October 2018 Auction

Parker's Heritage Collection 13 Year Old Wheat Whiskey​ / Original Batch

The Parker's Heritage Collection from Heaven Hill is always highly anticipated and this Wheat Whiskey, released in 2013 and the 8th bottling in the collection, is no different.

Bottled at cask strength, this contains whiskey from the original Bernheim Wheat Whiskey casks filled back in 2000, the year after Heaven Hill took over the distillery. At the time, this 'Original Batch Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey' was the first new style of American Whiskey produced since prohibition.

Invergordon 1964 Adelphi 41 Year Old 

If you haven't heard, old grain whisky can be fantastic!  This very well aged single cask #57637 release from Invergordon distillery was distilled in 1964 and bottled in 2005. 

Only 105 bottles of this cask strength 41 year old whisky was released.

Inchgower 1975 Sansibar 38 Year Old

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

Distilled in 1975, this is one of 186 bottles. 

Irish Single Malt 1991 Whisky Agency 24 Year Old / Formosa Whisky Society

This Irish single malt was distilled in 1991 and bottled by The Whisky Agency in 2015. 

Bottled exclusively for the 1st anniversary of the Formosa Whisky Society.

One of 143 bottles. 

Port Charlotte 2001 Cask Strength 5 Year Old PC5

Port Charlotte is a heavily peated spirit produced by Bruichladdich in remembrance and hope for a long lost distillery at Port Charlotte on Islay, which closed in 1929. 

Matured in both bourbon and sherry casks, this 5 year old spirit was bottled in 2006 and limited to 6038 bottles. This is bottle number 3605.

Pittyvaich 12 Year Old Flora and Fauna

An official 12 year old bottling from this now lost distillery.

Presented in a wooden box.

Irish Single Malt 1991 Whisky Agency 24 Year Old / Komplex

Distilled in 1991 and matured for 24 years before being bottled in 2015 for The Whisky Agency in collaboration with Komplex Whisky, Sweden.

One of only 157 bottles. 

Irish Single Malt 1991 Whisky Agency 24 Year Old

This Irish single malt was distilled in 1991 and bottled by The Whisky Agency in 2015. 

One of 157 bottles. 

I.W. Harper Carboy Bottle circa 1880s

The I.W. prefix in this whiskey's name derives from Isaac Wolfe Bernheim, who founded the brand. With his brother he helped establish Louisville in Kentucky as a centre for Bourbon production. Sadly, he felt Harper was a more marketable name than his own to apply to the bottles. 

Despite having been taxed in the US at some point in the 1930s or 1940s, this is certainly much older than that. An I.W. Harper promotional poster used by then-owners of the brand, Schenley in 1963, dated the use of this bottle to the 1880s. It is known as a 'Carboy,' a type of wicker-clad demijohn which took its name from the Persian word qarābah, meaning \"big jug.\"

The Bernheim brothers were whisky \"rectifiers\" at this point in time. This means that they did not actually distil whisky themselves, but produced it by blending barrels they had procured with grain neutral spirits and often flavourings. The profitability of this provoked much ire from legitimate distillers, and the Bottled in Bond act of 1897, spearheaded by EH Taylor Jr eventually put an end to the practice. The Bernheim's and other rectifiers like WL Weller and Sons would go on to become some of Kentucky's greatest producers of bourbon, despite their opposition to the bill.

In the days of the rectifying business, the 'whiskey' was kept in barrel in shops, and customers could bring anything from a small cup, to a larger jug such as this to be filled. The Bernheim brothers were a professional outfit with an early eye for strong branding, and they likely produced these reusable bottles for their clients.

As a result of this, it is impossible to ascertain what is in this bottle, or if it is even whiskey. As such this is offered at auction as a collectible item only. We refer to I.W. Harper only by the inscription on the glass, and it should be recognised that we are in no way describing the contents as such.

Port Charlotte 2001 Cask Strength 5 Year Old PC5 75cl / US Import

Port Charlotte is a heavily-peated spirit produced by Bruichladdich in remembrance of a long lost distillery in the town of the same name on Islay, which closed in 1929. 

Matured in both bourbon and sherry casks, this 5 year old spirit was bottled in 2006 and limited to 6038 bottles. This is bottle number 5776.

Invergordon 1973 Whisky Broker 43 Year Old

An independent bottling of Invergordon grain whisky from Whisky Broker.

Distilled 1973 and bottled 2016 from a Bourbon barrel.

Preston's Jameson 10 Year Old Half Bottle 1960s

​Bottled before Grants of Ireland took over Preston's in 1964, this whisky was distilled at the John Jameson distillery on Bow Street, Dublin.

Invergordon 1972 Whisky Agency 43 Year Old / L'Atelier Fantasia

An independent single grain bottling from Invergordon distillery. Distilled in 1972 and matured for 43 years in a refill barrel.

Bottled in 2016 by the Whisky Agency on behalf of L'Atelier Fantasia.

One of 108 bottles.

Invergordon 1972 Grainman 45 Year Old

Old Invergordon can be incredible, this Grainman bottling is 45 years of age.

