November 2018 Auction

Orkney Single Malt 17 Year Old Thompson Brothers

You have a 50/50 chance of guessing which single malt this is but our money is on Highland Park

One of 350 bottles drawn from single cask #2 at 17 years old.

This is an independent bottling by the Thompson Bothers of Dornoch distillery.

Old Rarity 12 Year Old Decanter / Charles and Diana

A lovely old decanter of this blend produced by Bulloch Lade & Co, a popular old blend that is rarely seen at auction.

Specially produced to commemorate the wedding of Charles and Diana in 1981

Knob Creek 2001 Limited Edition 100 Proof Batch #1

A 14 year old small batch bourbon, distilled at Jim Beam in 2001. At the time, this was the oldest expression of Knob Creek they had released. Starting off with a predicted yield of 12,000 it was divided into 3 batches.

This is Batch #1 and was bottled in 2016.

Bottle number 4379.

Kilchoman 10th Anniversary

To celebrate the 10th year of Kilchoman they released this alongside their Feis Ile 2015 bottle. 

A combination of bourbon and sherry casked whiskies from vintages between 2005 and 2012. 

One of 3000 bottles. 

King's Ransom Scotch Whisky 1960s

King's Ransom, was at one time the most expensive whisky in the world and was rumored present when Stalin, Churchill and Truman signed the Potsdam Conference after the Second World War.

We estimate this older bottle to be from the 1960s.

Old Pulteney Pentland Skerries 1 Litre

Part of Old Pulteney's Lighthouse collection, released in the autumn of 2013.

Pentland Skerries is named two lighthouses, which are located on the archipelago between the mainland and Orkney. 

Matured exclusively in sherry casks.

Kilchoman 2010 Single Cask / Distillery Exclusive

This single cask was bottled exclusively for the distillery shop. Distilled on 17th November 2010 and bottled 19th July 2017.

Drawn from single Sauternes cask #739.

Bottle 116 of 294.

Kilchoman 100% Islay 2nd Edition​

The 2nd release of Kilchoman's popular 100% Islay releases, bottled in 2012.

All parts of the production process for the 100% Islay took place at the distillery – from barley to bottle. The barley is grown, malted, distilled, matured and bottled at Kilchoman. Bottled at 50% ABV and peated to a lower level to that of other releases. This second release was matured in a combination of fresh and refill bourbon barrels.

Old Perth 1996 21 Year Old Blended Malt​

A single cask blended malt from Old Perth.

Distilled in 1996 and bottled at 21 Years Old by Morrison & MacKay of Aberargie.

Old Pulteney 2001 SMWS 15 Year Old 52.21​

A single cask Old Pulteney, bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society from cask 52.21.

Distilled 18th June 2001 and matured for 15 years in a first fill ex-red wine hogshead.

\"Tropical breezes fill the sails\"

One of 219 bottles.

Old Pulteney 2001 SMWS 13 Year Old 52.20

A single cask Old Pulteney, bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society from cask 52.20.

Distilled 18th June 2001 and matured for 13 years in a refill bourbon barrel.

\"All day American breakfast in the garden\"

One of 209 bottles.

King's Ransom 'Round The World' Scotch Whisky 1960s

King's Ransom, was at one time the most expensive whisky in the world and was rumoured present when Stalin, Churchill and Truman signed the Potsdam Conference after the Second World War.

This is a Glenforres Glenlivet blend, produced by William Whiteley & Co. Around the World takes its name from the unusual maturation process which saw it placed in to sherry casks and sailed around the globe.

Italian import.

Kininvie 1990 23 Year Old Batch #002 35cl

This elusive malt from William Grant's Dufftown complex was distilled in 1990 and matured in \"a mix of Hogshead and Sherry butts\" for 23 years.

Batch 2; bottle number 10403.

Old Perth 1996 22 Year Old Blended Malt

A single cask blended malt from Old Perth.

Distilled in 1996 and bottled at 22 years of age by Morrison & MacKay of Aberargie.

One of 326 bottles. 

Kentucky Deluxe 8 Year Old Straight Bourbon 1990s

This is a mid-1980s bottling of Kentucky Deluxe, a brand produced at Heaven Hill.

Bottled in 1986, this would have been distilled and bottled at Heaven Hill's old distillery in Bardstown, prior to it being destroyed by fire in 1996. 

Kentucky Deluxe is a charcoal filtered whiskey, a practice known as the Lincoln County Process and often better associated with Tennessee Whiskies such as Jack Daniel's. This often leads to a common misconception, likely deliberately promoted by some distillers, that whiskey produced in this fashion cannot be called bourbon. 

Old Fitzgerald Prime Bourbon 1 Litre

Currently distilled at Heaven Hill, this brand was once under the ownership of the legendary Pappy Van Winkle, who bought it for the princely sum of $10,000 from Old Judge distillery at the close of prohibition in 1933.

Heaven Hill procured the brand from United Distillers in 1999, who had been producing it until then using the remaining Stitzel-Weller stock.

