October 2018 Auction

Canadian Club 1938

An old bottling of Canadian Club carrying a tax strip dating the bottle to 1938.

Tamdhu 1971 Gordon and MacPhail 2013

This Gordon & MacPhail bottling of Tamdhu was distilled in 1971 and bottled in 2013, very impressive at over 40 years old.

This is part of the MacPhail's Collection series and comes gift boxed with a glass.

Caol Ila 1983 Whisky Agency 26 Year Old / Perfect Dram

This Caol Ila was distilled in 1983 and bottled in 2009 by The Whisky Agency as part of their Perfect Dram range. 

Matured in refill sherry wood and limited to 240 bottles. 

Compass Box Double Single 10th Anniversary

In 2003, Tatsuya Minagawa and Duncan Elphick of the Highlander Inn worked with Compass Box for several months to find two single casks - one malt, one grain - that perfectly blended together. The first release of the 'double single' combined a 12 year old single malt from Clynelish with a 15 year old grain whisky from Cambus.  

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Compass Box in 2010, this second release combines 18 year old malt whisky from Glen Elgin with 21 year old grain whisky from Port Dundas. 

One of 876 bottles. 

Craigduff 1973 Signatory Vintage 32 Year Old Cask Strength

A very rare experimental whisky, produced at Strathisla distillery using heavily peated malt.  Occasionally there has been some controversy over the origin of Craigduff and some people have suggested it was actually produced at Glen Keith distillery, wherever it was produced it is extremely rare as only a handful of casks have ever been bottled independently by Signatory Vintage.

Distilled on the 4th April 1973 and bottled on 3rd November  2005, this 32 year old Craigduff was matured exclusively in a sherry butt, cask #2514.

Bottle number 463 of 557.

Thomas H Handy Sazerac Rye 2017 Release

Part of Buffalo Trace's annual antique collection. Bottled at hot 63.6% alcohol, they do get higher ABV than this but it's still impressive!

The 2011 release won Jim Murray's Whisky of the Year! 

Buffalo Trace's Antique Collection celebrates various historic bourbon brands and figures. The Thomas H. Handy rye is named after the company's founder, and features an image of the eponymous Sazerac Coffee House where everything started on the bottle.

Tomintoul 1972 Whisky Agency 39 Year Old / The Perfect Dram

An independent Tomintoul, bottled for The Whisky Agency and their The Perfect Dram series.

Distilled in 1972 and bottled in 2011 after being matured in ex-bourbon wood. 

One of 116 bottles.

Talisker 30 Year Old 2013 Release

Released in 2013, this is a 30 year old Talisker limited to just 3738 bottles.

This is bottle number 2264.

Cabin Still 5 Year Old Bourbon 1.75 Litre 1970s

A copper distilled sour mash, bottled in Kentucky by the legendary Stitzel-Weller distillery.

Bottled in 1978, the brand at this point did not actually contain Stitzel-Weller whiskey. It had done previously, however new owners Somerset Imports had purchased Stitzel-Weller with the express intention of using the Cabin Still brand to sell ageing stock from their other warehouses.

Cabin Still is still available today, produced by Luxco, who had acquired it from Heaven Hill following their purchase of it from the closing Stitzel-Weller in 1992.

Clynelish 1997 Samaroli

Distilled in 1997 at Clynelish distillery in the Highlands of Scotland and bottled by Samaroli in 2016.

Bottle number 160 of only 320 bottles drawn from cask #12358.

Tamnavulin 1967 Sansibar 45 Year Old

This is an independent single cask bottling of Tamnavulin, released by Sansibar in 2012.

Distilled in 1967, this was aged an impressive 45 years.

One of just 182 bottles.

The Royal Household 1970s / James Buchanan

A rare blend from the 1970s, produced by James Buchanan Distillers.

Chartreuse Voiron Green Label 1960s

Originally created in 1605 by monks using a recipe for an elixir of long life. 

This Chartreuse was made in the Voiron production facility in France.

Soffiantino import for the Italian market.

The Royal Household 1940s

A rare blend produced by James Buchanan Distillers, 'by appointment to His Majesty The King'.

Bottled around the 1940s. 

Teaninich 1971 Gordon and MacPhail 15 Year Old​

A 15 year old bottle of Teaninich from the Connoisseurs Choice range by Gordon and MacPhail. Distilled in 1971 when the distillery was ran by R.H.Thomson and Co Ltd.

