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Macallan’s 18 Year Old Sherry Oak is a much-loved release from the Speyside distillery, matured in specially selected sherry-seasoned casks from Jerez, Spain. This particular instalment in the range (the 2018 edition) is the first to feature the new bottle design, inspired by the Macallan Rare Cask bottling.
The Royal Salute 32 Year Old Union of the Crowns is unfortunately a limited release from Chivas Brothers, because this blended Scotch makes one heck of an interesting dram. This unique edition, launched originally for the Travel Retail market, salutes (ahem) the moment King James VI fused three kingdoms to create the modern British Monarchy in 1603.
A truly special blend, whisky from distilleries long-since closed like Caperdonich and Lochside are combined with distinctive offerings chosen to balance a complex taste; such as the fruity character of Glen Keith, the creamy texture of Longmorn; the sweet notes of Tormore and the rich qualities of Braeval.
For all that effort to blend this Scotch, you better believe the Chivas Brothers didn’t skimp on presentation. This stylish and sophisticated porcelain flagon was crafted from purest clay, water and tempered fire. The real treat, however, comes from the secret firing process that ensures that each bottle stands utterly individual, because every flagon is glazed with a completely singular patina. Very much a chance to make the Royal Salute 32 Year Old Union of the Crowns truly all your own.
This royal offering is sure to appeal to whisky aficionados in search of a rare treat, so make sure you’re one of them!
An exciting annual release from The Macallan, the Classic Cut 2018 Release was matured exclusively in hand-picked oloroso sherry oak casks from Jerez, Spain, before being bottled at 51.2%
Distillery Macallan
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Limited 2018 Edition
Bottled 2018
Cask type Sherry Seasoned Oak Cask from Jerez
Number of bottles 90000
Strength 51.2 %
Vol.Size 700 ml 750 ml
Glengoyne Spirit of Time 26 Year Old Oloroso Casks
This limited edition matured 26 years in Oloroso casks ot be filled into just 1.400 bottles.
More than a quarter century spent entirely in Oloroso casks gives this 26 year old Travel Retail exclusive extraordinary depth and complexity. Rich complex flavours from the slowest stills in Scotland, matured in the finest casks and Unhurried since 1833, we control the entire six year journey our oloroso sherry casks take from oak forest to highland distillery.
Brown sugar, dark chocolate and a hint of vanilla with an endlessly warm finish bursting with rich sherry notes. Matured in our slowly crafted sherry oak casks for at least a quarter century.
Limited to just 1,400 bottles, it truly embodies the spirit of time.
Distillery Glengoyne
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Spirit of Time
Bottled 04.04.2022
Stated Age 26 years old
Cask type Oloroso Sherry
Number of bottles 1400
Strength 46.8 %
Vol.Size 700 ml
Another phenomenal collaboration between Islay’s Bowmore distillery and Aston Martin, it’s the incredible 22 Year Old released for the Masters’ Selection. It’s a blend of whisky matured in American oak ex-bourbon hogsheads and European oak sherry butts, utilising whisky distilled in both 1997 and 2000 respectively, and finished in Tawny Port casks. The collaboration between master blender Ron Welsh and Aston Martin chief creative officer Marek Reichman has yielded great results once again, inspired by the common values of heritage and innovation that the two brands share.
Distillery Bowmore
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Masters Selection – Edition 2
Bottled 2022
Stated Age 22 years old
Number of bottles 12800
Strength 51.5 % Vol.
Size 700 ml
Label Glass print label
Johnnie Walker Red Label 4.5 Litre
A giant duty free bottling of Johnnie Walker Red Label.
There is no ABV on this bottle and no bar code.
We estimate this was bottled in the 1960s 1970s.
Macallan’s 18 Year Old Sherry Oak is a much-loved release from the Speyside distillery, matured in specially selected sherry-seasoned casks from Jerez, Spain. This particular instalment in the range (the 2018 edition) is the first to feature the new bottle design, inspired by the Macallan Rare Cask bottling.
Glenfarclas 1991 Family Cask #5623 / Release I
Glenfarclas Family Cask 1991 was a single sherry butt and the whisky has nutty, chocolaty flavours. This was aged in cask number 5623, and it was bottled on the 1st March 2007 as part of a release of 613 bottles.
Edition 1 1932 Le Mans Works – Dark & Intense Spanish oak sherry – 40% 100cl
Edition 2 Atom – Golden & Elegant 1st fill bourbon casks – 43% 100cl
Edition 3 DB mkIII – Deep & Complex PX sherry casks – 43% 70cl
“Two icons, one vision – creating timeless beauty and a lasting legacy. A shared desire to embrace and enhance the world through extraordinary moments and enduringly beautiful creations”.
Created by a collaboration with Aston Martin for the travel retail market, Bowmore editions 1, 2 & 3 each feature a different age and a different classic car from Aston Martin’s range.
The image on this bottle depicts a Distillery worker making sugar maple charcoal in the Rickyard. Working with fire to do this job requires much care as one mistake could mean the difference between charcoal and a pile of ash.
Following the first bottle’s debut in 2003, a new bottle in the series has been released every year with the exception of 2010. In the United States, these “Scenes” bottles are available in a 750ml size with 86 proof whiskey, and are not sold in a box or with a hang tag. This series can also be found in Europe as 1 liter bottles filled with 86 proof whiskey and in Canada as 750ml bottles filled with 80 proof whiskey.
A mid-2017 addition to the Glen Scotia range, this 25 year old single malt was drawn from some specially selected casks and married in first-fill bourbon barrels before being bottled at 48.8% ABV.
The 2nd bottle in this series again focuses on the Distillery, but this time depicts the hard work that is done every day to create this exceptional whiskey.
Following the first bottle’s debut in 2003, a new bottle in the series has been released every year with the exception of 2010. In the United States, these “Scenes” bottles are available in a 750ml size with 86 proof whiskey, and are not sold in a box or with a hang tag. This series can also be found in Europe as 1 liter bottles filled with 86 proof whiskey and in Canada as 750ml bottles filled with 80 proof whiskey.
The oldest expression from the 2014 release of Mortlach single malt Scotch whiskies is their 25 Year Old. Mortlach use whisky matured mostly in refill American oak casks, aged for a quarter of a century before bottling the whisky into these remarkably designed bottles. Along with the Rare Old, the 18 Year Old and the travel retail exclusive Special Strength, there’s now a handsome selection of Mortlach single malts to enjoy – quite a contrast to years previous, when official bottlings were few and far between.
Distillery Mortlach
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Crystal Decanter
Bottled 2014
Stated Age 25 years old
Cask type Refill American Oak Casks
Strength 43.4 % Vol.Size 500 ml
This Discovery Experience range was exclusive to travel retail.
Quest
Cask Type: European and American Oak
40% ABV / 1 litre
Lumina
Cask Type: American & European Sherry Oak & Macallan Hogshead
41.3% ABV / 70cl
Terra
Cask Type: First Fill European & American Sherry
43.8% ABV / 70cl
Enigma
Cask Type: Sherry
44.9% ABV / 70cl
Springbank Green 12 Year Old
A Springbank produced from 100% organic barley, then matured in nothing but American Bourbon casks.
One of 9000 bottles.
This Springbank 12 Years Old is nicknamed Green. It is made from naturally farmed barley, but as the distillery itself doesn’t have the right certificates, the resulting whisky can’t officially be called organic. Hence green.
Distillery Springbank
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Green
Bottled 2014
Stated Age 12 years old
Cask type Bourbon Casks
Number of bottles 9000
Strength 46.0 %
Vol.Size 700 ml
A great top of the range Famous Grouse, a really enjoyable 30 year old blended malt.
