October 2018 Auction

Johnnie Walker Swing 1956 / Opening of Hill Street Premises

A very special bottling of Johnnie Walker Swing, produced in 1956 to celebrate the opening of famous Hill Street premises in Kilmarnock, which would become home to the brand for over 50 years. Who would have thought that this bottle would last longer than the facility itself.

Named \"Swing\", as the bottle is designed to rock gently back and forth if it so desires.

Please refer to images for condition, this bottle is very old. Whisky Auctioneer Ltd cannot be held liable for any leakage or damage caused whilst this bottle is in transit, including lots sent using Risk Free Shipping.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Gods of Wealth Collection 5 x 1 Litre

The \"Five Gods of Wealth\" in Chinese culture represent wisdom, vision, integrity, fortune, and luck.

Each bottle in this collection depicts a different god, engraved in 18k gold.

Produced to celebrate Lunar New Year, one of only 1000 sets.

Please note there will be a shipping charge for 5 bottles.

Johnnie Walker The Directors Blend 2013

Only ever given to very important Diageo types, meaning this was never available at retail. This means that very few bottles made it to the secondary market and collectors have fought to get hold of this essential part of Walker history.

There were six bottles in the Director's blend range, this is the final bottle and was designed by Claessens, a simple yet elegant and effective design.

In the flavour department the blend is focused on age and succeeds in creating deep rich character, causing whisky expert Dave Broom to claim that it was one of the best whiskies of 2013.

Bottle number 583 of 588.

John Jameson and Son 10 Year Old circa 1930s / J McCabe

A fantastic old bottle of John Jameson & Son Dublin whiskey, distilled at the long closed Bow Street distillery. Amazingly, Jameson was not officially sold by the bottle until after Jameson were amalgamated into the Irish Distillers company in 1966. Under the new ownership, Bow Street then sold its first single bottle of Jameson in 1968, before production of the entire Irish Distillers portfolio was was moved to New Midleton in Cork in 1975, seeing the closure of Bow Street and fellow Dublin distillery, Power's John's Lane in the process.

Pre-Irish Distillers Jameson only sold their whiskey by the cask. Those who procured these casks were then welcome to bottle them using the official John Jameson & Son branding, as is the case with this bottle.

This was bottled by J. McCabe of Main Street in Blackrock, a suburb of Dublin. There is little information about the company, however a wine and spirit merchant called JE McCabe still operates in Northern Ireland today, claiming to have a connection to a family-run business established in 1919; they are potentially the same. A firm called L&E Egan at Arran Quay were advertising this 10 year old Jameson as far back as 1917. The label style however is concurrent with many distributed to Irish merchants in the 1930s. Ireland was in the midst of a bitter trade war with the UK at this point so it is unsurprising that Jameson bearing these labels all have native bottling firms on them. Other examples of these include the persisting presence of L&E Egan, and a neighbouring firm on Dublin's Bachelor's Walk called TW Begge, who were advertising this Jameson 10 year old alongside Bishop-approved \"alter wine\" in publications through the 1930s and 40s.

No capacity or strength stated. 

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Korea Sa Shin Do 75cl / The Casks Edition

A special edition bottle of Johnnie Blue label... the icon of whisky worldwide. 

This Blue Label is bottled in a porcelain decanter that was bottled for the South Korean market. On each of the four sides of the decanter is a depiction of a guardian god from Korean mythology. 

Hyunmu guards the north, The Blue Dragon guards the east, Jujak (a phoenix) guards the south and The White Tiger guards the East.  

Very unusually for Johnnie Walker, this has been bottled at cask strength. 

Jefferson's Presidential Select 18 Year Old Single Barrel / Non-Chill Filtered

Inspired by Thomas Jefferson's curiosity, experimental spirit and good taste.

Jefferson's Presedential Select is produced by Castle Brands, historically from whisky sourced from various distilleries. The company now owns the Kentucky Artisan Distillery in Crestwood and is increasingly warehousing more of its own stock.

This is from barrel #D-51 and, unusually for a bourbon, is non-chill filtered.

Johnnie Walker Odyssey

The very high end of blending is based on the notes of Alexander Walker. 

Composed of three carefully selected single malts that have been married in European oak casks. The cleaver design of the crystal decanter moves along with the motion of the ocean and its 'swing' style box will ensure it cant fall over.

