September 2014 Auction

Bowmore 1997 Hand Filled 16 Year Old (2nd Edition)

Available to bottle yourself at Bowmore distillery, this 'hand filled' 2nd edition distilled in 1997 and bottled in 2013.

This is bottle number 382 from single cask #1215from a single sherry cask.

Bowmore 1990 Douglas Laing 21 Year Old

Bottled within Douglas Laing's most prestigous collection this 'Old and Rare' Bowmore was distilled in October 1990 and bottled in September 2012.

234 bottles were released from a single cask.

Lagavulin 16 Year Old White Horse Bottling

A bottling of Ron Swanson and Jonny Depp's favourite, Lagavulin 16 year old, complete with the White Horse on the label making this early 1990's bottle an especially rare version.

Bruichladdich Octomore Comus 4.2 

Peated equally to the Octomore 4.1 release at a massive 167ppm, this was finished in Sauternes casks.  As with the Octomore Orpheus, the Comus has received quite a cult following providing a powerful peaty dram with an elegrant sweet character provided by what is recognised as perhaps the world’s greatest desert wine.   

Only 18,000 bottles were produced.

Polish tax seal.

Banff 1976 Gordon and Macphail

Gordon and Macphail Connoisseur's Choice bottling of Bangg, distilled in 1976 and bottled in 2008, matured in refill sherry casks.

Please note slight creases in box.

Lagavulin 1995 Feis Ile 2013

Lagavulin’s offering to the 2013 Feis Ile, distilled on the 8^th May 1995 and bottled in 2013. Matured for 18 years in a sherry butt personally selected by Iain McArthur.

Bottle number 650 of 3,000

Blair Athol 1975 Rare Malt 27 Year Old

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 1975 and bottled as a 27 year old at 54.7%, this is bottle number 5334.

Please note creases on box.

Bruichladdich 2003 Valinch Still Games 

One of Bruichladdich's many valinches releases, only available at Bruichaddich distillery.  This particular bottling has come to auction as Still Games is returning to our television screens, the characters depicted on this bottle are unlikely to appear in the show.

Distilled on 18th June 2003 and matured exclusively in a Port Cask #546.

This is bottle 27 of 450.

Black and White Pre-1952

A fantastic old bottling of Black & White, by appointment to H.M the King and H.R.H the Prince of Wales, dating this bottling to the pre-1952, to King George VI who reigned between 1936 and 1952.

26 2/3 fluid ounces, no abv is shown.

Please note the fill level at mid-shoulder and staining.

Bruichladdich 1992 XX Nostalgia Feis Ile 2012 (Signed and Including T-Shirt)

Available only at Bruichladdich distillery during Feis Ile 2012, this was distilled on 12th February 1992.

Four casks, 015, 031, 035 and 040 were combined into ex Angelo Gaja Barolo casks from Spress Vineyard rotation 07/006.

Lochside 1991 Gordon and Macphail 

Lochside distilled in September 1991 and bottled by Gordon and Macphail in April 2011.

Matured in refill bourbon barrels.

Bruichladdich Black Art 1989 22 Year Old (3rd Edition)

The second Black Art release, distilled in 1989 and bottled as a 22 year old.

Matured in wide variety of American and European oak wines casks, now an annual release within Bruichladdich's core range.

Benrinnes 15 Year Old Flora and Fauna (Wooden Box)

One of the surviving Flora and Fauna, the Benrinnes 15 year old presented in a wooden box, which has been discontinued for some years.  

Distillerys Company Ltd (DCL/Diageo) created the Flora and Fauna series in the early 1990s, when DCL sold the distillery to Inverhouse distillers this bottle was discontinued.

Bruichladdich Black Art 1989 22 Year Old (3rd Edition)

The second Black Art release, distilled in 1989 and bottled as a 22 year old.

Matured in wide variety of American and European oak wines casks, now an annual release within Bruichladdich's core range.

Balvenie 1980 15 Year Old Single Barrel

An older edition of Balvenie's classic single barrel series, a 15 year old single malt which is drawn from a single traditional oak whisky cask of a single distillation. While every cask is subtly different, The Balvenie Malt Master has selected only casks which have the essential characteristics of The Balvenie Single Barrel.

Distilled on 8th September 1980 and bottled from cask # 11964 on the 4th October 1995, this is bottle number 70.

Please note rusty lid.

Balvenie 10 Year Old Founders Reserve

The iconic long discontinued cognac shaped bottle of Balvenie Founder's Reserve.

Bowmore 1997 Feis Ile 2012 15 Year Old 

Bowmore's offering at Feis Ile 2012, which had sold out before the 'official' Bowmore day....tututut!

A 15 year old whisky was chosen, limited to 750 bottles, bottle number 665.

Bruichladdich Octomore 6.2 (Travel Retail Exclusive)

Aged for 5 years in true Octomore fashion, the latest travel retail exclusive was finished in Limousin Oak which previously held 'one of the world's great Eaux de Vie'.  

18,000 bottles produced and bottled at 58.2%

Balvenie 21 Year Old Port Wood (US Import) 75cl

The 21 year old Balvenie Port Wood is a well known core range product from Balvenie.

The whisky has received an additional period of maturation of 30 months in traditional Port pipes.

Presented in the recent box.

75cl

Lagavulin Distillery Exclusive 2010

Originally only available at Lagavulin distillery, rumoured to have been produced by whisky originally intended for the Distiller's Edition.

Bowmore Legend (Devil Visits Bowmore Church)

An older style label from this classic Islay malt, released in 1996.

This limited edition release of Bowmore legend carries an artists illustration of the legend depicted on the rear of the bottle, a legend of romance and the Devil visiting Bowmore church in 1837.

Bowmore 1992 Bordeaux Wine Cask 16 Year Old

A vintage cask strength Bowmore distilled in 1992 and bottled in 2008.

Initially matured in bourbon casks before being finished in Bordeaux wine casks.

Limited to 18,000 bottles.

Polish tax seal.

Loch Dhu 10 Year Old

Still in high demand the black whisky, distilled at Mannochmore distillery has become increasingly harder to find.

Benrinnes 1974 Adelphi 22 Year Old

An Adelphi bottling of Benrinnes, distilled in 1974 and bottled in 1996 at cask strength as a 22 year old.

Bruichladdich Octomore Scottish Barley 6.1

Octomore 6.1 peated to the highest ever peating level of 167 ppm  and aged for 5 years.

Blair Athol 18 Year Old Bicentenary

A rare 18 year old Blair Athol, bottled in 1998 at cask strength to mark the Bicentenary of Blair Athol distillery.

This is bottle number 266.

Laphroaig Cairdeas Feis Ile 2014 

The Cairdeas for 2014 is a Laphroaig that has been double matured first in \"first fill\" ex-bourbon casks then in Amontillado hogsheads for one year.

Bowmore Springtide

The premium offering from Bowmore for the travel retail market. 

Cask strength and matured predominantly in first fill Oloroso sherry casks.

Littlemill 8 Year Old

An official bottling of Littlemill 8 Year Old in the dumpy green bottle and yellow box and label.

Laphroaig Cairdeas Port Wood Finish 

Released during the Feis Ile 2013, the latest edition of Laphroaig Cairdeas was matured in bourbon casks for 8 years prior to being finished in port pipes for 14 months.

Linkwood 12 Year Old Manager's Dram 1999

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.

A 12 year old Linkwood, matured in refill sherry casks chosen by distillery manager Harry Fox bottled on 1st December 1999.

Bottle number 0661.

Linkwood 25 Year Old Gordon and Macphail

A 25 year old linkwood bottled by Gordon and Macphail.