After nine batches of their very popular Tun 1401 series, Balvenie decided a bigger marrying tun was needed. Tun 1509 holds four times as much liquid – ample room to marry their whisky together. This is the first batch of Balvenie’s Tun 1509 single malt Scotch whisky, which is comprised of seven European oak Sherry butts and thirty-five American oak barrels, allowed to marry together for several months.
Distillery Balvenie
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Batch No. 1
Bottled 2014
Cask Type 35 American Oak Barrels + 7 Sherry Butts
Number of bottles 11000
Strength 47.1 %
Vol.Size 700 ml & 750 ml
The pictures are from the actual bottle, if you’d like more detailed photos just get in touch!
NOTICE THE LEVEL IS ON THE SHOULDER
This very rare and highly sought-after 10 year old Laphroaig Cask Strength Red Stripe Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky comes from the famous cask strength series and is the successor to the legendary Laphroaig Cask Strength Green Stripe. Bottled in the year 2005-2007 at cask strength 55.7% abv, this terrific single malt is one of the legendary whiskies from Laphroaig, where the rough Atlantic climate around the island of Islay is literally felt on the tongue. The oak casks used in the production of the 10 years Laphroaig cask strength scotch whisky are lightly fired before filling to impart the slightly sweet vanilla-nuttiness of the oak. The Islay single malt whisky is then matured in Laphroaig s warehouses for a period of 10 years before being bottled at cask strength (straight from the wood).
This exceptional and multiple award-winning Laphroaig Islay single malt scotch whisky was rated 92 points by whiskyfun.com (Serge Valentin), is hard to find today and a special highlight for enthusiasts, investors and whisky-collectors of extraordinary Scotch whiskies!
Distillery Laphroaig
Bottling serie Red Stripe
Age: 10 years old
Year bottled: 2005
Cask Wood Type: Bourbon Casks
Alcohol ABV% 55.7 – Cask Strength
Bottling Series: 10 Years Cask Strength Red Stripe
Bottle Size 70cl
not coloured / not chill filtered
This Balvenie was released in 2009 and is another excellent version of the 17 year old, finished in Madeira casks.
Part of Balvenie’s group of six limited edition cask finished 17 year olds. This was initially matured in traditional oak casks before a finish in Madeira fortified wine casks.
Distillery Balvenie
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Madeira Cask
Vintage 1992
Bottled 2009
Stated Age 17 years old
Cask Type Madeira Casks
Strength 43.0 % Vol.
Bottle Code: L6T 6731 2307 19:18:04
Edition 7 Aston Martin 1923 Razor Blade – Dark & Intense Spanish Oak Sherry Casks and Hogsheads – 40% (100cl)
Edition 8 Aston Martin 1958 DB4 – Golden & Elegant 1st fill bourbon casks – 43% (100cl)
Edition 9 Aston Martin 2003 DB9 – Deep & Complex Oloroso & PX sherry casks – (43% 70cl)
The pictures are from the actual bottle frond and back, if you’d like more detailed photos just get in touch!
One of the Japanese whisky giants, Kotobukiya, or as we know them today; Suntory. The company was founded by Shinjiro Torii in 1899, first as an importer of Western wines and liquor. As he progressed within the business, he decided to build Japan’s first distillery despite protests from company directors. This is where Masataka Taketsuru comes into the picture. He was hired as a distillery executive at Yamazaki on the outskirts of Kyoto. He later left the company to found his own. Suntory developed Japan’s interest with whisky by opening Torys bars throughout the country and introducing ways to drink and enjoy the spirit. Now they produce numerous ranges including Yamazaki, Hibiki, and Hakushu.
Blended whisky Suntory Royal was launched in the 1960 to mark the company’s 60th anniversary. This 15-year-old bottling is light and soft with notes of toffee, ginger and spice and is a great introduction to the world of Japanese whisky.
AGE: 15 YEAR OLD
A bottle of Abbot’s Choice Blended Scotch Whisky presented in a monk figurine shaped ceramic decanter with stopper. We estimate this was bottled in the late 1970s.
A 75.7cl ceramic whisky decanter in the shape of an Abbot, filled with the increasingly hard to find Abbot’s Choice blend.
NOTICE A DAMEGE THE BOX
A Macallan with a surprisingly distinctive style.
Less than 100 barrels have contributed to the creation of the Macallan Rare Cask Black.
These casks remain untouched in the dark halls of the Macallan distillery under the watchful eye of the Master Whisky Maker until he feels it is time to release this whisky.
Smoky Macallan Whiskies are rare, so grab your chance and dive into the mysterious world of the Macallan Halls.
Smoky Macallan?! Yes indeed friends, such a thing exists! Macallan Rare Cask Black was made from a marriage of less than 100 casks, resulting in an expression that shows off a fascinating combination of rich peat smoke and Macallan’s characteristic Sherried power. Peaty whisky is very much a rarity from Macallan, so this is very much an exciting bottling!
Distilled in December 1985 at Royal Lochnagar Distillery and bottled in January 2007 after maturation for 21 years. Part of The Old Malt Cask series from Douglas Laing.
Distilled: 1985 December
Bottled: June 2007 January
Age: 21 years old
Cask Type: Filled from one refill hogshead
Cask Number: 2181
44.1% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 272 bottles released
Royal Lochnagar distillery is based on the Abergeldie Estate in Royal Deeside, Scotland, close to the mountain Lochnagar.
The first Lochnagar distillery was burnt down in suspicious circumstances in 1824 and a replacement again burnt down in 1841. In 1845 John Begg built the “new” Lochnagar. The distillery was awarded its Royal Warrant in 1848 when John Begg invited Prince Albert to visit the distillery from the nearby Balmoral Castle, the Queen’s residence in the Highlands. The next day the distillery was visited by Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children.
Today Royal Lochnagar is owned by Diageo, and the distillery produces a relatively small amount of whisky, most of which is used in Johnnie Walker black and blue label.
For our third experiment, Malt Master Brian Kinsman travelled to Canada to meet a renowned winemaker in Niagara. There he learned how the grapes had to be picked by moonlight at -10˚C to produce the intensely sweet Icewine. Upon his return to the Glenfiddich Distillery Brian started experimenting with several French oak Icewine casks from the Canadian winery, filling them with different Glenfiddich aged malts for up to six months. Only the rarer whiskies, those aged for 21 years, could cope with the extra Icewine intensity. The taste is a perfect combination of both pioneering liquids, the heightened candied sweets and oakiness of Glenfiddich are complemented by mouth-watering tropical fruit notes and a luscious sweetness from the unique Icewine cask finish. First released in October 2017, the long-awaited second batch is now available.
The third release in their experimental series utilises French Oak “Ice Wine” casks from the freezing vineyards of the renowned Peller Estates winery near Niagara, Canada.
Experimental Series: No 3
Winter Storm
Bottled: 2017
Age: 21 Years Old
Cask Type: Canadian Ice Wine Cask Finish
43% ABV / 70cl
No of Bottles 588
The Glenlivet 18 Year Old Auchvaich arrives in a gorgeous wooden presentation box with gold-plated plaque. The non-chill filtered single cask edition was specially bottled in March 2016, at a cask strength of 55.7%.
A 1989 vintage Longrow, the peated malt produced at Springbank distillery. This was aged for 13 years in an ex-sherry butt. Malt Maniac Olivier Humbrecht liked this one so much, he awarded it 91 points.
A 1989 vintage Longrow, this was matured for 13 years in sherry wood.
One of 2350 bottled in November 2002.