Johnnie Walker Excelsior 75cl

Johnnie Walker Excelsior is an incredibly hard to find Johnnie Walker distilled in 1947 and released at around 50 years old in 1997.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label China to the World Limited Edition 75cl

A limited bottling of Johnnie Walker Blue Label with an exclusive Chinese style artwork depicting various world landmarks.

Jameson Rarest Vintage Reserve 2007 Edition

A very well respected and rare Jameson, including some of their oldest and rarest vintages. Some of which is pot-still whisky matured in a Port Pipe. 

Russian Import

Jameson Rarest Vintage Reserve 2007 Edition

A very well respected and rare Jameson, including some of their oldest and rarest vintages. Some of which is pot-still whisky matured in a Port Pipe. 

Russian Import

Jamaica Rum 1997 Whisky Agency 35 Year Old / The Nectar

A 1997 vintage rum from an unnamed Jamaican distillery, bottled for The Whisky Agency in Germany in collaboration with Belgium's The Nectar.

Bottled in 2012 from a single cask at 35 years old.

One of just 256 bottles.

Johnnie Walker Black Label circa 1944-1947

An old bottling of Johnnie Walker Black Label produced for the Italian market around 1944-1947.

Johnnie Walker Celebrity 1970s

This was a limited release Johnnie Walker from the early 1970s, apparently limited to just over 1000 bottles. 

Presented in the bottle for the rather elegant Johnnie Walker Swing, named as the bottle is designed to rock gently back and forth if it so desires.

There are no measurements for volume or ABV on the bottle.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost and Rare 1st Edition​ / Brora​

A limited release of Johnnie Walker's most premium brand. The Ghost and Rare blends will focus on Scotland's lost and sorely missed distilleries, with this first release built around malt from the legendary Brora. Other \"Ghosts\" rearing their welcome heads from the annals of whisky history is malt from lost Speyside distillery Pittyvaich, and Cambus grain, which closed in 2002 and 1993 respectively.

Given that Brora shut it's doors in 1983, were talking about whisky that was distilled at least 34 years ago!

Speaking of the Ghost and Rare series, master blender Jim Beveridge had the following to say:

“Whiskies from these ghost distilleries are becoming increasingly rare. From our library of irreplaceable casks that we keep exclusively for Johnnie Walker Blue Label, I've chosen a few uniquely full-bodied expressions of these precious malts and grains to let people explore, in a new way, the extraordinary richness found in our pinnacle whisky.”​

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost and Rare 1st Edition​ / Brora​

A limited release of Johnnie Walker's most premium brand. The Ghost and Rare blends will focus on Scotland's lost and sorely missed distilleries, with this first release built around malt from the legendary Brora. Other \"Ghosts\" rearing their welcome heads from the annals of whisky history is malt from lost Speyside distillery Pittyvaich, and Cambus grain, which closed in 2002 and 1993 respectively.

Given that Brora shut it's doors in 1983, were talking about whisky that was distilled at least 34 years ago!

Speaking of the Ghost and Rare series, master blender Jim Beveridge had the following to say:

“Whiskies from these ghost distilleries are becoming increasingly rare. From our library of irreplaceable casks that we keep exclusively for Johnnie Walker Blue Label, I've chosen a few uniquely full-bodied expressions of these precious malts and grains to let people explore, in a new way, the extraordinary richness found in our pinnacle whisky.”​

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost and Rare 1st Edition​ / Brora​

A limited release of Johnnie Walker's most premium brand. The Ghost and Rare blends will focus on Scotland's lost and sorely missed distilleries, with this first release built around malt from the legendary Brora. Other \"Ghosts\" rearing their welcome heads from the annals of whisky history is malt from lost Speyside distillery Pittyvaich, and Cambus grain, which closed in 2002 and 1993 respectively.

Given that Brora shut it's doors in 1983, were talking about whisky that was distilled at least 34 years ago!

Speaking of the Ghost and Rare series, master blender Jim Beveridge had the following to say:

“Whiskies from these ghost distilleries are becoming increasingly rare. From our library of irreplaceable casks that we keep exclusively for Johnnie Walker Blue Label, I've chosen a few uniquely full-bodied expressions of these precious malts and grains to let people explore, in a new way, the extraordinary richness found in our pinnacle whisky.”​

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost and Rare 1st Edition​ / Brora​

A limited release of Johnnie Walker's most premium brand. The Ghost and Rare blends will focus on Scotland's lost and sorely missed distilleries, with this first release built around malt from the legendary Brora. Other \"Ghosts\" rearing their welcome heads from the annals of whisky history is malt from lost Speyside distillery Pittyvaich, and Cambus grain, which closed in 2002 and 1993 respectively.

