October 2018 Auction

Craigellachie 23 Year Old

Released in 2014. this entire range has raised many people's opinion of this relatively unknown Speyside distillery.

Compass Box This Is Not A Luxury Whisky 

Inspired by René Magritte's 1929 surrealist painting 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe'. ... This is not a pipe. 

Bottled in July 2015, this is one of 4992 bottles. 

Dictador Best of 1972 Limited Release

An amazing vintage Columbian Rum from Dictador, distilled in 1972.

Dictador rum is named after Severo Arango y Ferro, nicknamed \"El Dictador,\" who oversaw trade between Spain and its colonies in the 18th century. The company was founded by one of his descendants.

Bottle number 66 of 300.

Dictador Best of 1977 Limited Release 40 Year Old

An amazing vintage Columbian Rum from Dictador, distilled in 1977 and bottled 40 years later.

Dictador rum is named after Severo Arango y Ferro, nicknamed \"El Dictador,\" who oversaw trade between Spain and its colonies in the 18th century. The company was founded by one of his descendants.

Bottle number 125 of 300.

Listing Corrected due to error on 16/11/2018 SXM

Chivas Royal Salute 21 Year Old Special Batch / Beach Polo Edition

A 21 year old blended Scotch from Chivas Brothers. This is the classic Royal Salute, an special batch edition with a Beach Polo theme.

Dictador Best of 1978 Limited Release 37 Year Old

An amazing vintage Columbian Rum from Dictador, distilled in 1978 and matured for over 37 years.

Dictador rum is named after Severo Arango y Ferro, nicknamed \"El Dictador,\" who oversaw trade between Spain and its colonies in the 18th century. The company was founded by one of his descendants.

Bottle number 225 of only 354.

Caol Ila 1992 SMWS 11 Year Old 53.76

\"Barbequed pork ribs and caracole dog biscuit\" is an 11 year old Caol Ila distilled in February 1993 and bottled 11 years later in March 2004. 

Cooley 1992 Cadenhead's 26 Year Old

A single cask Irish single malt whiskey from Cooley distillery, bottled by Cadenhead's.

Distilled in 1992, this 26 year old was aged in a single bourbon barrel in 2018.

One of 186 bottles.

Dailuaine 1988 Whisky Agency 27 Year Old / Jonesky Limited

An independent bottling from Dailuaine distillery, produced in 2016 for the The Whisky Agency in collaboration with The Drunken Master Bar and Jonesky Limited.

Distilled in 1988 and bottled from a single hogshead after 27 years.

One of 251 bottles.

Dalmore Daniel Boulud / US Exclusive

An exclusive release for the US market which had Richard Paterson assisted by Michelin starred chef, Daniel Boulud.

A marriage of whisky matured in Muscatel, Madeira and Port casks. 

One of only 1000 bottles. 

Demerara Rum 1998 Samaroli Single Cask

A Guyanese rum, matured in Scotland and bottled from selected cask #73 in 2009.

Although Guyana has only had one distillery since 2000, Diamond, there were several in production in 1988 when this was distilled.

Bottle number 2 of 250.

Clynelish 1996 Signatory Vintage 18 Year Old Cask Strength / TWE 

Distilled on the 28th of June 1996 and aged for 18 years in refill sherry butt #6509, a cask hand picked by The Whisky Exchange.

Bottled 8th April 2015, one of 606 bottles. 

Clynelish 1995 Douglas Laing 21 Year Old / XOP

A Douglas Laing bottling of Clynelish, distilled in October 1995 and bottled in September 2017 as part of their XOP range. 

Matured in a refill hogshead, this is one of 265 bottles.

Dallas Dhu 1977 Signatory Vintage 22 Year Old

A single cask Dallas Dhu bottled by the renowned independent bottlers, Signatory Vintage.

Distilled on 20th May 1977 and bottled on 25th February 2000.

Single cask #1122 yielded 352 bottles, of which this is bottle number 44. 

Dalmore Daniel Boulud / US Exclusive

An exclusive release for the US market which had Richard Paterson assisted by Michelin starred chef, Daniel Boulud.

A marriage of whisky matured in Muscatel, Madeira and Port casks. 

Charpentier 30 Year Old Cadenhead's Cognac

A 50 year old Cognac distilled at Distillerie Charpentier. This is not a widely known name outside of the Cognac world, but Charpentier are a long-running, high quality producer, and source of some of the best bottlings around.

One of only 222 bottles drawn from a single cask in 2017, Cadenhead's 175th anniversary year.

Dalmore Daniel Boulud / US Exclusive

An exclusive release for the US market which had Richard Paterson assisted by Michelin starred chef, Daniel Boulud.

A marriage of whisky matured in Muscatel, maderia and port casks. 

Daftmill 2006 Summer Batch Release

Daftmill was granted a license to begin producing spirit in 2005, and had not bottled a single drop of that first distillate until 2018 when it produced just 629 bottles of its inaugural release.

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. 

This is the distillery's second ever offering, a 2006 single vintage bottling of 9 casks. The chariot barley used was harvested on the farm's Dam Park and Curling Pond fields on 31st August 2004. It was malted in Fife by Robert Kilgour & Co, some the last before their business closed.

The casks matured for nearly 12 years in ex-bourbon casks from Heaven Hill Bernheim distillery in Louisville, Kentucky.

One of 1665 bottles. 