Distillery Springbank
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Sherry Wood Vintage 1989
Bottled 11.2002
Stated Age 13 years old
Cask type Sherry Wood
Number of bottles 2350
Strength 53.2 %
Vol.Size 700 ml
one of only 216 botlles
A single-cask Glenlivet, bottled as part of their Blairgowrie series. Notes of rich fruits, sweet vanilla and soft caramel.
It’s been 100 years or so since the Jack Daniel Distillery released a whiskey of 10 years of age or greater. Evolving Jack Daniel’s past aged-stated whiskey process, these Tennessee Whiskey barrels have been aging in the Buzzard’s Roost of our barrelhouse, and methodically relocated to the lower floors of different barrel houses to extend the aging process for the last 10 summers. The extreme weather variation at different locations in the barrel houses along with longevity in our handmade oak barrels creates an intense, unique character of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey.
Jack Daniel’s is now fully committed to experimenting with their lineup. After spending decades churning out Old Number 7 and Gentlemen Jack, the distillery in Lynchburg, TN has finally decided to fully embrace the whisky craze and explore new and exciting expressions for their lineup. After winning praise for their Barrel Proof and Bonded products, it feels right that they are now exploring longer maturations. So, while typical Jack Daniel’s is aged for “at least 4 years”, what we are drinking today is aged for at least 2.5 times that – meaning we have a full 10 year age statement!
Jack Daniel’s debuted this 10 year product last year to raucous excitement, and have continued the fun this year with a second batch of 10 year and the addition of an even older 12 year product this time around. And while Jack Daniel’s 12 year, this 10 year is rocking a 97 proof. And honestly, that seems pretty reasonable in a world of wildly expensive limited editions.
Jack Daniel’s 10 year (Batch 2) is an impressive follow up to the highly regarded first batch of Jack Daniel’s 10 year. While I never had the chance to try that first batch, if it was anything like this one, I know why there was so much hype. The 10 years in oak has clearly made a significant impact on the spirit, taking that sometimes brittle Jack Daniel’s profile and creating a rich and deep profile with more oak, complexity, and a fantastic mouthfeel. The longer maturation has balanced the banana Laffy Taffy sweetness and has elevated the profile to an approachable, yet complex place. This is a great pour worth seeking out. The MSRP is spot on here, so anything close to it is an instant buy for me. So, while it isn’t as challenging as Jack Daniel’s Barrel Proof can be, this is a fantastic addition to the lineup and might have you rethinking your Jack Daniel’s prejudices.
Availability: Limited; 42,000 bottles
THE HARMONY COLLECTION FINE CACAO
A single malt whisky characterised by a milk chocolate profile, which pairs in perfect harmony with the finest chocolates for a rich tasting experience.
The Harmony Collection derives from the fusion of our inherent curiosity with our principles of innovation and creativity. The Macallan Whisky Maker Steven Bremner immersed himself in the art of coffee, exploring the process from field to cup and uncovering the distinct flavour profiles at each stage.
The Macallan Harmony Collection Fine Cacao is part of the first Global Travel Retail edition in a new limited annual release series, which shines a spotlight on our sustainability journey and intrinsic connection to nature. Created using natural materials, the simple and beautiful packaging is 100% recyclable and is made using 100% green energy.
PRODUCT INFORMATION
The Macallan Harmony Collection Fine Cacao will be available in The Macallan Airport Boutiques and from Singapore Changi Airport Lotte Duty Free shops from May 2022, before being introduced more widely to global travel retailers from June 2022. Please note this will be subject to availability at the time of your visit.
Distillery Macallan
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie The Harmony Collection
Bottled 2022
Cask type Sherry
Strength 40.0 % Vol. Size 700 ml
Bottled for Travel Exclusive Second Release.
The first whisky of this age released by the Glenfiddich distillery, Excellence 26 Year Old is a very special release that was matured exclusively in American oak bourbon barrels for notes of vanilla and spice alongside classic Glenfiddich notes and a vein of oak running right through the middle.
Bottling Bottling serie Wood Expressions
Vintage 1989
Bottled 02.2003
Stated Age 13 years old
Cask type Port Pipe
Number of bottles 3120
Strength 54.2%
Only 175 bottles available
We are delighted to present the 3rd edition single cask whisky to mark our partnership with Professional Golfer Lee Westwood. This whisky has been matured in a refill American bourbon barrel for 24 years and has a beautiful depth of flavour with orchard fruits, vanilla fudge and toasted oak.
A great top of the range Famous Grouse, a really enjoyable 30 year old blended malt.
Introduced in early 2014, this is a 25 year old single malt from the Glengoyne distillery – an addition to their core range. The Highlands distillery uses unpeated malt for this whisky, which is then matured for a quarter of a century in Sherry casks.
Crafted from a harmonious combination of European and American oak casks, this rich single malt whisky pairs in perfect harmony with fine chocolates for an elevated tasting experience.
A collaboration with renowned pastry chef Jordi Roca of three Michelin star restaurant El Celler de Can Roca, this release brings the worlds of chocolate and whisky to life. To create the first limited edition whisky in a new annual release series, The Macallan Whisky Maker Polly Logan embarked on a unique journey to Girona, Spain, where she immersed herself in the world of chocolate, exploring the chocolate-making process and uncovering the distinctive flavour profiles at Casa Cacao.
Polly worked with Jordi Roca, owner of the famed chocolate boutique and hotel, Casa Cacao and the youngest of the acclaimed Roca brothers. As part of the exploration, she also spent time with master chocolatier of Casa Cacao, Damien Allsop.
In homage to its chocolate influence, The Macallan Harmony Collection Rich Cacao is presented in a 100% recyclable gift box, made using discarded husks from cacao pods.
A by-product in the chocolate-making process, these husks would have been sent to landfill or destroyed but have now been reborn with a renewed purpose.
Distillery Macallan
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie The Harmony Collection Bottled 2021
Cask type Sherry seasoned European and American Oak
Strength 44.0 % Vol.
Size 700 ml & 750 ml
Label First Release
The pictures are from the actual bottle frond and back, if you’d like more detailed photos just get in touch!
This is the original release of Suntory Royal, bottled to commemorate the company’s 60th anniversary in 1959.
These bottles would have been produced using malt and grain distilled at Yamazaki distillery. Suntory’s grain whisky production was moved to Chita distillery during their expansion in the 1980s.
Suntory have been producing fantastic Japanese whisky since the 1920s, although the company was founded before that. In celebration of their 60th anniversary, they created the Suntory Royal blended whisky in 1960. This bottling comes from the 1960s.
A 2021 release in the Balvenie Stories series, The Second Red Rose harks back to a release from the distillery’s history. The Balvenie Rose was finished in a Port pipes, resulting in a hue that was befitting of its name (which itself was an homage to what Margaret Douglas paid King James II as rent for staying in Balvenie Castle – a single red rose). For The Second Red Rose, the 21 year old single malt you see here, Balvenie’s malt master David C. Stewart chose to finish the expression in Australian Shiraz casks, imparting a whole host of ripe fruit notes, touches of blackberry and peach, a helping of rich oak, and of course, a rosy hue.
Released in late 2021, this is part of the Stories series from Balvenie. This particular whisky has been finished in ex-Shiraz red wine casks and is the 5th edition in the range which began in 2008.
It was made available in the UK via selected merchants which included branches of high-end department store, Selfridges.
