November 2018 Auction

Uniting Nations 40 Year Old The Essence of Karuizawa / Ichiro Akuto Blended Malt

Karuizawa produced outstanding whiskies, many of which have received international acclaim. They have released almost 300 single casks which are becoming increasingly rarer and rarer as demand soars.

This limited bottling was blended by Ichiro Akuto, this is a combination of a 40 year old Scottish malt and 45 year old Karuizawa. 

One of 677 bottles produced

Bottled at cask strength.

Very Old Fitzgerald 1945 Bonded 8 Year Old 100 Proof / Stitzel-Weller

An incredible old example of Very Old Fitzgerald, the 8 year old version of the brand. This was distilled in 1945, and was likely some of the first spirit to run from the still after operations resumed following the second world war.

Distilled and bottled at the Stitzel-Weller distillery while it was still being run by the legendary Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle.

These bottled in bond Old Fitzgerald from the Van Winkle era at Stitzel-Weller are incredibly sought after.

Vintage Rye 21 Year Old

Vintage Rye is a boutique brand owned byAllied Lomar in California, who's other products include Rare Perfection, Wattie Boone and Very Olde St Nick. They have been sourcing whiskey and bottling it for several decades, and they are instantly recognisable from their uniform use of the same cursive script-style typeface. Allied Lomar president, Marci Palatella, was Julian Van Winkle III's agent in the Japanese market for many years, and their early bottlings were contracted to him at his Old Commonwealth distillery.

The Van Winkle partnership with the Sazerac company in the early 2000's ended this agreement however, with the production of bottles such as this moved to Willett distillery, where they were bottled by its owners, Evan Kulsveen's Kentucky Bourbon Distillers. The stills at Willett were silent at this point and most of the well-aged rye in the KBD warehouses was the unused Cream of Kentucky distilled by Schenley at Bernheim. This is the same rye that is a constituent in some of the Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve and was bottled as early versions of the Sazerac 18 year old at Buffalo Trace.

Allied Lomar opened their own Preservation distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky in 2018.

Van Winkle 13 Year Old Family Reserve Rye / 2008 Release

This is bottle A3185, and was released in 2008 (possibly early 2009) when the whiskey was actually now 19 years old, despite the label. The Van Winkle Family Reserve rye was distilled in 1985 and actually continued to age in cask until 2004 when it was eventually tanked at Buffalo Trace. They are all labelled as 13 years old regardless.

The Family Reserve Rye is presumed to have been distilled at Medley in Owensboro, with Cream of Kentucky rye from Bernheim blended through it after it was tanked in 2004. The rye was the last of the true Van Winkle family reserves to run out, in 2016. New batches have been maturing at Buffalo Trace however, and were bottled for the first time in 2018.

Van Winkle 13 Year Old Family Reserve Rye / 2008 Release

As sought after as the other members of this 'family'.

This is bottle A01205, and was released in 2008 when the whiskey was actually now 19 years old, despite the label. The Van Winkle Family Reserve rye actually continued to age in cask until 2004 when it was eventually tanked at Buffalo Trace. They are all labelled as 13 years old regardless.

The Family Reserve Rye is presumed to have been distilled at Medley in Owensboro, with Cream of Kentucky rye from Bernheim blended through it after it was tanked in 2004. The rye was the last of the true Van Winkle family reserves to run out, in 2016. New batches have been maturing at Buffalo Trace however, and were bottled for the first time in 2018.

Foursquare Selection 3 x 70cl

A lot of 3 bottles of Foursquair.

• Foursquare 2006 Barrel Proof,  Bourbon and Cognac Matured 62%
• Foursquare 2008 Principia / Bourbon and Sherry Matured 62%
• Foursquare Triptych Single Blended Rum 56%

Shipping on this lot will be charged at 3 bottles 

Very Old Fitzgerald 1962 Bonded 8 Year Old 100 Proof Half Pint / Stitzel-Weller

We don't see vintage Old Fitzgerald very often, so we are particularly excited about this bottle which was distilled in the spring of 1962 and bottled in 1970.

Distilled at the legendary Stitzel-Weller distillery while it was under the management of Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle I, and bottled a few years after his death by his son, Julian Van Winkle II.

Stitzel-Weller was eventually sold in 1972, with the Van Winkle family departing the business in the process. The 'A Collectors Item' label affixed to the shoulder therefore representing an incredible piece of foresight.

Four Roses Small Batch Mariage Collection 2009

This 2009 barrel strength, small batch from Four Roses was a blend of 19 and 10 year old bourbons with recipe codes OBSK and OESO respectively.

Titled, the \"Mariage Collection,\" as both a celebration of the art of blending, and possibly a nod the origins of the Four Roses name, which saw Paul Jones Jr propose to his future wife with a four rose corsage.

Bottle 1338 of 3432.