This was distilled at Heaven Hill's Bernheim site.

The branding still has a key on its logo, harking back to its former Stitzel-Weller days.

Knockdhu / AnCnoc 2008 SMWS 9 Year Old 115.6​

An independent bottling from Knockdhu distillery (the whisky itself is now known as AnCnoc) from The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. 

Distilled 7th April 2008 and aged in a first fill Pedro Ximenez sherry hogshead.

'Clootie dumpling in the sauna'

One of 174 bottles.

Kilchoman 2011 Single Cask / 10th Anniversary of Whiskybase.com

A single cask Kilchoman finished in a Pedro Ximenez cask.

Distilled in 2011 and bottled on 15th August 2017. 

Bottle number 147 of 213. 

Ardbeg Uigeadail

The legendary cask strength Ardbeg, highly acclaimed and once a winner of Best Whisky in the World as chosen by Jim Murray.

Kininvie 1990 23 Year Old Batch #003 35cl

This elusive malt from William Grant's Dufftown complex was matured in \"a mix of Hogshead and Sherry butts\" for 23 years.  

Old Pulteney 2001 Whisky Agency 12 Year Old 

This Old Pulteney was matured in a single barrel before being bottled by The Whisky Agency in 2013. 

A joint bottling with the Nectar, this is one of 261 bottles procued for Spirits in the Sky Festival, Leuven in 2013

Kilchoman 2011 Single PX Finished Cask / Taiwan Exclusive​

A single cask Kilchoman released exclusively for the Taiwanese market.

Finished in Pedro Ximenez cask 697/2011, this was distilled in 2011 and bottled on 14th April 2017 at cask strength.

Bottle number 33 of 234. 

Kilchoman 2011 Single Sherry Hogshead / M&P Whisky Festival

A single cask Kilchoman released exclusively for the M&P Whisky Festival in Poland.

Distlled on the 13th of October 2011 aged in single sherry hogshead #615 before bottling on the 10th February 2017

Kilkerran Work in Progress #7 / Cask Strength Bourbon Wood

Kilkerran's Work in Progress range following the development of Kilkerran to a 12 year old whisky.

This is the seventh edition of the Work In Progress range and - unlike the previous 6 editions - is bottled at natural cask strength.

King Alfred 10 Year Old Scotch Whisky 1970s

An old blended Scotch produced by the Glendale Whisky Company in the 1970s.

Bottled for the German market.

Kininvie 1990 23 Year Old Batch #002 35cl

This elusive malt from William Grant's Dufftown complex was distilled in 1990 and matured in \"a mix of Hogshead and Sherry butts\" for 23 years.

Batch 2.

Kelvin Hall Silver Broom 1985

A limited edition blend produced for the 'Silver Broom' held in Glasgow in 1985.

75cl

Knockdhu / AnCnoc 2009 SMWS 8 Year Old 115.7

An independent bottling from Knockdhu distillery (the whisky itself is now known as AnCnoc) from The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. 

Distilled 2nd September 2009 and aged in a refill ex-bourbon barrel. 

'The conviviality initiator'

One of 235 bottles.

Old St Andrews 21 Year Old Decanter

A bottle of Old St Andrews 21 year old blend in a golf ball shaped decanter. 

Kyoto Ki No Bi Sei Dry Gin

The first release of their impressive dry gin, distilled at Kyoto Distillery.

A pretty unbeleivable and highly sought after spirit, this gin was released last year in 2016 and was made using a rice spirit base which included some locally sourced botanicals such as yuzu, hinoki wood chips, bamboo leaves, green sansho and gyokuro tea.

The botanicals are split into six flavour groups (Base, Citrus, Tea, Spice, Fruity & Floral and Herbal), and each group is distilled individually before being blended together. 

The Sei is a higher proof version than the standard release, bottled at 54.5%

Kyoto Ki No Bi Sei Dry Gin

The first release of their impressive dry gin, distilled at Kyoto Distillery.

A pretty unbelievable and highly sought after spirit, this gin was released last year in 2016 and was made using a rice spirit base which included some locally sourced botanicals such as yuzu, hinoki wood chips, bamboo leaves, green sansho and gyokuro tea.

The botanicals are split into six flavour groups (Base, Citrus, Tea, Spice, Fruity & Floral and Herbal), and each group is distilled individually before being blended together. 

The Sei is a higher proof version than the standard release, bottled at 54.5%

Kyoto Ki No Bi Sei Dry Gin

The first release of their impressive dry gin, distilled at Kyoto Distillery.

A pretty unbelievable and highly sought after spirit, this gin was released last year in 2016 and was made using a rice spirit base which included some locally sourced botanicals such as yuzu, hinoki wood chips, bamboo leaves, green sansho and gyokuro tea.

The botanicals are split into six flavour groups (Base, Citrus, Tea, Spice, Fruity & Floral and Herbal), and each group is distilled individually before being blended together. 

The Sei is a higher proof version than the standard release, bottled at 54.5%