November 2018 Auction

Octomore 1.1 First Edition 75cl / US Import

The first release of the Bruichladdich Octomore, at 131ppm this was at the time the most heavily peated spirit in the world.

Matured for 5 years from October 2002 until April 2008, this is one of only 6,000 bottles released.

Redbreast 1991 All Sherry Single Cask #42966 / The Loop

Redbreast is a single pot still whiskey from Midleton in Ireland. A combination of malted and unmalted barley are triple distilled in copper pot stills. 

This is an unusual single sherry cask, specially bottled for The Irish Whisky Collection at The Loop.

Cask Number #42966 was laid down in 1991.

One 141 of 630 bottles.

Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year Old

The 10 year old Handmade Bourbon is one of the original Old Rip Van Winkle brands bottled by Julian Van Winkle III at his facility in Lawrenceburg.

With stocks beginning to run thin in the early 2000s, Van Winkle came to an agreement with the Sazerac company to move bottling and future production to Buffalo Trace, who were already using the old Stitzel-Weller recipes for the Weller brand.

All Van Winkle products have been produced at Buffalo Trace since 2002. This is a 2014 bottling.

Bottling code is B1405508:357

Rebel Yell 6 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Half Pint 1970s / Stitzel-Weller

The Rebel Yell brand was created for Stitzel-Weller distillery in the late 1940s by Charles R. Farnsely, a former mayor of Louisville, KY. The brand was first bottled around the distillery's 100th anniversary, with the intention of producing and distributing it in small batches, exclusively in the Southern states.

This is a 1970s bottle and likely still contains bourbon distilled by the Van Winkle family.

Following the sale of Stitzel-Weller and subsequently many of its associated brands in 1972, Rebel Yell was eventually purchased by what is now Luxco in the early 1980s, who continue to produce it today using sourced whiskey from Heaven Hill.

Rosebank 1989 Gordon and MacPhail Rare Old

A great example of Rosebank, distilled in 1989 and bottled in 2013 as part of Gordon and MacPhail's 'Rare Old' range.

Octomore 1.1 First Edition

The first release of the Bruichladdich Octomore, at 131ppm this was at the time the most heavily peated spirit in the world.

Matured for 5 years from October 2002 until April 2008 only 6,000 bottles released.

Old W L Weller Special Reserve 90 Proof Half Pint 1970s / Stitzel-Weller

An old half pint bottling of the Old W.L. Weller Special Reserve.

At this point the Weller brand was still being produced at the famous Stitzel-Weller distillery. The whiskey was likely distilled in 1965, when the distillery was still being managed by the Van Winkle family, and the same year that legendary 'Pappy' died, leaving the business to his son, Julian II.

This was bottled in 1972, either just before or after the Van Winkle's were forced to sell the distillery and the brand to Somerset Imports.

Weller nowadays is produced by the Sazerac company, and was the driving motivation for Julian III to partner up with their Buffalo Trace distillery to produce new Van Winkle whiskey there too.

Octomore 1695 Discovery / Feis Ile 2014

Perhaps the most desirable of the new Feis Ile releases, this is the first time Bruichladdich has released an Octomore for Feis Ile and it is incredibly limited with only 1,695 bottles being released.

Distilled on the 18th February 2007 and bottled for the 2014 Bruichladdich Open Day at Feis Ile, with a very impressive ABV of 69.5%. 

Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year Old

The 10 year old Handmade Bourbon is one of the original Old Rip Van Winkle brands bottled by Julian Van Winkle III at his facility in Lawrenceburg.

With stocks beginning to run thin in the early 2000s, Van Winkle came to an agreement with the Sazerac company to move bottling and future production to Buffalo Trace, who were already using the old Stitzel-Weller recipes for the Weller brand.

All Van Winkle products have been produced at Buffalo Trace since 2002. This is a 2016 bottling.

Bottling code is obscured by the import sticker.

Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year Old

The 10 year old Handmade Bourbon is one of the original Old Rip Van Winkle brands bottled by Julian Van Winkle III at his facility in Lawrenceburg.

With stocks beginning to run thin in the early 2000's, Van Winkle came to an agreement with the Sazerac company to move bottling and future production to Buffalo Trace, who were already using the old Stitzel-Weller recipes for the Weller brand.

All Van Winkle products have been produced at Buffalo Trace since 2002. 

Rosebank 12 Year Old Flora and Fauna / Wooden Box

This Flora and Fauna bottling of Rosebank has been discontinued for a number of years and was the last standard official release from Rosebank.

There have been super premium releases from Diageo since this bottle was discontinued.

Old Pulteney 1966 Gordon and MacPhail

A particularly old vintage of Old Pulteney from 1966 bottled by Gordon and MacPhail in 2001.

Octomore OBA Concept 0.1 50cl

The first creation by Adam Hannett, Bruichladdich's new distillery manager. It's origins began at last years Feis Ile, in May 2016, where Adam shared a unique spin on the classic 'mind and palate bending levels of peat' Octomore.

Produced from 10 casks: 1 x 2002; 2 x 2008; 4 x 2006; 3 x 2007 Vintages.

6 Cask Types.

Rosebank 12 Year Old Flora and Fauna

This Flora and Fauna bottling of Rosebank has been discontinued for a number of years and was the last standard official release from Rosebank.

There have however been super premium releases from Diageo since this bottle was discontinued.

