October 2018 Auction

Jim Beam Straight Rye

Beam is the 6th best selling Whisky brand in the world, this is a Rye Whiskey. Worth trying! 

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Rye

A single barrel release rye whiskey of one of the largest selling brands in the world.

Drawn from barrel #16-5357 in 2016.

Ryssen Crean 40 Rum 1950s/1960s

A large bottle of Rum bottled and distributed by Ryssen in the 1950s or 1960s.

Johnnie Walker Black Label 1970s

An older bottling of Johnnie Walker Black Label, bottled at some point in the 1970s.

Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve

The replacement to the 18 year old Gold Label.

Jim Beam Signature Craft 12 Year Old

This small batch 12 year old is a permanent fixture of Jim Beam's Signature Craft range, which includes a series of limited releases.

Johnnie Walker Swing 1980s

An old edition of Johnnie Walker Swing, named after the way the bottle pleasingly rocks back and forth. 

Ron Pujol 1960s

An old bottle of rum from Pujol y Grau in Barcalona 

Bottled around the 1960s.

There is no indication of volume or strength but the bottle.

Jim Beam Signature Craft 12 Year Old

This small batch 12 year old is a permanent fixture of Jim Beam's Signature Craft range, which includes a series of limited releases.

Royal Spot Blended Whisky 1960s

An old and unusual blend produced by Scott, Roger & Nixon circa 1960s.

There is no measurement for bottle size or alcohol strength.

Johnnie Walker Red Label 1970s

An older style bottling of Johnnie Walker Red Label.

Bottled in the early 1970s.

J&B Royal Ages 15 Year Old De Luxe 1970s / US Import

A very rare and unusual blend produced by Justerini and Brooks during the late 1970s.

Imported to the US market by the Paddington Coproration, NY.

Red Hackle Scotch Whisky 1960s

Named after the red feather that adorns the hats of the Scottish military unit The Black Watch. 

This blend was produced by Hepburn & Ross of Glasgow.  Established in 1920 by Charles Hepburn (who served with the Black Watch) and Herbert Ross, both veterans of the First World War. The company had a policy of hiring ex-military and became popular with military bases during the Second World War.

The brand disappeared from shelves in the 1980s during the end of the golden blending age.

This is a 1960s Italian import.

Royal Danish Navy Rum

A bottle of rum produce by A. H. Riise 

Johnnie Walker Red Label 1970s

An older style bottling of Johnnie Walker Red Label.

Bottled in the early 1970s.

There is no ABV or size measuremtn on this Duty Free bottle.

Royal Lochnagar 12 Year Old

Perhaps surprisingly, Royal Lochnagar is a small distillery once famous for its contribution to VAT 69.

Now production predominantly goes towards the single malt market.  

Queen Victoria famously visited the distillery granting the Royal status.

John Hamilton Kentucky Straight Whiskey

An 2000 bottling of John Hamilton, bottled by Heaven Hill at their new home at Bernheim distillery. At 4 years old this will either contain some of the last whiskey distilled at Heaven Hill's Bardstown site before it was burned down, or some of the bourbon they produced on the Brown For-man and Jim Beam stills they rented between then and 1999.

Japanese import.

Red Tape The Whisky 1980s

Red Tape, the bureaucratic Scotch whisky.

This bottle is likely from the 1970s or 1980s.

Johnnie Walker Red Label 1970s

An older style bottling of Johnnie Walker Red Label.

Bottled in the early 1970s.

Johnnie Walker Red Label 1970s

An older style bottling of Johnnie Walker Red Label.

Bottled in the early 1970s.

Johnnie Walker Red Label 1970s

An older style bottling of Johnnie Walker Red Label.

Bottled in the early 1970s.

Johnnie Walker Black Label 1 Litre

A nicely presented release of Johnnie Walker's smoky 12 year old expression, the Black Label.

Remy Martin VSOP Cognac

The benchmark VSOP cognac in the world, created from spirit matured between 4 and 12 years.

Rutherford's 100 Single Malt Blend Decanter / Queen Mother 100th Birthday

Rutherford's specialised releasing blended whisky in stylish decanters, like this one.

This is a special blend of 100 single malts to commemorate the 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother in August 2000.

Decanter 96 of 100.

Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon 1980s

An old bottling of Jim Bean from the 1980's.

Jim Beam is one of the most recognised brands in American whiskey history, and continues to produce to this day at their historic Clermont site in Kentucky.

Italian import.

Jura 10 Year Old 1990s / with Miniature 5cl

An old bottling of Isle of Jura 10 year old depicting a map of Jura on the label, from the early 1990's.

The box advertises a competition with a closing date in July 1993, dating this bottle to roughly on or before this point.

Lot includes a matching miniature.

Johnnie Walker Red Label 70cl & 20cl

One standard and one 20cl bottle of Johnnie Walker Red Label. 

Jura Superstition 1 Litre 

An older release of the popular, lightly peated malt whisky from Isle of Jura distillery.

Johnnie Walker Green Label 15 Year Old

Johnnie Walker Green Label is a great example of a blended (vatted) malt produced by Diageo.

Robbie Burns Famed Old Scotch 1970s ​

A uniquely Scottish blend produced in the 1970s for the export market by R.H. Thomson & Co.

Jura 10 Year Old Origin

One of the many iterations of Jura 10 year old that we have seen over the years. 

Ron Grand Blason Anejo Especial 1980s

An Anejo Especial rum produced in Mexico in the 1980s by Canadian distilling giants, Seagram's.

Italian import.