Distillery Balvenie
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie The Second Red Rose
Bottled 2020
Stated Age 21 years old
Cask type Australian Shiraz
casks Strength 48.1 %
Vol.Size 700 ml
Label The Balvenie Stories
We take great pride in setting the standard that all other Speyside single malts are measured by and our dedicated distillery collection is the culmination of our 200 years of experience. These exclusive bottles are usually only available directly from our distillery gift shop but are now available for delivery to your doorstep. Each of these unique expressions captures The Glenlivet’s signature style and the spirit of the glen itself. Indulging in a distinctive drop from the comfort of your own home is the next best thing to a visit to our home in Speyside. The 25 Year Old Edition is the oldest single malt in the collection. It has been matured in a second fill sherry butt, 50cl 55.6% ABV creating an exceptional depth of flavour and an exquisite character.
Vintage 22.11.1994
Bottled 11.11.2020
Stated Age 25 years old
Cask type 2nd Fill Sherry Butt
Cask number 150092
Number of bottles 583/ 600
Strength 55.6 %
Vol.Size 500 ml
The final release in the cult-favourite, uber-collectable collection from Highland Park: “the Magnus series”. Earl Haakon was a character in the Orkney Inga Saga, who murdered his cousin, Magnus (the inspiration for the previous two bottlings in the range). This is aged for 18 years, and it’s absolutely stunning.
Discontinued 10 year old single malt from the Yamazaki distillery, aged in bourbon barrels. A lovely fruity dram, quite floral.
The 10 year old was introduced to the distillery’s core range in 1995, and is bottled from American oak casks. Despite being well-regarded, it was discontinued around 2015 as Suntory was facing up to stock shortages in its warehouses after the unprecedented demand for Japanese whisky in the 21st century.
An introductory malt from Yamazaki, Japan’s oldest distillery (founded in 1923). This is mild-mannered, clean, sweet malt, charming and very accessible – Speyside fans looking to try a Japanese malt should start here.
Discontinued 10 year old single malt from the Yamazaki distillery.
Distillery Yamazaki
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Single Malt Whisky
Bottled 2000s
Stated Age 10 years old
Strength 40.0 %
Vol.Size 700 ml
Distillery Glen Moray
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Vintage Limited Edition
Bottled 22.11.2004
Stated Age 30 years old
Number of bottles 6000
Strength 43.0 % Vol.
Size 700 ml
The pictures are from the actual bottle frond and back, if you’d like more detailed photos just get in touch!
This is the original release of Suntory Royal, bottled to commemorate the company’s 60th anniversary in 1959.
Originally released in the 1960’s to celebrate Suntory’s 60th anniversary, this bottle was produced much more recently Distilled and Vatted at Yamazaki Distillery.
Suntory are one of the founding fathers of Japanese whisky, established by Shinjirō Torii in 1899 as a wine store in Osaka. The venture was hugely successful, and the company was renamed Kotobukiya in 1921, which built its first distillery three years later, Yamazaki. The distillery produced both malt and grain whiskies which the company blended together, releasing its first Suntory White Label in 1929, the resulting popularity of which saw the firm renamed after it 1963. Expansion in the next decade saw the company move its grain production to a new Chita distillery in 1972, and open a second malt distillery, Hakushu, the following year. Suntory today has a large stake in both the bourbon and Scotch whisky industry, but remains at the forefront of its native whisky market too.
The second release in Highland Park’s Valhalla Collection following last year’s Thor release. Loki is Thor’s adoptive brother, a mischievous soul, possibly even a shape-shifter and certainly an enigmatic character.
Highland Park have sought to create a whisky that matches Loki’s unique personality with this 15 year old single malt. Unusually, some heavily peated casks were used for part of the maturation.”
Number of bottles 21000
This bottle was part of a private collection – if you’d like more detailed photos just get in touch!
For the third release in the acclaimed Valhalla Collection, Highland Park has turned its attention to the mesmerizing Norse Goddess of Love, Freya.
Continuing the tradition of reflecting the character and qualities of the Norse Gods in the whisky itself, Freya’s intriguing allure and feisty personality has inspired a full, rich and complex single malt with a lingering beguiling finish.
Number of bottles 19000
Highland Park Odin represents a single malt Scotch whisky worthy of its namesake – the formidable and commanding ruler of Asgard. Its intense complexity ensures this final release is deserving of its rightful place at the head of the Valhalla Collection.
Number of bottles 17000
STORY
Released in 2013, Ragnvald is part of The Warrior Series, a collection of single malts created for Duty-Free to both introduce a key figure from Orkney’s Viking history and to demonstrate the impact of cask type on our whisky’s flavour, which is immense.
Arguably the most famous of the viking pioneers to sail uncharted waters, Ragnvald was more at home on sea than on land, undertaking numerous brave expeditions as far as the Middle East and even Asia. Ragnvald assisted King Harald and was given the title of Earl. He was a noted sailor and warrior and the black dragon or drekar is a symbol from the longships that he sailed.Â
Ragnvald arguably the most famous and pioneering of all Vikings to enter uncharted waters, he was most at home aboard his longship undertaking his many great expeditions throughout the Middle East and even Asia.
The Warrior Series is a collection of single malts created exclusively for Duty Free to showcase the very best of Highland Park. Each expression both introduces a key figure from Orkney’s Viking history and demonstrates how the flavours of Highland Park are influenced by cask type.
Predominantly matured in the finest sherry seasoned European oak casks, Ragnvald’s flavour is rich and succulent, with distinct yet balanced notes of dark chocolate, candied peel, and oriental spices, all rounded off with heather rich peat smoke.
Predominantly matured in the finest sherry seasoned European oak casks
The picture are from the actual bottle, if you’d like more detailed photos just get in touch!
An 18 year old single malt, joining Macallan’s Fine Oak range. The series shows off a deft balance between juicy Sherried notes and vanilla/citrus rich bourbon oak elements.
Distillery Macallan
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Fine Oak
Bottled 15.07.2012
Stated Age 18 years old
Cask Type Triple Cask Matured
Strength 43.0 %
Vol.Size 70cl
Label 3 Barrel Label Polish back label with Russian back label
Those clever clogs over at Darkness got their hands on a sought-after drop of whisky here. This 21-year-old Springbank single malt was given the Darkness treatment with a finish in one of its custom-made octave casks, that previously held oloroso sherry. The coastal malt and sherried sweetness make a perfect partnership.
The pictures are from the actual bottle frond and back, if you’d like more detailed photos just get in touch!
This is the original release of Suntory Royal, bottled to commemorate the company’s 60th anniversary in 1959.
Originally released in the 1960’s to celebrate Suntory’s 60th anniversary, this bottle was produced much more recently Distilled and Vatted at Yamazaki Distillery.
Suntory are one of the founding fathers of Japanese whisky, established by Shinjirō Torii in 1899 as a wine store in Osaka. The venture was hugely successful, and the company was renamed Kotobukiya in 1921, which built its first distillery three years later, Yamazaki. The distillery produced both malt and grain whiskies which the company blended together, releasing its first Suntory White Label in 1929, the resulting popularity of which saw the firm renamed after it 1963. Expansion in the next decade saw the company move its grain production to a new Chita distillery in 1972, and open a second malt distillery, Hakushu, the following year. Suntory today has a large stake in both the bourbon and Scotch whisky industry, but remains at the forefront of its native whisky market too.
It is said that Jack Daniel served whiskey to his closest friends from his own personal fine glass monogrammed decanters. These decanters were reserved for special occasions and it was with this in mind that the Jack Daniel Distillery released the 750ml Monogram bottle in 2009. Filled with 94 proof whiskey, this bottle was sold with no hang tag, but came in an attractive silver and black box.