Caol Ila 1997 Sansibar 18 Year Old / Spirts Shop' Selection

An independent bottling of single malt whisky from Islay distillery, Caol Ila.

Distilled in 1997, this was selected by and jointly bottled for Sansibar in Germany and Spirits Shop' Selection in Taiwan, at 18 years old.

One of only 599 bottles drawn from a sherry butt in 2015.

Chichibu Ichiro's Malt On The Way 2015 Release

Ichiro Akuto's Chichibu distillery has be producing malts for a while now, this was released in 2015 and is made from various vintages comprising 2008 onwards.

All matured in bourbon casks and then finished in Mizunara. 

One of of 10,700 bottles.

Dewar's 25 Year Old Signature / Royal Brackla Casks

A well-aged blend from Dewar's, rested for 25 years in ex-Royal Brackla casks.

Dingle Irish Single Malt Small Batch No. 2 / Bourbon and Sherry Casks

Dingle whisky distillery opened in Ireland in 2012. This is the second triple distilled small batch release, produced entirely from single malt.

Matured in Bourbon, Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez casks.

This is bottle number 5804. 

Daftmill 2006 Summer Batch Release

Daftmill was granted a license to begin producing spirit in 2005, and had not bottled a single drop of that first distillate until 2018 when it produced just 629 bottles of its inaugural release.

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. 

This is the distillery's second ever offering, a 2006 single vintage bottling of 9 casks. The chariot barley used was harvested on the farm's Dam Park and Curling Pond fields on 31st August 2004. It was malted in Fife by Robert Kilgour & Co, some the last before their business closed.

The casks matured for nearly 12 years in ex-bourbon casks from Heaven Hill Bernheim distillery in Louisville, Kentucky.

One of 1665 bottles. 

Dingle Irish Single Malt Small Batch No. 2 / Bourbon and Sherry Casks

Dingle whisky distillery opened in Ireland in 2012. This is the second triple distilled small batch release, produced entirely from single malt.

Matured in Bourbon, Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez casks.

Camus Napoleon Extra Cognac Decanter / Moscow Olympics 1980

Camus is a well established Cognac brand that carries history back to 1863 when Jean-Baptiste Camus founded a group of Cognac producers under the banner 'La Grande Marque'.  

This is a limited edition version of their Limoges porcelain decanters, bottled to commemorate the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.

There are no markings for volume or strength on the bottle but it is approximately 70cl.

Chichibu Ichiro's Malt IPA Barrel Finished / 2017

A larger release of IPA Cask finish Chichibu, following on from the highly popular single cask #3867 version 

Matured in a bourbon barrel before finished in an IPA barrel.

One of 6700 bottles.

Daftmill 2006 Summer Batch Release

Daftmill was granted a license to begin producing spirit in 2005, and had not bottled a single drop of that first distillate until 2018 when it produced just 629 bottles of its inaugural release.

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. 

This is the distillery's second ever offering, a 2006 single vintage bottling of 9 casks. The chariot barley used was harvested on the farm's Dam Park and Curling Pond fields on 31st August 2004. It was malted in Fife by Robert Kilgour & Co, some the last before their business closed.

The casks matured for nearly 12 years in ex-bourbon casks from Heaven Hill Bernheim distillery in Louisville, Kentucky.

One of 1665 bottles. 

Daftmill 2006 Summer Batch Release

Daftmill was granted a license to begin producing spirit in 2005, and had not bottled a single drop of that first distillate until 2018 when it produced just 629 bottles of its inaugural release.

Daftmill is a farm distillery, owned and run by the Cuthbert family, who grow all of the barley used in their whisky on-site. The distillery is only operational during the farm's quiet periods in mid-summer and mid-winter, sometimes producing as few as 100 casks per year. 

This is the distillery's second ever offering, a 2006 single vintage bottling of 9 casks. The chariot barley used was harvested on the farm's Dam Park and Curling Pond fields on 31st August 2004. It was malted in Fife by Robert Kilgour & Co, some the last before their business closed.

The casks matured for nearly 12 years in ex-bourbon casks from Heaven Hill Bernheim distillery in Louisville, Kentucky.

One of 1665 bottles. 

Caledonian 29 Year Old That Boutique-y Whisky Company Batch #2

This is a 29 year old single grain from Caledonian distillery, which was based in Edinburgh and closed in 1988.

Bottled by That Boutique-y Whisky Company, the label bears a lovely depiction of Edinburgh. 

Bottle number 255 of 310. 

Camus Special Reserve 35cl / Porcelain Egg Decanter

Camus is a well established Cognac brand that carries history back to 1863 when Jean-Baptiste Camus founded a group of Cognac producers under the banner 'La Grande Marque'.

This bottling is presented in a Limoges Castel decanter shaped like an egg.

Gilded with 22k gold.

Compass Box Gold Standard 75cl / Binny's 70th Anniversary

Binny's Beverage Depot is the American mid-west's largest wine, spirits and beer superstore. For their 70th anniversary, Compass box produced this blend named after Binny's original name, \"Gold Standard\". 

The liquid contains 15% old grain, along with American Oak, French oak and sherry matured highland single malts and 6% heavily peated Islay malt. 

One of only 895 bottles. 

Cadenhead Creations 36 Year Old Rich Fruity Sherry Batch #2

Cadenhead's have been producing a number of these well-aged blends lately, this Rich Fruity Sherry whisky is an astonishing 36 years of age!

This \"Red Stripe\" 2nd Batch release takes pride of place well above the previous 20 year old release.