October 2018 Auction

Highland Park 18 Year Old 75cl 1990s / US Import

Perhaps the most iconic and popular bottle in Highland Park's range, this time presented in their discontinued livery.

Remy Amerique import for the US Market

House of Commons 12 Year Old 1980s / Signed by Margaret Thatcher

A signed bottle of the House of Commons 12 year old blended Scotch Whisky, signed by Margaret Thatcher.

The bottle dates from her second term in office, around 1983.

Highland Park Hillhead​

The final release in Highland Park's 'The Keystones Series' which explores and celebrates the five traditional keystones of production that have remained unchanged for 220 years.

Named after the distillery in Kirkwall, this release explores the impact of cask harmonisation.

The whisky itself consists of three first-fill casks: sherry seasoned European oak, sherry seasoned American oak, and ex-bourbon American oak.

One of only 1200 bottles.

Hakushu 12 Year Old / 2018 Bottling

Suntory's other excellent distillery which is often overlooked for Yamazaki. This age statement was discontinued as of June 2018

Set to become a rarity, this is one of the 2018 bottlings in the short-lived redesign of the packaging.

Hakushu 12 Year Old 

Suntory's other excellent distillery which is often overlooked for Yamazaki. This age statement was discontinued as of June 2018.

Highland Park Shiel

Shiel is the second release in Highland Park's 'The Keystones Series' which explores and celebrates the five traditional keystones of production that have remained unchanged for 220 years.

It is named after the wooden shovels used to turn barley by hand as it germinates.

One of only 1200 bottles.

Highland Park 2005 Single Cask 12 Year Old #4809 75cl / Whisky Brother

A single cask Highland Park, aged 12 years and bottled for Whisky Brother in South Africa.

Distilled in 2005 and bottled 2017 from first fill American sherry oak puncheon #4809.

One of 584 bottles.

Highland Park 2004 Single Cask 13 Year Old #4303 / Taiwan Duty Free

A 13 year old Highland Park, matured in a refill butt #4303 before being bottled in 20117 for Taiwan Duty Free. 

One of 624 bottles. 

Highland Park Hillhead​

The final release in Highland Park's 'The Keystones Series' which explores and celebrates the five traditional keystones of production that have remained unchanged for 220 years.

Named after the distillery in Kirkwall, this release explores the impact of cask harmonisation.

The whisky itself consists of three first-fill casks: sherry seasoned European oak, sherry seasoned American oak, and ex-bourbon American oak.

One of only 1200 bottles.

Highland Park 2005 Single Cask 12 Year Old #4809 75cl / Whisky Brother

A single cask Highland Park, aged 12 years and bottled for Whisky Brother in South Africa.

Distilled in 2005 and bottled 2017 from first fill American sherry oak puncheon #4809.

One of 584 bottles.

Highland Park 2005 Single Cask 12 Year Old #4809 75cl / Whisky Brother

A single cask Highland Park, aged 12 years and bottled for Whisky Brother in South Africa.

Distilled in 2005 and bottled 2017 from first fill American sherry oak puncheon #4809.

One of 584 bottles.

Highland Park Sigurd

A travel retail exclusive Highland Park, released as part of Highland Park's warrior series. 

Partially matured in European oak.

Highland Park 2002 Single Cask 14 Year Old #2544 / Viking Soul

A single cask Highland Park distilled in 2002 and matured in a first-fill European sherry puncheon.

Bottled in 2016 at 14 years of age for 'the people with Viking Soul'. 

Limited to 648 bottles. 

Hakushu 12 Year Old / 2018 Bottling

Suntory's other excellent distillery which is often overlooked for Yamazaki. This age statement was discontinued as of June 2018

Set to become a rarity, this is one of the 2018 bottlings in the short-lived redesign of the packaging.

Highland Park 2004 Single Cask 13 Year Old #4303 / Taiwan Duty Free

A 13 year old Highland Park, matured in a refill butt #4303 before being bottled in 20117 for Taiwan Duty Free. 

One of 624 bottles. 

Highland Park 2002 Single Cask 14 Year Old #2121 / Swedish Exclusive

A vintage Highland Park, part of their single cask series.