When it was introduced in 2009, the Monogram bottle was a limited release for the state of Tennessee only. However, even though 2009 was the first year this bottle was available in the United States, it was actually released internationally in 1998 and then again in 2004. While these are not considered different generations of this bottle to Jack Daniel’s collectors, they are definitely considered different versions.
The first release of the Monogram, bottled in 1998. This was initially only an export bottling, but was eventually released domestically in the US in 2009. Each version is being identifiable by its cap type.
Jack Daniel’s is the best-selling American whiskey in the world. Despite that fact it can legally be categorised as a straight bourbon, it has always shunned this title, preferring to market itself as a Tennessee Whiskey. These are similar to straight bourbons but have the additional requirement of having been filtered through maple wood charcoal, a practice known as the Lincoln County Process. History has not always given the distillery an easy ride though. Tennessee was an early adopter of Prohibition in 1910, and one of the last to repeal it in 1938 (five years later than the repeal at Federal level). Even today the distillery is still located in a “dry” county, meaning none of its products are sold in its hometown or those around it. The distillery was then only operational for four years before being forced to close again during the second world war. Ten years later it was purchased by the Brown-Forman corporation and its fortunes turned for good. Its classic black-labelled Old No.7 brand (named after the distillery’s original DSP number) is now a globally recognised product.
The presentation is based on the glass decanters that Jack Daniel himself is rumoured to serve whisky to his friends with.
The first bottling of The Macallan Rare Cask since the distillery changed up how it would be releasing this expression. The Rare Cask will now be released in a series of small batches each year (three batches for 2018, four batches for subsequent years), with each batch being a vatting of 50 sherry butts. These also feature a handsome new design of the Rare Cask packaging.
This 21 year old malt and has been matured in a combination of 80% Bourbon, 10% Sherry, 10% Port casks. Released in June 2023.
Distillery Springbank
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottled 02.03.2023
Stated Age 21 years old
Cask type 80% Bourbon, 10% Sherry, 10% Port casks.
Label Triple Distilled
Strength 43.2 %
Vol.Size 700 ml
A well-aged Bowmore matured in first-fill bourbon casks and originally released in 2017 exclusively in travel retail. Distilled in 1988 and aged for about 30 years, the whisky is quite different to the more usual sherry-cask matured Bowmores of this age, showing elegant maritime notes and flashes of stormy sea.
Distillery Bowmore
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Vintage Edition
Vintage 1988
Bottled 2017
Cask type 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon
Casks Strength 47.8 %
Vol.Size 700 ml
This is the second batch of Springbank Vintage 1997. The first batch proved very popular indeed, and when this one was bottled in 2008, it was yet another stunning release from the distillery in Campbeltown. Something must have been happening in 1997… It was the year that Daft Punk released their first album, and the Chemical Brothers released brilliant their second album in 1997 too… Perhaps great electronic music is the the perfect soundtrack for distilling great whisky.
Quite a highly acclaimed Springbank chosen by Frank McHardy, distilled in 1997 and bottled in June 2007 at cask strength.
Bottler Distillery
Bottling Bottling serie Batch No. 2
Vintage 1997 Bottled 05.2008
Calculated age 10 years old
Cask type Sherry
Casks Strength 54.9 % Vol.
A limited-edition single malt from Glenfiddich, Grande Couronne has been finished in ex-Cognac casks and was bottled after 26 years. On the palate that classic Glenfiddich vibrancy and lifted orchard fruits, while the Cognac gives deeper dried fruits, notes of honey, orange peel and roasted almonds. This is a combination of Scottish heritage with French opulence, a dram to be sipped and savoured.
Distillery Glenfiddich
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Grande Couronne
Stated Age 26 years old
Cask type Am. & Europ. Oak – French Cognac Cask Finish
Number of bottles 10000
Strength 43.8 % Vol.
Here we have a pretty special dram, and it’s the 2018 release and third batch in the highly sought after Rare Cask series from The Macallan. Much like its predecessor, batch three is comprised of whisky drawn from 50 European oak sherry butts. The stunning amber liquid was bottled at 43% ABV, and is presented in a very handsome decanter.
Drawn from extremely rare, precious casks, including irreplaceable whiskies from the now silent distillery of Port Ellen. This elegant rich and creamy whisky has rarity reflected in every drop, and its new limited-edition design, created by fashion designer Angel Chen, is the perfect gift to give to the once who never walks alone and to mark this year.
George V Limited Edition
Bottled to celebrate the first Royal Warrant being granted to John Walker and Sons Ltd to supply scotch whisky to the British Royal Household in 1934. Johnnie Walker King George V was designed to replicate Johnnie Walker from this day, some Port Ellen was used in the making of this alongside Cardhu, Royal Lochnagar and some well aged grain whisky.
Presented in a stunning decanter and packaging at celebrate Chinese New Year 2021.
The George V edition of Johnnie Walker’s Blue label, launched in celebration of Chinese New Year 2021, is red rather than blue. It comes presented in a spectacular display box, complete with incredible artwork. The blend is named in honour of the monarch who in 1934 granted Johnnie Walker the royal warrant – making this officially a scotch fit for a king.
An old release of Glenfiddich’s 18 year old whisky, named “Excellence”. Presented in a sophisticated black and gold bottle.
For a real treat, Glenfiddich Excellence 18 Year Old is just the dram. Presented in a highly attractive black and gold bottle, this dram has been matured for 18 years and comes in with a strength of 43%
An old release of Glenfiddich’s 18 year old whisky, named “Excellence”. Presented in a sophisticated black and gold bottle.
For a real treat, Glenfiddich Excellence 18 Year Old is just the dram. Presented in a highly attractive black and gold bottle, this dram has been matured for 18 years and comes in with a strength of 43%
A marriage of spirit aged in bourbon casks with that aged in second-fill oloroso sherry casks. Bottled at cask strength after 25 years of maturation, this is a complex mix of sweet, creamy bourbon influences and rich, oaky sherry influences, all intertwined with Laphroaig’s signature flavours.
The second batch of Balvenie Tun 1509 is here! The follow-up to the distillery’s incredibly popular Tun 1401 series, Tun 1509 is made with a bigger marrying tun and continues to be absolutely fantastic. For the second batch, they used 32 casks – 23 American oak casks and 9 European oak Sherry casks, and allowed to marry for a few months before being bottled at 50.3% ABV. 8500 bottles were produced in total.
Distillery Balvenie
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Batch No. 2
Bottled 2015
Cask Type 23 American Oak, 9 European Sherry
Number of bottles 8500
Strength 50.3 %
Vol.Size 700 ml & 750 ml
Distillery Macallan
The first release celebrating our extraordinary Distillery.
The first release in this fine collection is dedicated to The Macallan’s extraordinary Distillery. The Home Collection celebrates our origins, which have been deeply rooted in community since 1824.
Subject to availability at the time of your visit, this expression will be available for individual purchase at The Macallan Estate and The Macallan Airport Boutiques.
The Home Collection – The Distillery was also sold on The Macallan Online Boutique with a set of three watercolour prints by artist and The Macallan Employee Colin Rizza, exclusive to online boutique purchases.
The Macallan Home Collection celebrates the traditions and community surrounding the famous distillery. It was originally sold at the Macallan Estate, and at selected airports. The box features watercolour art by Colin Rizza, a MacAllan employee.
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie The Home Collection
Bottled 2022
Number of bottles 6900
Strength 43.5 % Vol. Size700 ml
A limited edition Springbank single malt matured in fresh Burgundy wine casks. Sure to fly out the door as all limited releases from this popular distillery do!
Bottled in November 2003, this Springbank was matured entirely in first-fill Burgundy barrels.