Given that Brora shut it's doors in 1983, were talking about whisky that was distilled at least 34 years ago!

Speaking of the Ghost and Rare series, master blender Jim Beveridge had the following to say:

“Whiskies from these ghost distilleries are becoming increasingly rare. From our library of irreplaceable casks that we keep exclusively for Johnnie Walker Blue Label, I've chosen a few uniquely full-bodied expressions of these precious malts and grains to let people explore, in a new way, the extraordinary richness found in our pinnacle whisky.”​

Japanese Blended Whisky No.1 21 Year Old That Boutique-y Whisky Company Batch #1

The first batch of Japanese Blended Whisky bottled by That Boutique-y Whisky Company. 

Bottle number 738 of 940. 

Jura 1997 Samaroli 

A single vintage Jura bottled by the well known and respected bottler, Samaroli.

Distilled in 1997 and bottled in 2013 from select casks #9111 and #9112.

Bottled by Samaroli's Scottish-based bottling company Coilltean Ltd.

Bottle 588 of 670.

Joseph Magnus Cognac Cask Bourbon / Prav Saraff Exclusive

Joseph Magnus is is an historic bourbon brand, first established in 1892, and re-established in 2015 by Jimmy Turner, who opened the Jos. A. Magnus distillery in Washington, DC.

Finished in Cognac casks, the liquid has been bottled exclusively from the private barrels of Prav Saraff, generally sourced from MGP in Indiana and matured in the warehouses at Heaven Hill.

Bottle number 5 of only 152 produced.

Janneau 1939 Grande Fine Armagnac

From the producer Janneau, this is a fabulous 1939 vintage Armagnac. 

Johnnie Walker King George V 

Bottled to celebrate the first Royal Warrant being granted to John Walker and Sons Ltd to supply scotch whisky to the British Royal Household in 1934.  Johnnie Walker King George V was designed to replicate Johnnie Walker from this day, some Port Ellen was used in the making of this alongside Cardhu, Royal Lochnagar and some well aged grain whisky.

Presented in a stunning decanter and packaging.

Janneau 50 Year Old Grande Fine Armagnac

Old Armagnac is one of the best kept secrets of the fine spirit world. Without the prestige of it's sibling Cognac, bottles like this slipped under the radar for collectors and most have ended up in the snifters of the those in the know and rarely finding their way to the auction market.

Slumbering half a century in oak before bottling in 1981 we are, quite frankly amazed this has gone so long unopened and now that it has, it almost seems a shame to disturb it. 

Whether for drinking or collecting, this venerable eau de vie - laid down before the WWII - is a fantastic acquisition. 

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Voyager Commemoration 48% / Taipei Exclusive

A very rare special edition Johnnie Walker Blue Label designed in Commemoration of the Voyager Yacht sailing through Asia from September 2012 to March 2013. 

Very unusually for Walker, this has been bottled at a high strength of 48%. 

Johnnie Walker Oldest 75cl

Johnnie Walker Oldest is the original bottling of what we now know as Johnnie Walker Blue Label. These are becoming more and more difficult to find.

The blend contains whiskies aged 15 to 60 years old.

Jura 1988 SMWS 29 Year Old 31.36

A Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottling of Jura, distilled in 1988 and bottled after 29 years.

Previously in an ex-bourbon hogshead, this was finished in a 2nd fill toasted hogshead.

'Greasy margaritas'

One of 240 bottles. 

Johnnie Walker Blue Label New York Limited Edition 75cl / US Import

A limited bottling of Johnnie Walker Blue Label with an exclusive New York design on the bottle and box.

Jura 1976 Harleyford Manor

This Jura was distilled in 1976 for Geoffrey Folley.

75cl. 

Johnnie Walker Miniature Selection x 13

• 5 x Red Label
• 3 x Black Label 12 Year Old
• Pure Malt 15 Year Old
• Gold Label 18 Year Old
• Swing Superior
• Premier
• Blue Label 

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Year of the Monkey 1 Litre

A special release Blue Label for Chinese New Year 2016, Year of the Monkey. 

Travel retail exclusive.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Miami Limited Edition 75cl / US Import

A limited edition bottling of Johnnie Walker Blue Label with an exclusive Miami design on the bottle and box.