018.

Matured in 3rd Fill Hogshead #3197

Bottle number 50 out of 300.

Hillside / Glenesk 1971 Rare Malt 25 Year Old / 62%​

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.

Released within the Rare Malt Selection. Distilled in 1971 and bottled as a 25 year old at 62%. This is from the Glenesk distillery which was also known as Hillside, located in the north east Highlands the distillery closed in 1985 and then officially dismantled in 1997.

Bottle number 4768. 

Glenury Royal 1970 Rare Malt 29 Year Old / 57%

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.

One of the few official bottles of Glenury, distilled in 1970 and releases at 29 years old within the famous Rare Malts Selection. 

Bottle number 943.

George T Stagg 2015 Release

The 2015 release of the annual George T Stagg, part of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection.

The Antique Collection celebrates historic US whiskey brands, figures and places. George T. Stagg was a 19th century distiller, and the Buffalo Trace distillery was named after him until 1999 when it adopted its current title.

Bottled at another impressive strength of 69.1%.

The 2015 release is a 15 year old bourbon.

Green Spot 1991 Single Cask #50776 / TWE

Mitchell's Green Spot were the last Pot Still style whiskeys produced in Ireland at one point.

Jameson has now reinvented the brand. The whiskey is from New Midleton distillery. This is an exclusive single cask, distilled 27th February 2006 and bottled especially for the The Whisky Exchange.

Matured in first fill bourbon barrel #25850

Glen Ord 16 Year Old Manager's Dram 1991

The Manager’s Dram series of whiskies were bottled exclusively for employees of what is now known as Diageo. These whiskies were selected by the respective distillery managers within Diageo malt distilling and bottled at natural cask strength.

A 16 year old Glen Ord bottled in 1991.

Although not stated this appears to be a 75cl bottle, one of the last before the change to 70cl in 1992.

Glenmorangie 1991 Missouri Oak Reserve

Distilled in 1991 and bottled 2002, this was part of Glenmorangie's experiments with different types of wood.

One of 1000 bottles, this is number 854.

Glen Grant 1975 Gordon and MacPhail 40 Year Old

A Glen Grant bottled by Elgin based bottler Gordon and MacPhail.

No distillation date is stated. However, the laser code printed on the glass says that this bottle was released in 2015 meaning the liquid was more than likely distilled in 1975.

Glenlossie 1973 Sestante 17 Year Old / Antica Casa Marchsi Spinola 

This 17 year old single malt was distilled in 1973 and matured in sherry wood casks. It is part of a Sestante series bottled in 1990 for the Antica Casa Marchesi Spinola.

The Sestante import company was founded in the 1970s by Ernesto Mainardi, and he bottled his first single casks under the name in 1985. Alongside his contemporary, Silvano Samaroli, Mainardi pioneered giving his customers a choice of both standard 40-46% bottlings, and cask strength releases from the same casks. Along with his other brand, Silver Seal, Mainardi's bottlings are incredibly sought after.

This is bottle 707.