Bottled May 2016, this is one of 10,260 bottles.
The Springbank 12 Year Old calls to mind the dunnage warehouses in which it matured. This bold and rich single malt has a smooth texture and medium dry finish, with elements of mint and liquorice.
Distillery Springbank
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling Burgundy
Vintage 11.2003
Bottled 30.05.2016
Stated Age 12 years old
Cask type 1st Fill Burgundy Barrels
Number of bottles 10260
Strength 53.5 %
Vol.Size 700 ml
Category Single Malt
Distillery Tomintoul
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Vintage Single Cask
Vintage 1976
Bottled 2013
Stated Age 36 years old
Cask type Oak Casks
Strength 40 %
Distilled at Springbank in December 1989, this single malt was matured for 12 years in a refill sherry and a further 2 years in fresh port pipes.
It was bottled as a 14 year old as part of Springbank’s ‘Wood Expressions’ range of whiskies.
Bottling Bottling serie Wood Expressions
Vintage 1989
Bottled 09.2004
Stated Age 14 years old
Cask type Refill Sherry & Fresh Port Pipes
Number of bottles 7200
Strength 52.8%
Famous Grouse Highland Decanter / 100 Years Wooden Box
This attractive decanter is gilded with 24 carat gold and depicts a ‘Summer in the Highlands’ by artist Stanley Todd.
This particular example was part of a limited 500 bottle release to celebrate the Centenary of the brand.
Bottle number 197
Johnnie Walker Blue Label Mini Cube (Porsche Design)
A special edition of Johnnie Walker Blue Label, produced as a collaboration between Diageo and the Porsche Design Studio. The Cube is a storage box for a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label and two whisky glasses, the top half forms an ice bucket with a pair of tongs included.
A stunning presentation case for this exquisite blend.
A bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label, presented in a metal and leather case from Porsche Design Studio. This case contains two branded tumblers and a pair of tongs, the lid of the case doubles as an ice bucket.
Notice Minor Scratches on the Box
The pictures are from the actual bottle frond and back, if you’d like more detailed photos just get in touch!
The legendary Famous Grouse as depicted by Royal Doulton.
A ceramic decanter from Royal Doulton containing 75cl of Famous Grouse blended Scotch whisky. We estimate this was produced in the 1980s. The single malt whiskies used in The Famous Grouse blend include the Edrington-owned Highland Park and The Macallan. Its emblem is the Red Grouse, Scotland’s national game bird.
Please note: These bottles were sold unsealed by the producer.
Due to the various ages or not ages of bottles and their seals, condition of liquid is at the buyer’s discretion and no claim can be lodged against failure leakage in transit.
We are unable to cover minor/cosmetic damage to the box or boxes in transit.
The 30 year old is a superb blend from Ballantines. It won a Gold at the International Spirits Challenge and Jim Murray gave it 92 points.
Macallan Concept No. 2 is a no-age-statement single malt from the Speyside distillery matured in Sherry-seasoned American oak casks.
Whisky maker Steven Bremner used his passions for blending malts and mixing house music as his inspiration for the release.
He said: ‘Music has inspired many aspects of my life, both creatively and practically, as has whisky, so the creation of Concept Number 2 allowed me to look at my two passions through a different lens.
‘Creating a track and crafting a single malt can take a similar path. Beginning with the layering of sounds just like the layering of different flavours from specific cask types.
‘Each different cask brings its own influence to the character of the liquid, like each instrument, or sound, adds depth to a track. In both cases, we can alter each different element to play up or down particular sounds or flavours.’
Distillery Macallan
Bottler Distillery
Bottling Bottled 2019
Cask type Sherry-seasoned American oak
casks Strength 40.0 %
Vol.Size 700 ml
The third edition in the limited annual series, The Macallan Classic Cut – 2019 Edition has an ideal ABV of 52.9% to bring forth the full character of the single malt. This has been chosen by the Whisky Maker Polly Logan as the optimum strength to reveal a dominant sweetness and the well balanced flavours of this whisky. To truly appreciate the complex flavour dimensions, pour and allow it to breathe for 10-15 minutes for an intensified experience. After this time, heightened flavours of orange, sweet ginger and vanilla come to the forefront, combined with a satisfyingly long finish. Classic Cut 2019 is a truly indulgent single malt whisky.
Pioneers of cask finishes, the distillery has never shied away from experimentation, and under the guiding hand of Maestro Dr Bill Lumsden they continue to release a variety of expressions to keep “The Sixteen Men of Tain” rushed off their feet. This is the real backbone of the Glenmorangie range.
Very Rare Bottle!
This bottling was finished in virgin oak. A one off release from the Balvenie, replaced with the ‘New Oak’. This received a Gold at the 2006 International Spirits Challenge.
Next in the series, the 3rd bottle shifts focus to life outside the Distillery in the town square of Lynchburg, only a short walk from the cave spring hollow. This bottle depicts people socializing in front of the Lynchburg Hardware & General Store which was built by Lem Motlow in 1912.
Following the first bottle’s debut in 2003, a new bottle in the series has been released every year with the exception of 2010. In the United States, these “Scenes” bottles are available in a 750ml size with 86 proof whiskey, and are not sold in a box or with a hang tag. This series can also be found in Europe as 1 liter bottles filled with 86 proof whiskey and in Canada as 750ml bottles filled with 80 proof whiskey.
The third release in The Macallan’s wood-focused Edition series saw master perfumer Roja Dove and master whisky maker Bob Dalgarno create a whisky using their very particular sets of skills. Dove pinned down the flavour profile for Edition No. 3 by using the same formula he would for a perfume: pinpointing complementary aromas, and balancing these with a “counterpoint” note. The resulting liquid is a combination of six American and European oak casks, with deliciously sweet, floral notes up front.
This is a collaboration between Bob Dalgarno and Master Perfumer, Roja Dove.
The liquid has been matured in the following types of cask:
The pictures are from the actual bottle frond and back, if you’d like more detailed photos just get in touch!
Suntory Royal 72cl
A Japanese blend from Suntory, originally launched to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the company.
Suntory are one of the founding fathers of Japanese whisky, established by Shinjirō Torii in 1899 as a wine store in Osaka. The venture was hugely successful, and the company was renamed Kotobukiya in 1921, which built its first distillery three years later, Yamazaki. The distillery produced both malt and grain whiskies which the company blended together, releasing its first Suntory White Label in 1929, the resulting popularity of which saw the firm renamed after it 1963. Expansion in the next decade saw the company move its grain production to a new Chita distillery in 1972, and open a second malt distillery, Hakushu, the following year. Suntory today has a large stake in both the bourbon and Scotch whisky industry, but remains at the forefront of its native whisky market too.
This 18 year old Macallan single malt sits at the peak of the Triple Cask range (which replaced the Fine Oak range in mid-2018). With maturation taking place in a combination of European sherry seasoned casks, American sherry seasoned casks and American ex-bourbon casks, this expression boasts bountiful notes of vanilla, dried fruit and woody spice.
From a single 1st Fill Cask, number 15059, that previously contained Oloroso Sherry, this unpeated Single Cask has notes of cherry and banana with components of dark chocolate, dried apricot and creamy vanilla. A whisky that was distilled on July 14, 1997 and bottled on January 17, 2022 with only 665 numbered bottles. A real treasure that has rested for 24 years in the distillery’s cellar.
Bottling serie Cask Edition
Vintage 14.07.1997
Bottled 2022
Stated Age 24 years old
Number of bottles 596/ 665
Cask type Oloroso Sherry Puncheon
Strength 55.7 %
Vol. Size 700ml
Springbank Local Barley 10yo 2021 700ml
This is one of a select number of releases produced using malted barley harvested from neighbouring farms in the Campbeltown area. They were first introduced in the late 1990s, and were eventually re-named as the Local Barley series in the 2000s.
