October 2018 Auction

Auchroisk 10 Year Old Douglas Laing Premier Barrel

An independently bottled Auchroisk by Douglas Laing, presented in an attractive decanter.

Aged 10 years in a single barrel, one of 367 bottles.

Aultmore 1990 Scottish Castles 16 Year Old / Jack Wieber

An independently bottled Aultmore, distilled in September 1990 aged in single sherry cask #3624

Bottled by Highlands and Islands Scotch Whisky Co. in 2007 as part of their Scottish Castles range.

The cask was specially selected by and bottled for Jack Wieber's Whisky World in Germany.

Amrut Peated Cask Strength

A very heavily peated cask strength release from Amrut, given 92 points by authoritative whisky pundit Jim Murray. 

Islay Single Malt 2007 Creative Whisky Co 10 Year Old / The Whisky Barrel

This mystery Islay single malt was distilled in October 2007.

Bottled at 10 years old by The Creative Whisky Co as part of the Exclusive Malts series.

Refill hogshead #200703 was specially selected for TheWhiskyBarrel.com, and produced 285 bottles.

Aultmore 2007 Whisky Broker 8 Year Old

An Aultmore distilled in March 2007 and bottled in March 2015 by Whisky Broker. Matured in Single sherry butt number 900016.

Bottle number 48 of 127. 

Irish Single Malt 2003 Creative Whisky Co 13 Year Old / The Whisky Barrel 10th Anniversary

This mystery Irish single malt was distilled in December 2003.

Bottled at 13 years old by The Creative Whisky Co as part of the Exclusive Malts series.

Sherry hogshead #200501 was specially selected for the 10th anniversary of TheWhiskyBarrel.com, and produced 180 bottles.

Ichiro's Malt and Grain Limited Edition​

A blended whisky produced by the celebrated Ichiro Akuto. 

Ardbeg Corryvreckan

Ardbeg Corryvreckan is named after the famous whirlpool off the northern tip of Jura.

This expression joined the Ardbeg 10 year old and Uigeadail as an ongoing product, replacing the Airgh Nam Beist. This Ardbeg was matured in predominantly French oak casks and ex-bourbon American oak casks.

I.W. Harper Gold Medal Kentucky Straight Bourbon 1980s

The I.W. prefix in this brand 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. 

This was distilled and bottled at the Bernheim distillery in Louisville in 1989.

United Distillers discontinued the I.W. Harper brand in the US in 1980s, but still exported some bottles like this overseas. The modern iteration of United Distillers, Diageo, revived the brand in 2015.

Aberfeldy 2001 Hand Filled Cask #21444

A single cask Aberfeldy bottled by hand at the distillery. 

Distilled in 2001 and matured in cask #21444. 

Bottled in 2017, this is bottle number 65. 

Arran 1997 Single Cask 20 Year Old #245 / Private Bottling

A private cask of Arran distilled 7th February 1997 then bottled August 2017

Bottled from single cask #245 for Gerilla Whisky.

Irish Single Malt #2 14 Year Old That Boutique-y Whisky Company Batch #1

The second Irish whisk(e)y to be bottled by That Boutique-y Whisky Company.

The label depicts Aeneas Coffey, inventor of the Coffey still being told to \"jog on\" by his native Irishmen. Ireland was the only country not to adopt use of Coffey stills, being understandably quite attached to the traditional pot still method.

One of 357 bottles.

Arran 2002 Private Cask 14 Year Old #546 / Sherry Cask

Distilled on 7th August 2002 and matured in single cask #2002/546 before being bottled on 28th August 2016.

Isle of Arran Distillery is one of the few remaining independent distilleries in Scotland. The Distillery is in the village of Lochranza on the North-West tip of the Isle of Arran.

Bottle 47 of 244.

Aberlour 12 Year Old 1980s​

A rare bottle of 12 year old Aberlour, bottled during the 1980s.

Ramazzotti import for the Italian market.

Irish Single Malt #2 That Boutique-y Whisky Company 14 Year Old Batch #1

The second Irish whisk(e)y to be bottled by That Boutique-y Whisky Company.

