Nikka Rare Old Super Whisky

Nikka Super Rare old is a blended whisky containing a large proportion of Yoichi and Miyagikyo malt whiskies.

£52.00

With summer on the horizon, we’re looking to shake the senses and embrace the rising temperature by enjoying our whisky outdoors or within a tasty cocktail concoction. Our NEW Outturn is available this Friday bursting with fresh flavours and inspiration.

Click over to our website now to browse these brilliant bottlings ahead of the release at 9am on Friday, 2 June OR keep on scrolling for some sizzling summer suggestions. AND don’t miss our NEW edition of Unfiltered, also available to READ ONLINE NOW.

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NEW UNFILTERED

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Vaults, 87 Giles Street, Leith EH6 6BZ

Contact: sales@smws.com or call 0131 555 2929 (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm). Visit the Society at here for membership information

This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!

Spot the SMWS bottles in this amusing You Tube video

RAREST BOTTLE OF GLEN GRANT WHISKY TO BE AUCTIONED AT BONHAMS SKINNER

A bottle of Gordon & MacPhail Glen Grant 1948 72 Years Old, estimated at $70,000 – 100,000.

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Boston – Bonhams Skinner will present one of the rarest bottles of Scotch Whiskies, Gordon & MacPhail’s Glen Grant 1948 72-year-old, at its Rare Spirits sale from June 19 – 29. One of the oldest and greatest Scotch single malts of all time, this is the first time this bottling has been offered at auction in the United States. It is estimated at $70,000 – 100,000.

Built in 1839, Glen Grant is one of the most recognized distilleries in Speyside, the biggest whisky producing region in Scotland. Their 72-Year-Old whisky was distilled in 1948, matured in an American oak ex-Sherry cask, and bottled in 2020. The cask produced on 290 bottles and the whisky is housed in a hand cut Dartington Crystal decanter. It was awarded the World’s Finest Single Cask and the 2022 Scottish Single Malt Whisky of the Year.

A three-bottle set of Brora Triptych single malt Scotch Whisky, estimated at $25,000 – 35,000.

Additional highlights of the sale:

• A three-bottle set of Brora Triptych single malt Scotch Whisky, estimated at $25,000 – 35,000.
• A bottle of Michter’s Celebration Sour Mash released in 2022, estimated at $12,000 – 18,000.
• Eight bottles of Austin Nichols Wild Turkey “Cheesy Gold Foil”, bottled between 1985 and 1993, estimated at $7,000 – 11,000.
• A bottle of Old Rip Van Winkle 7 Years Old Whiskey, estimated at $7,000 – 10,000.

Sale: Rare Spirits Location: Boston Date: June 19 – 29

Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world’s largest and most renowned auctioneers, offering fine art and collectables, collectors’ cars and a luxury division, which includes jewellery, designer fashion, watches, wine, and whisky. In 2021 and 2022, Bonhams made a number of important acquisitions which form the wider Bonhams network. These include: Bukowskis, Bruun Rasmussen, Bonhams Skinner, and Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr.

There are 14 salerooms around the globe: UK: New Bond Street, London; Knightsbridge, London; Edinburgh. US: New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Marlborough. Hong Kong: Admiralty. France: Avenue Hoche, Paris; Rue de la Paix, Paris. Belgium: Brussels; Denmark: Copenhagen. Sweden: Stockholm and Australia: Sydney.

With a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 22 countries, Bonhams offers advice and valuation services in 60+ specialist areas.

In 2022, Bonhams held a number of important auctions and offered landmark single-owner collections, including the white glove sales of Sir Michael Caine: The Personal Collection, Sir Terence Conran: The Contents of Barton Court, Personal Property of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and The Robert & Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting. Other notable single-owner sales included Style and Substance: The Collection of George and Charlotte Shultz and The Claude de Marteau Collection.

Top lots for 2022 included a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder (Sold for US$4,185,000), a pair of blue and white octagonal candlesticks (Sold for HK$30,453,00/ US$3,911,913), La femme en rouge au fond bleu by Chaïm Soutine (Sold for £1,842,300/ US$2,236,940), and a rare emerald and diamond Cartier bracelet (Sold for US$3,240,375).

More information here.

For a full list of forthcoming auctions, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, please visit bonhams.com

The Bonhams Network

Bukowskis

Established in 1870, Bukowskis offers fine art and collectables from its saleroom in Stockholm as well as online. In 2021, it sold 11 of the 15 most valuable artworks in the Swedish market – achieving the highest price for a Swedish artwork ever sold at auction – while their innovative digital presence attracts more than one million users every month.

Bruun Rasmussen

From its Copenhagen saleroom and online, Bruun Rasmussen sells more than 75,000 lots each year across categories from furniture, paintings and modern design to silver, wine and collector’s items such as books, arms and armour, stamps and coins.

Bonhams Skinner

Renowned New England auction house Bonhams Skinner holds some 80 auctions a year in 20 collecting categories – including Americana, fine art, collectables and wine, and ranging from fine violins to contemporary paintings – at its salerooms in Boston and Marlborough, Massachusetts, as well as on its highly effective digital platform for online sales.

Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr

Established in 1973, Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr is famous throughout the auction world for its high-profile single-owner sales. With salerooms in Paris and Brussels, it holds auctions in more than a dozen categories, including fine art, haute couture, Asian art, collectable cars, jewellery, watches and more.

May 2023 Auction // 26.05.23 –05.06.23

ENDS TONIGHT!

Our May Auction. Featuring over 7,500 rare whiskies and fine spirits, this is a unique opportunity to bid on some of the world’s most sought-after bottles.

This month we feature an array of amazing bottles, from an extensive collection of the Ichiro’s Malt ‘Card’ Series bottlings to stunning expressions of old & modern Glendronach, and some incredibly rare American whiskeys, some available at online auction for the very first time!

Whisky Investors Charity Auction: We’re delighted to support the Whisky Investors in raising funds for those affected by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey & Syria in our May auction. Read more here and please bid generously!

Browse our live auction.

Bid on 35 lots from the legendary Ichiro’s Malt ‘Card’ series.

Want to learn more about the series? Read our complete guide to the series here.

Over 800 lots of rare American Whiskey, including the near-mythical D.H. Cromwell 15 Year Old & Boone’s Knoll 1974 16 Year Old

Discover a collection of legendary 1960s single malt Scotch

150+ Highland Park lots, including rare 1960s Cadenhead’s bottlings.

Read our Complete Guide to Highland Park and our exclusive interview with Olivier Humbrecht, Highland Park collector.

Sensational independent releases from James MacArthur

Whisky & Rum Investors Charity Auction in aid of DEC Turkey-Syria Appeal

Charity lots include a selection of bottles signed by master distillers at popular distilleries, a rare 1970s Glenfarclas 8-Year-Old and a Duty Paid Sample bottling of Springbank. There is also a very special 22-Year-Old Glenfiddich selected by Brian Kinsman, limited to just 36 bottles. Read more here and please bid generously!

Interested in selling in our next auction? Fill out our Seller Form today.

AWARDED DISTILLERY OF THE YEAR AND WHISKY OF THE YEAR

We are incredibly honored and humbled to announce that we have been awarded “Distillery of the Year” and “Whisky of the Year” by the London Spirits Competition!

This recognition is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team, who strive to create exceptional whiskies.

We are grateful for the support of our loyal customers, who have helped us achieve this milestone. We promise to continue pushing the boundaries of the American Single Malt industry and delivering unforgettable experiences to those who appreciate fine whisky.

Thank you to the London Spirits Competition for recognizing our efforts and the emerging category of American Single Malt. Shop our award winning whisky at the button below.

PURCHASE THE WHISKY OF THE YEAR

Founders Private Cellar – 15 Year Old Madeira Cask

Our Founder’s Private Cellar bottlings are rarely released and have therefore become highly sought after. These occasional launches are of whisky exclusively from the Nelstrop family’s private collection of whisky casks. There is never more than one of any cask expression and so a bottling results in a release of whisky that is incredibly rare.

Every bottle is packaged with an exceptional collector’s presentation box compete with the Founders story. The whisky that was chosen for this bottling was distilled in 2007, is unpeated and was put in a Madeira cask where it has stayed ever since.

 Non chill filtered. Natural colouring.

58.1% ABV

LIMITED RELEASE – ONLY 248 bottles

£280.00

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A VISIT TO THE CAIRN DISTILLERY, SCOTLAND

by Paul Mclean

The sun is finally shining here in Glasgow and our glorious (if brief) summer is upon us, and to celebrate why not buy a bottle of something special from our now live 144^th auction!  It’s a very healthy auction this month with well over 7000 lots of fantastic drams to choose from, whether that be a top-shelf beauty or a summer drinker we’ve got the lot.  Here are a few special bottles from this month’s offerings to check out.

W & A Gilbey from the Wreck of the SS Politician

We often say bottles are ‘historic’ or ‘legendary’ but in the case of the W & A Gilbey from the Wreck of the SS Politician we really mean it.  The inspiration for the famed Ealing comedy Whisky Galore from 1949, The SS Politician was a cargo ship bound for Jamaica which ran aground off the coast of Eriskay in 1941.  This bottle was salvaged by a diver from the slumbering wreck and is accompanied by a letter, magazine article and USB stick full of research documenting the bottle’s journey from the seabed back into circulation.  A truly one-of-a-kind lot.

Macallan 1950 Exceptional Cask #13 2018 Release

Next up is a bottle of unmistakable quality, the Macallan 1950 Exceptional Cask #13 2018 Release.  Distilled over seven decades ago by the Speyside giant, Macallan, this tremendous liquid was then aged for a jaw-dropping 67 years in an American Oak 1^st Fill Sherry Butt.  One of only 336 bottles released this dram comes in at hugely respectable ABV of 53.4%, impressive given its long slumber in oak.  This is your chance to own by far the most sought-after bottle in the Exceptional Cask series.