Old Hickory 10 Year Old Straight Bourbon 1960s

Produced in Philadelphia by Continental Distillers at their Publicker distillery. Publicker would go on to invest heavily in the Scotch market, founding Inver House distillers.

The Old Hickory brand exists again today, revived by the R.S. Lipman company. With the Pulicker distillery long gone, the brand is produced using sourced whiskey from MGP in Indiana. This bottle is a great example of the original product.

Rosebank 12 Year Old Flora and Fauna

This Flora and Fauna bottling of Rosebank has been discontinued for a number of years and was the last standard official release from Rosebank.

There have been premium releases from Diageo since this bottle was discontinued.

Octomore 10 Year Old First Release

Peated to 80.5ppm the coming of age 10 year old Octomore was limited to only 6,000 bottles.

Old Fitzgerald 2006 Bottled in Bond 11 Year Old

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 in 2006, and bottled in Spring 2018.

Octomore OBA Concept 0.1 50cl

The first creation by Adam Hannett, Bruichladdich's new distillery manager. It's origins began at last years Feis Ile, in May 2016, where Adam shared a unique spin on the classic 'mind and palate bending levels of peat' Octomore.

Produced from 10 casks: 1 x 2002; 2 x 2008; 4 x 2006; 3 x 2007 Vintages.

6 Cask Types.

Old Fitzgerald '1849' 10 Year Old Pint 1970s / Stitzel-Weller

This is an early 1970s bottling of the 10 year old '1849' expression of the Old Fitzgerald brand. This was produced at the Old Fitzgerald Distillery, previously known as Stitzel-Weller, by Somerset Imports who had acquired the distillery and its brands in 1972. Bottled early in the decade, this bottle will contain Stitzel-Weller bourbon from the much-lauded Van Winkle era.

The expression is named 1849 after the year in which the W.L. Weller company was formed.

The distillery eventually closed in 1992, and was purchased by United Distillers (Diageo) in 1994, who reverted its name back to Stitzel-Weller. They sold the Old Fitzgerald brand sold to Heaven Hill in 1999, who still produce the 1849 as a premium product today.

Rosebank 12 Year Old Flora and Fauna

This Flora and Fauna bottling of Rosebank has been discontinued for a number of years and was the last standard official release from Rosebank.

There have been premium releases from Diageo since this bottle was discontinued.

Redbreast 1999 All Sherry Single Cask #30087 / TWE 

Redbreast is a single pot sill whiskey from New Midleton distillery in Ireland. A combination of malted and un-malted barley are triple distilled in copper pot stills. 

This is an unusual single sherry cask, specially bottled for the The Whisky Exchange

Cask Number #30087.

One of 576 bottles.

Old Fitzgerald 12 Year Old Very Special

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 is an early version of the Heaven Hill product, produced at their Bernheim distillery in Louisville, KY.

Redbreast 2001 All Sherry Single Cask #18829 / Master of Malt Exclusive

Redbreast is a single pot sill whiskey from New Midleton in Ireland. A combination of malted and unmalted barley are triple distilled in copper pot stills. 

This is an unusual single sherry cask, specially bottled for Master of Malt.

Cask Number #18829 was bonded in 2001.

One of 582 bottles.

Ron Zacapa Centenario 23 Year Old / Straight from the Cask

A special 2005 edition of the multi-award winning 23 year old Ron Zacapa.

Old Fitzgerald 2006 Bottled in Bond 11 Year Old

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 in 2006, and bottled in Spring 2018.

Rhum J.M 1995 15 Year Old Martinique Rum

A 1995 vintage rhum vieux agricole from the Distillerie JM Crassous de Medeuil in Martinique.

Agricole is a style of rum traditionally produced on the French Caribbean islands. It is distilled using feshly squeezed sugar cane juice as opposd to mollases.

The Distillerie JM Crassous de Medeuil has been producing rum since 1790. This was bottled in 2011 from bourbon casks.

Old Fitzgerald 2006 Bottled in Bond 11 Year Old

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 along with the Bernheim distillery, who had been producing it until then using the remaining Stitzel-Weller stock.

This was distilled at Heaven Hill's Bernheim site in 2006, and bottled in Spring 2018.

Royal Brackla 1969 Sestante 15 Year Old

An old Distillery Labels bottling of Royal Brackla from Gordon and MacPhail.

Distilled in 1969 and bottled 15 years later.

This was imported to the Italian market by Sestante.

Old Fitzgerald 2006 Bottled in Bond 11 Year Old

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 along with the Bernheim distillery, who had been producing it until then using the remaining Stitzel-Weller stock.

This was distilled at Heaven Hill's Bernheim site in 2006, and bottled in Spring 2018.

Old Grand-Dad Bicentennial Decanter 1976

Featuring the image of Basil Hayden, Old Grand-dad is a classic of the bourbon world.  This is a very rare decanter produced in 1976 to commemorate the Bicentennial of the founding of America in 1776.

Distilled and bottled by National Distillers at the now silent Old Grand-dad distillery.

The 1970s and 1980s represented a period in the US known as the \"Glut Era,\" when warehouses were over-stocked with whiskey, and many barrels of better-aged than usual bourbon was often dumped into these standard expressions. They are well worth trying.

Old Fitzgerald 2006 Bottled in Bond 11 Year Old

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 along with the Bernheim distillery, who had been producing it until then using the remaining Stitzel-Weller stock.

This was distilled at Heaven Hill's Bernheim site in 2006, and bottled in Spring 2018.