The label depicts Aeneas Coffey, inventor of the Coffey still being told to \"jog on\" by his native Irishmen. Ireland was the only country not to adopt use of Coffey stills, being understandably quite attached to the traditional pot still method.

One of 357 bottles.

Auchroisk 10 Year Old Douglas Laing Premier Barrel

An independently bottled Auchroisk by Douglas Laing, presented in an attractive decanter.

Aged 10 years in a single barrel, one of 367 bottles.

Arran 2006 Small Batch Trebbiano Cask / Dutch Exclusive

Small batch release of Arran, distilled in June 2006, wholly matured in Italian Trebbiano white wine casks before bottling in October 2017.

This was released exclusively for the Netherlands.

Arran Small Batch Heavily Peated / Dutch Exclusive

A small batch Arran produced using heavily peated malt and fully matured in ex-bourbon casks.

This was released exclusively for the The Netherlands and is one of 1500 bottles.

Aberlour 1989 Scottish Millennium Celebrations

A special release 10 year old from 1999 to celebrate the turn of the new Millennium.

Bottle number 018 of 345.

Auchentoshan Blood Oak

A Travel Retail exclusive Auchentoshan, aged in a combination of Bourbon and Red Wine casks

Aberlour 18 Year Old 50cl

Originally a French exclusive, this is now widely available.

Arran 2004 Private Cask / Green Welly Stop 50th Anniversary

A single cask Arran, distilled on the 20th September 2004 and bottled on 4th June 2015 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Green Welly Stop. 

Bottle number 263 of 287. 

Ambassador Twenty-Five 25 Year Old Scotch Whisky 1970s / US Import

A 4/5 quart bottling of Ambassador 25 Year old blended Scotch whisky by Taylor and Ferguson. 

Official US import.

Aberlour 18 Year Old 50cl

Originally a French exclusive, this is now widely available.

Aberlour 1990 Dun Eideann 10 Year Old

A 10 year old Aberlour, bottled for Donato in Italy as part of their Dun Eideann range.

Distilled in 1990 and bottled form single cask #3304 in October 2000.

Aberlour A'Bunadh Batch #59 

Aberlour A'Bunadh is produced in the tradition of 19th century single malts from an era when villagers would come to the distillery to collect their dram straight from the cask, often in apothecary bottles obtained from the village chemist. These bottles are the inspiration for the A'Bunadh bottle shape today.

A'bunadh is bottled using only first fill Oloroso sherry butts, this is batch #59 and was released in 2017.

Aberlour A'Bunadh Batch #57

Aberlour A'Bunadh is bottled at cask strength in the tradition of 19th century single malts when villagers would come to the distillery to collect their dram straight from the cask, often in apothecary bottles obtained from the village chemist. These were the inspiration for the A'Bunadh bottle shape today.

A'Bunadh is bottled using only first fill Oloroso sherry butts, this is batch #57 released in 2016.

Aberlour Casg Annamh Batch #1​

The first edition of Aberlour's triple matured Casg Annamh range. 

'Casg Annamh' means 'rare cask' in Gaelic.

Arran 18 Year Old 

This recent release follows the success of Arran's 16 and 17 year old whiskies, released annually prior to this bottle.

Matured in ex-sherry casks and limited to 9,000 bottles.

Amrut Intermediate Sherry 

Amrut have released some amazing whiskies.

This whisky has been matured in a combination of ex-bourbon and virgin oak casks before being matured for a year in Oloroso sherry casks and then finally being finished in bourbon casks again.

Irish Single Malt 7 Year Old Whisky Agency / Bar Salvador 

A mystery Irish single malt, bottled at 7 years old for The Whisky Agency on behalf of Bar Salvador in Tokyo, Japan.

One of 60 bottles.

Islay Single Malt 2008 Cadenhead's 9 Year Old

A small batch Cadenhead's offering from an undisclosed Islay distillery.

Produced from two casks distilled in 2008; a bourbon barrel and a sherry hogshead.

The vatting is 9 years old and was bottled at cask strength in 2018.

One of 330 bottles.