Distilled December 1972 and matured a single bourbon barrel #13000018 before bottling January 2018.

One of 267 bottles.

Invergordon 1973 Whisky Agency 42 Year Old / Birthdays United

An independent bottling of Invergordon grain whisky from Whisky Agency.

Distilled 1973 and bottled 2016 from a single hogshead.

Selected for Birthdays United

Pittyvaich 1989 Cask Strength 25 Year Old

An official 25 year old bottling from this now lost distillery... and front runner for shortest lived Speyside distillery. 

This was distilled in 1989, just 4 years before the distillery closed down. It was matured for 25 years in a combination of refill American oak hogsheads and first fill ex-bourbon barrels.

Bottle number 274 of 5922. 

Parker's Heritage Collection Curacao Barrel Finished Straight Bourbon

The Parker's Heritage Collection from Heaven Hill is always highly anticipated. This is the twelfth edition, released in 2018, and is the second barrel finish bottling in the series.

For this release, Heaven Hill partnered up with cognac Master Blender, Alain Royer. The bourbon is a dumping of barrels aged 7 to 8 years in the upper floors of Rickhouse Q, which were finished for 4 months in barrels that had previously held Curacao, a French orange liqueur.

Imperial 1996 Gordon and MacPhail

Distilled in 1996 and bottled by Gordon and MacPhail in 2015.

Mothballed in 1998, Imperial distillery has been completely demolished and is becoming increasingly sought after. 

Irish Single Malt 2001 Whisky Agency 15 Year Old / The Perfect Dram

A mystery Irish single malt, distilled in 2001 and bottled for The Whisky Agency's The Perfect Dram series.

Aged 15 years and bottled in 2016.

One of 168 bottles, all labelled with one of Czech art nouveau artist, Alphonse Mucha's famous lady portraits.

Inchgower 13 Year Old Manager's Dram 2007

The Manager’s Dram series of whiskies were bottled exclusively for employees of what is now known as Diageo.  These whiskies were selected by the respective distillery managers within Diageo malt distilling and bottled at natural cask strength.

This 13 year old Inchgower was chosen by distillery manager Ian Breen, bottled on June 2007.

Bottle number 1011. 

Imperial 1995 Gordon and MacPhail

Distilled in 1995 and bottled in 2014 by Gordon and MacPhail.

Mothballed in 1998, Imperial distillery has been completely demolished and is becoming increasingly sought after. 

Pittyvaich 1990 Douglas Laing 18 Year Old

An independently bottle Pittyvaich, distilled in June 1990 and bottled in January 2009.

703 bottles were yielded from this single sherry butt.

Pittyvaich is a closed Speyside distillery and has been gaining credit amongst collectors looking for the next big thing. 

Perth Royal Export Strength circa 1960s

Originally blended in the 1890s for an executive Scottish club, This blend was created by the same people who made Famous Grouse. 

This export strength bottle is from around the 1960s. 

There is no measurment on the bottle but it is full sized 

Pittyvaich 1990 Douglas Laing 15 Year Old

An independently bottle Pittyvaich, distilled in October 1990 and bottled in January 2006.

340 bottles were yielded from this refill hogshead

Pittyvaich is a closed Speyside distillery and has been gaining credit amongst collectors looking for the next big thing. 

Irish Single Malt 2001 Whisky Agency 15 Year Old / The Perfect Dram

A mystery Irish single malt, distilled in 2001 and bottled for The Whisky Agency's The Perfect Dram series.

Aged 15 years and bottled in 2016.

One of 168 bottles, all labelled with one of Czech art nouveau artist, Alphonse Mucha's famous lady portraits.

Imperial 1970 Gordon and MacPhail 1980s

Mothballed in 1998, Imperial distillery has been completely demolished and is becoming increasingly sought after.

This example was distilled in 1970 and bottled in the late 1980s by Gordon & MaPhail.

Invergordon 43 Year Old That Boutique-y Whisky Company Batch #5

The label depicts the Coffey still... or coffee still! 

This single grain whisky was bottled at a whopping 43 years old.

Bottle number 103 of 528. 

Pittyvaich 12 Year Old Flora and Fauna

An official 12 year old bottling from this now lost distillery.

Inchgower 12 Year Old De Luxe 1970s

A de luxe highland malt from The House of Bells. 

Imperial 1995 Signatory Vintage 20 Year Old Cask Strength

This closed Speyside is gaining a lot of attention!

Distilled on 18th September 1995 and bottled 7th October 2015. 

Matured in hogsheads #50224 and #50225. 

Bottle number 73 of 447. 

Port Charlotte 2005 Islay House / Feis Ile 2016

A very limited single cask bottling of Port Charlotte.

Distilled on the 10th of December 2005 and bottled 10 years later from single French oak cask.

Bottle number 24 of 300. 

Preston's Jameson 10 Year Old Half Bottle 1960s

​Bottled before Grants of Ireland took over Preston's in 1964, this whisky was distilled at the John Jameson distillery on Bow Street, Dublin.