This particular bottle was specially selected for Semex UK Sales Ltd.

Tomintoul 1967 Sansibar 46 Year Old

An independent single cask bottling of Tomintoul, bottled for Sansibar in 2013.

Distilled in 1967, this is one of 126 bottles. 

Caperdonich 1969 Lonach 38 Year Old

Distilled in 1969 and bottled in 2008, this is from the closed Speyside distillery Caperdonich.

Tomatin 1984 Single Cask 31 Year Old #36504 / Shinanoya

A rich looking Tomatin single cask bottling exclusively fo Japanese Department Store Shinanoya

Single cask #36504 was filled on the 29th June 1984 and aged 31 years before bottling on the 4th February 2016.

Bottle 116 of 682.

Campari Bitter 1950s

A fantastic older bottle of Campari from the 1950s.

Teeling Chestnut Cask Finish / Distillery Exclusive

This is a small batch whiskey was finished in chestnut casks! Crazy.

This exclusive release is only available at Teeling distillery.

Teeling was the first whiskey distillery to open in Dublin for 125 years when it was established in 2015. The distillery bottled its first whiskey in 2018, the liquid in this bottle however would have been produced at their former distillery, Cooley.

Timorous Beastie 40 Year Old

A very well-aged Highland blended malt, bottled at natural cask strength.

Produced by Douglas Laing and Co Ltd.

This is one of 1080 bottles. 

Chita 2009 SMWS 4 Year Old G13.1

A very rare bottling from this relatively unknown and young Japanese grain distillery owned by Suntory.  This is one of only handful ever to be bottled and has been received with great acclaim.

Distilled in October 2009 and bottled 4 years later by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Titled - 'A Complete Revelation'

One of 622 bottles.

Caroni 1997 Creative Whisky Co 17 Year Old

A Creative Whisky Co bottling of Caroni, distilled in 1997 and matured in a barrel for 17 years.

Caol Ila Cask Strength / Johnnie Walker Mentoring

Now discontinued this Caol Ila cask strength was a popular part of the Caol Ila range, this rare example was exclusive to those who undertook Johnnie Walker Mentoring within Diageo.

Cadenhead's Old Dumpies Whisky Collection by Ronald A Bouman

A book detailing one of the most iconic ranges of whisky from one of the most iconic independent bottling companies. 

Cascade Kentucky Straight Bourbon 1970s

Cascade bourbon was a brand produced for many years by Schenley , one of the \"big four\" distilling companies to emerge in the US after the repeal of Prohibition, alongside Hiram Walker, Seagram's and National Distillers.

Schenley acquired the Cascade Distilling Company from Geroge Dickel in 1937, who had been forced out of their historic home in Tennessee by its early adoption of Prohibition, and moved their distilling to Kentucky. Schenley did however revive the Tennessee distillery in 1958 after they lost out to Brown-Forman in a bid to buy Jack Daniel's.

This was distilled at the George T. Stagg distillery (known nowadays as Buffalo Trace), and was bottled in 1970 at Schenley's distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

Camus Cognac Baccarat Crystal Decanter 

A rare Camus bottled in a Baccarat crystal decanter. 

Taketsuru 21 Year Old Pure Malt 75cl / US Import

Released by Nikka, this range of blended malts is named after their founder and a key player in the birth of Japanese whisky, Masataka Taketsuru.

Taketsuru 21 year old is highly acclaimed and has received many awards.

Teaninich 1973 Rare Malt 23 Year Old / 57.1%

The Rare Malt Selection is a historic selection of single malt whiskies from operational and lost distilleries that were released by Diageo between 1995 and 2005.

Distilled in 1973 and matured for 23 years. 

Bottle number 2989.

Cadenhead's Old Dumpies Whisky Collection by Ronald A Bouman

A book detailing one of the most iconic ranges of whisky from one of the most iconic independent bottling companies. 

Clynelish 14 Year Old Flora and Fauna / Wooden Box

One of the discontinued famous Flora and Fauna bottlings, Clynelish 14 year old.

Cragganmore 12 Year Old D&J McCallum 1980s

​A bottle of Cragganmore bottled during the 1980s for D&J McCallum Ltd, who used the single malt as a core constituent of their McCallum's Perfection blend.