This was distilled in 2002 and bottled at 14 years old from cask #2121, a first fill American Oak sherry butt. 

One of 600 bottles exclusive to the Swedish market.

Highland Park 2002 Single Cask 13 Year Old #6353 / Germany Exclusive

A single cask Highland Park, distilled in 2002 bottled exclusively for the German Market in 2016.

Fully matured for 13 years in a first fill European oak Sherry hogshead.

One of 318 Bottles

Highland Park 2002 Single Cask 14 Year Old #2791 / Heathrow and World of Whiskies

A 14 year old single cask Highland Park, distilled in 2002 and bottled for Heathrow and World of Whiskies in 2017 as part of the distillery's Single Cask series.

Refill Butt #2791

One of 588 Bottles

Hakushu 12 Year Old 75cl / US Import

Suntory's other excellent distillery which is often overlooked for its sister distillery, Yamazaki. This age statement was already difficult to find before Suntory revealed in 2018 that whisky shortages meant they would be discontinuing the expression in June that year.

US Import.

Highland Park 2002 Single Cask 14 Year Old #3429 / Viking Line Batch #2

A 14 year old single cask Highland Park distilled in 2002 and bottled for Viking Line in 2017. This is the second single cask for the Viking Line, following on from a refill butt bottled in 2016.

Bottled from refill hogshead #3429

One of 258 bottles.

Hakushu 12 Year Old 

Suntory's other excellent distillery which is often overlooked for Yamazaki. This age statement was discontinued as of June 2018.

Uitvlugt 1999 Transcontinental Rum Line 17 Year Old / LMDW

Part of the \"Transcontinental Rum Line\" series, this was distilled on the column stills of Uitvlugt distillery in Guyana in 1999. The distillery would close the following year, with many of its stock and many of its stills moved to Diamond.

This was transported to Europe instead, spending only 2 years in the tropics.

This is from a batch of two casks, bottled in 2016 by La Maison du Whisky.

Highland Park 2003 Single Cask 14 Year Old #2118 / Edinburgh Airport and World of Whiskies

A 14 Year Old Single Cask Highland Park, bottled exclusively for Edinburgh Airport and its World of Whiskies store.

Cask #2118 was a refill butt. 

One of 300 Bottles

Highland Park Hillhead​

The final release in Highland Park's 'The Keystones Series' which explores and celebrates the five traditional keystones of production that have remained unchanged for 220 years.

Named after the distillery in Kirkwall, this release explores the impact of cask harmonisation.

The whisky itself consists of three first-fill casks: sherry seasoned European oak, sherry seasoned American oak, and ex-bourbon American oak.

One of only 1200 bottles.

Haig's Gold Label circa 1950s

A fine old example of Haig's Gold Label, bottled with the old spring-cap around the 1950's.

No capacity stated. 

Haig's Gold Label circa 1950s

A fine old example of Haig's Gold Label, bottled with the old spring-cap around the 1950's.

No capacity stated. 

Highland Park 2003 Single Cask 12 Year Old #5886 / Germany Exclusive

A single cask Highland Park, distilled in 2003 and bottled exclusively for the German Market.

Aged 12 years in a first fill European oak sherry butt #5886.

One of 630 Bottles

Highland Park 2006 Single Cask 11 Year Old #3720 / Munich Airport​

Distilled in 2006 and bottled in 2017, this 11 year old Highland Park was matured in single 1st fill European Oak Hogshead #3720.

Munich Airport exclusive, this was one of 324 bottles.

Highland Park 2001 SMWS 15 Year Old 4.234​​

A Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) bottling of Highland Park distilled on 20th August 2001.

'Sundowner dram'

Refill ex-sherry butt.

One of 572 bottles.

Hakushu 12 Year Old 

Suntory's other excellent distillery which is often overlooked for Yamazaki. This age statement was discontinued as of June 2018.

Herradura Blanco Tequila 1 Litre circa 1970s

An old bottle of Mexican Blanco tequila.

Herradura Reposado Tequila circa 1970s

An old bottling of Reposado tequila from Mexico, aged for 11 months.