This is the 2021 release of the mid-2010s revival of the Local Barley range. Originally intended to be a 5 part series, which would have made this the last, but this is instead now being marketed as an annual release.
Distilled in May 2011 and bottled in December 2021, the ‘local barley’ comes from the varietal, Belgravia, and was grown in Campbeltown at the Glencraigs Farm.
Limited to only 15000 bottles.
This Single Malt Scotch Whisky has been distilled from barley grown on the Kintyre Peninsula within a few miles of Springbank. The barley is then malted on our own malt floors using traditional production techniques before it is turned into spirit, matured into whisky and bottled on-site, making this a 100% Campbeltown Single Malt.”
The 2021-release of Springbank’s annual Local Barley 10 Year Old single malt has been made with Belgravia barley from Glencraigs Farm near Campbeltown. Aromas of digestive biscuits, summer flowers, rich malt, vanilla custard, custard cream biscuits and vibrant cherry fill the nose, complemented by notes of Victoria sponge, honey, sweet barley, sticky syrup and salted caramel throughout the palate.
Distillery Springbank
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Local Barley
Vintage 05.2011
Bottled 14.12.2021
Stated Age 10 years old
Cask type 100% Bourbon
Number of bottles 15000
Strength 51.6 % Vol.Size 700 ml
Together with THE DARK, THE LIGHT shares the story of the noble Viking warriors who are our ancestors, of our contrasting island seasons and of the intense balance of our whisky.
Light and dark are concepts that exist in opposition, yet together create a perfect balance. One cannot exist without the other; as one appears, the other disappears; together they create something greater than themselves – in nature, a perfect, continuous cycle.
In THE DARK – a special release of only 28,000 bottles – we celebrate autumn and winter on Orkney; a time to escape from the wild weather outside and gather together with friends and family, sharing long nights of conversation and laughter around the table, around the fire.
Presented in a beautifully embossed black glass bottle, the serpent dragon design takes its inspiration from the great Norse sagas and embraces both the high sun of summer solstice and the low sun of winter solstice – the polar opposites of our island seasons – while the runic writing reflects the ancient carvings of our Viking ancestors, here on Orkney.
Names then gave they to noon and twilight, morning they named, and the waning moon, night and evening, the years to number.
In THE LIGHT– a special release of only 28,000 bottles – we celebrate spring and summer in Orkney; a time to emerge from our winter’s hibernation, renewed and refreshed with a spring in our step, ready to embrace the warm bright days of summer. Presented in a beautifully embossed green glass bottle, the serpent dragon design takes its inspiration from the great Norse sagas and embraces both the high sun of the summer solstice and the low sun of the winter solstice – the polar opposites of our island seasons – while the runic writing reflects the ancient carvings of our Viking ancestors which can still be seen today, here in Orkney.
Names then gave they to noon and twilight, morning they named, and the waning moon, night and evening, the years to number.
This limited release from Tomintoul distillery was released to commemorate the distilleries 50th birthday after it was established back in 1965. This particular bottling is unique as they use hand selected casks of whisky from 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995 and 2005, before been melded together and bottled in 2015. Coming in at an impressive 50% and one of only 5230 bottles, this is definitely one for fans of Speyside whisky.
Category Single Malt
Distillery Tomintoul
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottled 07.2015
Number of bottles 1038 /5230
Strength 50.0 % Vol.
Size 700 ml
Bottled for 50th Anniversary of Tomintoul
It’s been 100 years or so since the Jack Daniel Distillery released a whiskey of 10 years of age or greater. Evolving Jack Daniel’s past aged-stated whiskey process, these Tennessee Whiskey barrels have been aging in the Buzzard’s Roost of our barrelhouse, and methodically relocated to the lower floors of different barrel houses to extend the aging process for the last 10 summers. The extreme weather variation at different locations in the barrel houses along with longevity in our handmade oak barrels creates an intense, unique character of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey.
Jack Daniel’s is now fully committed to experimenting with their lineup. After spending decades churning out Old Number 7 and Gentlemen Jack, the distillery in Lynchburg, TN has finally decided to fully embrace the whisky craze and explore new and exciting expressions for their lineup. After winning praise for their Barrel Proof and Bonded products, it feels right that they are now exploring longer maturations. So, while typical Jack Daniel’s is aged for “at least 4 years”, what we are drinking today is aged for at least 2.5 times that – meaning we have a full 10 year age statement!
Jack Daniel’s debuted this 10 year product last year to raucous excitement, and have continued the fun this year with a second batch of 10 year and the addition of an even older 12 year product this time around. And while Jack Daniel’s 12 year, this 10 year is rocking a 97 proof. And honestly, that seems pretty reasonable in a world of wildly expensive limited editions.
Jack Daniel’s 10 year (Batch 3) is an impressive follow up to the highly regarded first batch of Jack Daniel’s 10 year. While I never had the chance to try that first batch, if it was anything like this one, I know why there was so much hype. The 10 years in oak has clearly made a significant impact on the spirit, taking that sometimes brittle Jack Daniel’s profile and creating a rich and deep profile with more oak, complexity, and a fantastic mouthfeel. The longer maturation has balanced the banana Laffy Taffy sweetness and has elevated the profile to an approachable, yet complex place. This is a great pour worth seeking out. The MSRP is spot on here, so anything close to it is an instant buy for me. So, while it isn’t as challenging as Jack Daniel’s Barrel Proof can be, this is a fantastic addition to the lineup and might have you rethinking your Jack Daniel’s prejudices.
Availability: Limited: 36,000 bottles
A celebration of Scotland’s world-famous Hogmanay festivities held annually on 31st December, A Night on Earth In Scotland is a seasonal release in collaboration with acclaimed Japanese-French illustrator Erica Dorn, whose artwork has featured in director Wes Anderson’s films. It is the first release in a gift-targeted line.
Dorn’s artwork for this release is inspired by the historic fire rituals dominant in New Year celebrations around the world.
A celebration of Scotland’s world-famous Hogmanay festivities held annually on 31st December, A Night on Earth The Journey is a seasonal release in collaboration with Nini Sum.
The artwork for this release aims to capture the feeling of coming home to celebrate the New Year. 43%
2021: 40%
2022: 43%
2023: 43%
Distillery Glenallachie
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Batch Number Four
Bottled 2023
Stated Age 21 years old
Cask type PX Puncheons Cask number Batch 4
Number of bottles 2000
Strength 51.1 %
Vol. Size 70 ml
Bunnahabhain’s bottling for the 2008 Islay Festival is a vatting of two Spanish oak sherry hogsheads from 1986, aged 21 years. Just 512 bottles of this were produced.
Distillery Bunnahabhain
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Feis Ile 2008
Vintage1986
Bottled 17.04.2008
Stated Age 21 years old
Cask type 2 Ex-Sherry Casks
Number of bottles 310/512
Strength 46.7 % Vol.Size 700 ml
A 21-year-old Bunnahabhain 1986 bottled in 2008 as a special edition for the Islay Festival (Feis Ile).
This 1986 Bunnahabhain 21-year-old was a limited edition of just 512 bottles yielded from a pair of traditional Spanish oak sherry hogshead casks released without colouring or chill filtration at its natural cask strength of 46.7%. A wonderful old school sherried Bunna that packs a surprisingly intense melange of rich fruit flavours.