Very Olde St. Nick 15 Year Old Handmade Bourbon 107 Proof

Very Old St Nick is a boutique bourbon brand owned by Allied Lomar in California, who's other products include Rare Perfection, Wattie Boone and the Vintage Bourbon and Rye bottles. They have been sourcing bourbon and bottling it for several decades, and they are instantly recognisable from their uniform use of the same cursive script-style typeface. Allied Lomar president, Marci Palatella, was Julian Van Winkle III's agent in the Japanese market for many years, and their early bottlings of Old St Nick were contracted to him at his Old Commonwealth distillery.

The Van Winkle partnership with in the early 2000s ended this agreement however, with the production of bottles such as this moved to Willett distillery, where they were bottled by its owners, Evan Kulsveen's Kentucky Bourbon Distillers. The stills at Willett were silent at this point and KBD were sourcing most of their whiskey from Heaven Hill.

Although the source of the KBD bottling has never been confirmed, Van Winkle has strongly asserted that these Very Olde St Nick are bottled using Heaven Hill bourbon.

Allied Lomar opened their own Preservation distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky in 2018.

This 15 year old expression is from cask lot #B131. For what its worth, most Kentucky Bourbon Distillers casks marked with a \"B\" denote pre-Heaven Hill era Bernheim distillery.

Japanese import.

Famille Vallein-Tercinier Lot 65 Grande Champagne Cognac / Wealth Solutions

A very rare bottle of cognac, bottled in May 2015 for Wealth Solutions after being matured for 50 years. 

Foursquare 2006 Barrel Proof / Bourbon and Cognac Matured

This is a \"single blended rum,\" meaning two spirits blended in the same cask. The first distilled on a copper double pot still, and the second on a traditional coffey.

Distilled in 2006 and matured in ex-bourbon casks for 3 years and ex-cognac casks for a further 7.

Bottled in 2016 by Velier for the Italian market.

One of 2400 bottles.

Foursquare 2006 Barrel Proof / Bourbon and Cognac Matured

This is a \"single blended rum,\" meaning two spirits blended in the same cask. The first distilled on a copper double pot still, and the second on a traditional coffey.

Distilled in 2006 and matured in ex-bourbon casks for 3 years and ex-cognac casks for a further 7.

Bottled in 2016 by Velier for the Italian market.

One of 2400 bottles.

Foursquare 2006 Barrel Proof / Bourbon and Cognac Matured

This is a \"single blended rum,\" meaning two spirits blended in the same cask. The first distilled on a copper double pot still, and the second on a traditional coffey.

Distilled in 2006 and matured in ex-bourbon casks for 3 years and ex-cognac casks for a further 7.

Bottled in 2016 by Velier for the Italian market.

One of 2400 bottles.

Four Roses Small Batch 2017 Limited Edition / Al Young 50th Anniversary

A special edition of the 2017 small batch release from Four Roses, bottled to commemorate the incredible 50th anniversary of their Senior Brand Ambassador, Al Young.

Al started with the company way back in 1957 when the Four Roses brand was owned by Seagram's and, incredibly, was not available as a straight bourbon in the US for at least three of the decades that followed.

The batch is a vatting of four of the distillery's recipes, a 12 year old OBSF, 15 year old OBSK, 23 year old OBSV, and a 13 year old OESV.

Foursquare Destino Blended Rum / Velier 70th Anniversary​

A special release from Foursquare and their Master Distiller, Richard Seale to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Italian importers, Velier.

Seale selected two 12 year old rum's that had matured in ex-madeira casks, then blended and matured them for a further two years in very old ex-Rum casks.

Uitvlugt 1997 Wild Parrot Full Proof Single Cask Rum

Distilled at Uitvlugt distillery in Guyana in 1997, three years before it was closed and its stills and stock transferred to Diamond.

This was bottled from single cask #WP97489 by Hidden Spirits and Stefano Cremaschi for their Wild Parrot brand in 2018. 

One of 150 bottles.

Van Winkle 12 Year Old Special Reserve

The 12 year old Special Reserve 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.

Serial code: B1618219:464

Van Winkle 12 Year Old Special Reserve

The 12 year old Special Reserve 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.

Serial code: B1618219:294

Van Winkle 12 Year Old Special Reserve

The 12 year old Special Reserve 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 2012 bottling.

Serial code: B1514815:334.

Very Olde St Nick Lot 12 Ancient Cask Bourbon

Very Old St Nick is a boutique bourbon brand owned by Allied Lomar in California, who's other products include Rare Perfection, Wattie Boone and the Vintage Bourbon and Rye bottles. They have been sourcing bourbon and bottling it for several decades, and they are instantly recognisable from their uniform use of the same cursive script-style typeface. Allied Lomar president, Marci Palatella, was Julian Van Winkle III's agent in the Japanese market for many years, and their early bottlings of Old St Nick were contracted to him at his Old Commonwealth distillery.