Yamazaki 1990 ‘The Cask’ Sherry Butt

Japanese whisky has long been growing in popularity amongst consumers and investors impressed by its impeccable production, smooth flavours and robust value.  And this Yamazaki 1990 ‘The Cask’ Sherry Butt certainly ticks all the boxes.  Distilled in 1990 and bottled in 2008, this delicious looking dram is one of only 471 bottles released and weighs in at a rather hefty cask strength of 60% ABV.  If you haven’t experienced Japanese whisky at its finest this would be a great place to start.

Laphroaig 1960 Vintage Reserve

Finally, we have an absolute corker from Islay (the undisputed heartland of peaty whisky) the Laphroaig 1960 Vintage Reserve.  Distilled at the start of the swinging sixties and bottled in 2001 at the birth of the new millennium, this is a rare example of a very old Laphroaig.  After spending four decades ageing in wood this dram is described by Laphroaig as being “surprisingly smooth and gentle” while still packing that peaty punch so admired by their legions of aficionados worldwide.There are literally thousands more fantastic bottles just waiting to be discovered in this month’s auction, so now is the time to get scrolling through them and picking your favourites.  Best of luck to all and remember…………don’t lose your bottle.

Kentucky Senator Bourbon Announces Its Newest, Small Batch Bourbon: The John Sherman Cooper Release

This marks the fourth very small batch
released by award-winning Kentucky Senator Spirits.

LEXINGTON, KY — Kentucky Senator Bourbon is set to unveil its fourth release of Kentucky straight Bourbon whiskey, named after U.S. Senator John Sherman Cooper of Somerset in Pulaski County.

Hitting shelves this summer, the John Sherman Cooper Release comes on the heels of the announcement that Kentucky Senator Spirits won an ASCOT Award – the famed international bourbon competition – for quality of taste of previous releases.

This highly anticipated release is named after the esteemed U.S. Senator John Sherman Cooper. Aged eight years in oak barrels, this Bourbon is 107 proof with a mash bill of 75% corn, 21% rye and 4% malted barley.

Kentucky Senator Spirits will distribute approximately 1,000 bottles of this 2023 limited edition small batch Bourbon, to be sold with a suggested retail price of $134.99. It has been distilled and aged in Kentucky, bottled at Bluegrass Distillers in Lexington and is being distributed by Kentucky Eagle Wine & Spirits.

The John Sherman Cooper Release will be rolled out at select Kentucky retailers, with a single barrel private selection at all Liquor Barn stores. This limited-edition release is also available online at www.BourbonOutfitter.com

In addition to the small batch bottles available next month in Kentucky liquor stores, bars and restaurants, Kentucky Senator Bourbon will feature a limited quantity for sale at the world-famous Jack Rose Dining Saloon in Washington, D.C.

“Damon and I have been able to unleash our passion for Kentucky’s native spirit,” said co-founder Andre Regard. “Our very first batch was honored with an ASCOT Award for taste, and we have been pleased to let our subsequent releases speak for themselves. This fourth release demonstrates our continued commitment to deliver only the finest taste in each pour.”

“We are featuring the same mash bill as our second and third bottling, this time aged eight years instead of seven or six,” said co-founder Damon Thayer. “As always, Kentucky Senator will be released at 107 proof and, this time, we have paired our release with the popular Senator Cooper, who was one of the most consequential Kentuckians of the 20^th Century.”

Each release is named for a U.S. Senator from Kentucky. To learn more about why John Sherman Cooper was chosen for Kentucky Senator’s fourth release, visit the company website, www.KentuckySenatorBourbon.com

The Kentucky Senator Bourbon brand was revived in 2019 by co-founders, Andre Regard and Damon Thayer. They are passionate about offering the finest-tasting Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, serving up great Kentucky Bourbon with a side of Kentucky history.

Andre Regard (left) and Damon Thayer (right)

BOILERPLATE:
The Kentucky Senator brand originated from Crigler and Crigler in northern Kentucky. The brand was later distilled and bottled by Double Springs Distillers, Inc. in Bardstown. Today, Kentucky Senator has been given a fresh look thanks to local co-founders Andre Regard and Damon Thayer. Both men possess a unique background in Bourbon that they bring to the management team of Kentucky Senator Spirits, LLC.  More can be read about the management team in their online bios (https://www.kysenatorbourbon.com/).

AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
Kentucky Senator Bourbon’s inaugural release, the Alben W. Barkley Release, was highlighted in Forbes Magazine.

Noted Bourbon author, Fred Minnick, also honored Kentucky Senator’s first release in his ranking of the Top 100 Whiskeys of 2021.

Fred Minnick reviewed the Alben W. Barkley Release for his YouTube Channel, acknowledging the release as a “top-rated, 15-year-old Bourbon.”

Kentucky Senator also made the ranking for Minnick’s subsequent Top 100 Whiskeys of 2022 list.

Kentucky Senator Bourbon was recognized by the American Spirits Council of Tasters in 2022, receiving a Gold ASCOT Award for taste and a Double Platinum ASCOT Award for overall marketing and brand design.