Bunnahabhain’s bottling for the 2008 Islay Festival is a vatting of two Spanish oak sherry hogsheads from 1986, aged 21 years. Just 512 bottles of this were produced.
Distillery Bunnahabhain
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Feis Ile 2008
Vintage1986
Bottled 17.04.2008
Stated Age 21 years old
Cask type 2 Ex-Sherry Casks
Number of bottles 259/512
Strength 46.7 % Vol.Size 700 ml
A 21-year-old Bunnahabhain 1986 bottled in 2008 as a special edition for the Islay Festival (Feis Ile).
This 1986 Bunnahabhain 21-year-old was a limited edition of just 512 bottles yielded from a pair of traditional Spanish oak sherry hogshead casks released without colouring or chill filtration at its natural cask strength of 46.7%. A wonderful old school sherried Bunna that packs a surprisingly intense melange of rich fruit flavours.
Bunnahabhain’s bottling for the 2008 Islay Festival is a vatting of two Spanish oak sherry hogsheads from 1986, aged 21 years. Just 512 bottles of this were produced.
Distillery Bunnahabhain
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Feis Ile 2008
Vintage1986
Bottled 17.04.2008
Stated Age 21 years old
Cask type 2 Ex-Sherry Casks
Number of bottles 263/512
Strength 46.7 % Vol.Size 700 ml
A 21-year-old Bunnahabhain 1986 bottled in 2008 as a special edition for the Islay Festival (Feis Ile).
This 1986 Bunnahabhain 21-year-old was a limited edition of just 512 bottles yielded from a pair of traditional Spanish oak sherry hogshead casks released without colouring or chill filtration at its natural cask strength of 46.7%. A wonderful old school sherried Bunna that packs a surprisingly intense melange of rich fruit flavours.
Bunnahabhain’s bottling for the 2008 Islay Festival is a vatting of two Spanish oak sherry hogsheads from 1986, aged 21 years. Just 512 bottles of this were produced.
Distillery Bunnahabhain
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Feis Ile 2008
Vintage1986
Bottled 17.04.2008
Stated Age 21 years old
Cask type 2 Ex-Sherry Casks
Number of bottles 471/512
Strength 46.7 % Vol.Size 700 ml
A 21-year-old Bunnahabhain 1986 bottled in 2008 as a special edition for the Islay Festival (Feis Ile).
This 1986 Bunnahabhain 21-year-old was a limited edition of just 512 bottles yielded from a pair of traditional Spanish oak sherry hogshead casks released without colouring or chill filtration at its natural cask strength of 46.7%. A wonderful old school sherried Bunna that packs a surprisingly intense melange of rich fruit flavours.
Bunnahabhain’s bottling for the 2008 Islay Festival is a vatting of two Spanish oak sherry hogsheads from 1986, aged 21 years. Just 512 bottles of this were produced.
Distillery Bunnahabhain
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Feis Ile 2008
Vintage1986
Bottled 17.04.2008
Stated Age 21 years old
Cask type 2 Ex-Sherry Casks
Number of bottles 335/512
Strength 46.7 % Vol.Size 700 ml
A 21-year-old Bunnahabhain 1986 bottled in 2008 as a special edition for the Islay Festival (Feis Ile).
This 1986 Bunnahabhain 21-year-old was a limited edition of just 512 bottles yielded from a pair of traditional Spanish oak sherry hogshead casks released without colouring or chill filtration at its natural cask strength of 46.7%. A wonderful old school sherried Bunna that packs a surprisingly intense melange of rich fruit flavours.
This Bottle and the box are brand new…
In 1904 St. Louis, Missouri, was the 4th largest city in the U.S. and would become the host of what was informally known as the St. Louis World’s Fair. The theme of the World’s Fair was “Innovations and Inventions,” and exhibitors did not disappoint. In fact, many foods and products commonly used today were first introduced on a large scale to fair visitors. Such food items as waffle cones, cotton candy, peanut butter, and even Dr. Pepper were made popular as part of this exposition.
To celebrate his own Gold Medal victory, Jack created a special decanter to give as a gift to those who had helped make his award-winning whiskey. In 2004, for the 100th anniversary of the first Gold Medal, another replica decanter nearly identical to that of 1971 was released. This 1.75 liter decanter was also filled with 90 proof whiskey, but came in a wooden display box with a numbered hang tag.
Bottle No. everyone it is deferent number with unregistered Taq
Famous Grouse Highland Decanter / 100 Years Wooden Box
This attractive decanter is gilded with 24 carat gold and depicts a ‘Summer in the Highlands’ by artist Stanley Todd.
This particular example was part of a limited 500 bottle release to celebrate the Centenary of the brand.
Bottle number 410
A cask strength Longrow from Springbank that spent its last two years in a Tokaji cask, adding some mouthwatering sweet notes and extra complexity.
One of 2350 bottled in November 2002.
CategorySingle Malt
Distillery Springbank
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Wood Expressions
Vintage 02.1995
Bottled 08.2005
Stated Age 10 years old
Cask type Refill + Fresh Tokaji Wood Finish
Number of bottles 7440
Strength 55.6 %
Vol.Size700 ml
The beast is back – and this time, it’s an impressive 30 years old! This well-aged edition of Peat’s Beast spent three decades in oak casks, before being bottled up at a generous 50.6% ABV. Don’t let the terrifying monster on the label put you off – a magnificent balance coastal smoke, floral heather, and bright citrus awaits.
Category Single Malt
Bottler Fox Fitzgerald (FF)
Bottling serie Batch Strength
Bottled 2021
Age 30 years old
Cask type Oak Cask
Number of bottles 1752
Strength 50.6 % Vol.Size 700 ml
A 2003 single malt from the second release in the annual Dalmore Vintages series, combining the very finest casks from 2003 to create a rich, sweet limited-edition whisky. Beginning its journey in American white oak ex-bourbon barrels, it was then transferred into a combination of Rivesaltes sweet wine casks, Matusalem and Amoroso sherry casks, and bourbon barrels, before being married together and bottled in 2022. Aromas of Manuka honey and vanilla pods mingle with sticky toffee on the nose, complemented by notes of maple syrup, baking spices, plums, blackberries, English marmalade and honey throughout the palate and lingering in the finish.
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Suntory Royal 72cl
A Japanese blend from Suntory, originally launched to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the company.
Suntory are one of the founding fathers of Japanese whisky, established by Shinjirō Torii in 1899 as a wine store in Osaka. The venture was hugely successful, and the company was renamed Kotobukiya in 1921, which built its first distillery three years later, Yamazaki. The distillery produced both malt and grain whiskies which the company blended together, releasing its first Suntory White Label in 1929, the resulting popularity of which saw the firm renamed after it 1963. Expansion in the next decade saw the company move its grain production to a new Chita distillery in 1972, and open a second malt distillery, Hakushu, the following year. Suntory today has a large stake in both the bourbon and Scotch whisky industry, but remains at the forefront of its native whisky market too.
In the making of The Balvenie IslayCask, David Stewart selected Balvenie single malt which had matured in traditional oak casks for at least 17 years and transferred it into 94 casks which had previously held Islay single malt. After six months he felt the casks had imparted the desired delicate amount of peaty notes, typical of Islay, whilst retaining the distinctively honeyed character of The Balvenie. The Balvenie IslayCask was bottled in 2001 and the late Michael Jackson, world renowned whisky expert and author of The Malt Whisky Companion, wrote the following about it:
Distillery Balvenie
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Islay Cask
Bottled 2003
Stated Age 17 years old
Cask Type Oak Casks + Islay Casks Matured
Strength 43.0 %
Vol.Size 700 ml
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