The Van Winkle partnership with in the early 2000s ended this agreement however, with the production of bottles such as this moved to Willett distillery, where they were bottled by its owners, Evan Kulsveen's Kentucky Bourbon Distillers. The stills at Willett were silent at this point and KBD were sourcing most of their whiskey from Heaven Hill.

Although the source of the KBD bottling has never been confirmed, Van Winkle has strongly asserted that these Very Olde St Nick are bottled using Heaven Hill bourbon.

Allied Lomar opened their own Preservation distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky in 2018.

Japanese import.

Very Olde St Nick Lot 12 Ancient Cask Bourbon

Very Old St Nick is a boutique bourbon brand owned by Allied Lomar in California, who's other products include Rare Perfection, Wattie Boone and the Vintage Bourbon and Rye bottles. They have been sourcing bourbon and bottling it for several decades, and they are instantly recognisable from their uniform use of the same cursive script-style typeface. Allied Lomar president, Marci Palatella, was Julian Van Winkle III's agent in the Japanese market for many years, and their early bottlings of Old St Nick were contracted to him at his Old Commonwealth distillery.

The Van Winkle partnership with in the early 2000s ended this agreement however, with the production of bottles such as this moved to Willett distillery, where they were bottled by its owners, Evan Kulsveen's Kentucky Bourbon Distillers. The stills at Willett were silent at this point and KBD were sourcing most of their whiskey from Heaven Hill.

Although the source of the KBD bottling has never been confirmed, Van Winkle has strongly asserted that these Very Olde St Nick are bottled using Heaven Hill bourbon.

Allied Lomar opened their own Preservation distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky in 2018.

Japanese import.

Four Roses Fine Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon / Japanese Import

A bottling of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey from the Four Roses distillery in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Once always stated as a 6 year old, former Four Roses Master Distiller, Jim Rutledge, has confirmed that the modern iteration is a blend of 5.5 to 10 year old bourbons.

Four Roses was produced by Seagram's in the 1990s, although the brand and distillery would later be sold to the Kirin Brewing company in the early 2000s after the break up of the Seagram's company. The brand was not available for purchase in the US until this point.

Japanese import.

This lot has a 6 bottle shipping fee.

Four Roses Single Barrel #17-2J / Secretariate Triple Crown 40th Anniversary

A single barrel exclusive bottling from Four Roses bottled to celebrate the 40th anniversary of racehorse, Sectretariate, winning the Triple Crown.

Bottled from barrel #17-2G which was matured in warehouse GE.

This release comprises 3504 bottles over several single cask bottlings.

Vega 1977 North Star 40 Year Old

A limited edition 40 year old blended malt whisky produced by North Star Spirits.

Distilled in October 1977 and bottled in January 2018

One of only 400 bottles, bottled at cask strength.

Famous Grouse 30 Year Old Blended Malt

A 30 year old blended-malt from one of Scotland's favourite brands. Amongst the malt whiskies blended, the box states Macallan and Highland Park feature therein.

Russian Import

Four Roses Single Barrel #6-1J / Whisky Magazine for Al Young 50th Anniversary

A single barrel exclusive bottling from Four Roses bottled to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the brand's senior ambassador Al Young. 

Selected by Whisky Magazine and Four Roses, they chose recipe OESQ.

O means distilled at Four Roses, E means mash bill was 75% corn, 20% Rye and 5% malted barley, S means Straight whiskey and Q refers to one of Four Roses five proprietary yeast strains. The OESQ flavour profile is; \"Floral (rose petal and acacia), banana, refreshing, medium body.\"

Matured for 8 Years, 5 Months in barrel # 6-1J which rested in warehouse MW.

Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition 2018 Release / 130th Anniversary

The 2013 limited edition from Four Roses bottled at a high strength of 54.2%.

One of 3804 75cl bottles released during their 130th anniversary year.

Fettercairn 1984 24 Year Old

Released alongside the 30 year old Fettercairn, these have both been very highly acclaimed. Serge Valentin of Whisky Fun has commented that this is 'an old highlander in velvet gloves'.

Distilled on 21st December 1984, this is one of 6000 bottles. 

Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition 2018 Release / 130th Anniversary

The 2013 limited edition from Four Roses bottled at a high strength of 54.2%.

One of 3804 75cl bottles released during their 130th anniversary year.

Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition 2018 Release / 130th Anniversary

The 2013 limited edition from Four Roses bottled at a high strength of 54.2%.

One of 3804 75cl bottles released during their 130th anniversary year.

Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition 2018 Release / 130th Anniversary

The 2013 limited edition from Four Roses bottled at a high strength of 54.2%.

One of 3804 75cl bottles released during their 130th anniversary year.

Four Roses Single Barrel Limited Edition 2014 / #47-1G

A 2014 release single barrel bottling from Four Roses.

Bottled from barrel #47-14, which was matured in warehouse HW for over 11 years.

The Four Roses recipe used for this barrel was OESF.