SIR KENNY DALGLISH’S VINTAGE MOMENTS
BY GORDON & MACPHAIL WHISKIES

GORDON & MACPHAIL REVEALS FOOTBALL LEGEND SIR KENNY’S CHOSEN VINTAGE MOMENTS
CELEBRATED IN ULTRA RARE SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKIES

On Tuesday 6 October 2026, whisky specialist Gordon & MacPhail is to reveal the inaugural release of its unique series ‘Vintage Moments’, celebrating five personal landmark moments selected by Scottish football legend, Sir Kenny Dalglish.

Sir Kenny Dalglish’s Vintage Moments by Gordon & MacPhail Whiskies offers 15 unique box sets of five ultra-rare single malt Scotch whiskies distilled in years that correspond to Sir Kenny’s key life and remarkable career milestones. Born in 1951 and regarded as one of the greatest strikers in post-war British football, Sir Kenny is one of Celtic, Liverpool and Scotland’s most admired figures, with a huge number of fans all around the world.

As curators & custodians of the oldest and rarest single malt Scotch whiskies, Gordon & MacPhail’s unique and irreplaceable stocks feature single malts from over 100 Scottish Distilleries matured in their own casks. They are the only company in the world to possess single malts from every vintage from 1948 to the present day. These whiskies are time capsules; liquid treasures of profound rarity, each shaped by decades of quiet maturation and the unwavering dedication of the family-owned business over four generations.

Sir Kenny was invited to choose five years over his lifetime that he wished to single out as landmark moments to be celebrated alongside the values that have shaped his life and career. Each of these has been brought to life with a Gordon & MacPhail single malt distilled in the same year.

“Selecting these single malts was a real privilege. I’ve been fortunate to experience some wonderful moments throughout my life and choosing just five years that meant the most wasn’t easy. I’m looking forward to sharing the stories behind those choices and hope people enjoy discovering them as much as I enjoyed making the selection,” comments Sir Kenny.

His final selection included the following moments:

1951
Everything starts with Dalmarnock and his parents.

“Everything has to start somewhere, and for me it started in Dalmarnock on 4 March 1951. I was lucky to grow up in a close family with parents who worked hard and gave us every opportunity. Looking back now, those early years shaped the values that stayed with me throughout my life, both in football and away from it.”

1967
The Lisbon Lions showed a young player what was possible.

“Watching Celtic win the European Cup made every young player at the club believe anything was possible. I was fortunate enough to begin pre season with the first team that summer, and before long I had signed professionally. It felt like the beginning of a journey, although at the time I couldn’t have imagined where football would eventually take me.!”

1974
Marina and the most important decision of his life.

“I was lucky enough to win a few doubles during my football career, but the best double of all was marrying Marina on her birthday. It certainly made remembering our anniversary a bit easier. People often say that behind every successful man there’s a good woman. I don’t think that’s right. Marina has never been behind me. She’s always been beside me. Whatever football brought our way, we faced it together, and I couldn’t have asked for a better teammate.”

1977
Leaving the comfort of Celtic to challenge himself.

“Leaving Celtic was one of the hardest decisions I ever made. The club had given me everything and I owed so much to Jock Stein, my teammates and the supporters. But football doesn’t wait for anyone and I felt it was the right time to challenge myself. Looking back now, joining Liverpool changed my life in ways I could never have imagined.”

1995
Jack Walker’s belief in people and what a united group could achieve together.

“Winning the Premier League with Blackburn will always be a special memory. Jack Walker believed in the club, believed in the people around him and gave us every opportunity to succeed. We had a fantastic group of players and staff who worked tirelessly for one another. To win the title was an incredible achievement, and doing it at Anfield made for one of football’s more unusual stories.”

Sir Kenny visited Elgin in May 2026 for a personal tasting of various vintage single malt Scotch whiskies associated with his chosen years, selected and hand-drawn from Gordon & MacPhail’s cask library. Each of Sir Kenny’s Vintage Moments single malts were bottled at cask strength and will only ever be tasted by a very small number of people in the world. Those who secure one of the 15 sets for sale will also have an opportunity to meet Sir Kenny at a Vintage Moments event in November 2026.

“It was fascinating to learn that spirit made at the same distillery during the same year, but put into two different types of casks, creates whiskies that can taste completely different,” commented Sir Kenny Dalglish.

Following this tasting of Sir Kenny’s choice of favoured vintages resulted in the following selection:

Gordon & MacPhail 1951 from Glen Grant Distillery
Gordon & MacPhail 1967 from Longmorn Distillery
Gordon & MacPhail 1974 from Strathisla Distillery
Gordon & MacPhail 1977 from Benromach Distillery
Gordon & MacPhail 1995 from Glentauchers Distillery

“It is a source of immense pride to be the only Scotch whisky company in the world to have stocks from every vintage going back as far as 1948. Many of these whiskies were laid down by grandfather, George Urquhart, who has been called ‘the father of single malt’,” explains Stephen Rankin, Gordon & MacPhail Director of Prestige and fourth generation family member.

Sir Kenny Dalglish’s Vintage Moments by Gordon & MacPhail Whiskies box sets, each featuring five 70cl bottles of ultra-rare vintage single malts of exceptional quality brought to life from Gordon & MacPhail’s portfolio, will be available for sale from Tuesday 6 October 2026. Housed in a beautifully produced wooden box, these special releases come with a special book signed by Sir Kenny sharing his stories behind each personal Vintage Moment chosen. Each of the 15 box sets will be numbered 1-15 and will have a unique fact about Sir Kenny making each box different.

Each of the bottles will be age statemented and individually named as follows:

1951: Debut Appearance
1967: Into The Lion’s Den
1974: Teammates for Life
1977: It’s Not a Rehearsal
1995: The Fairytale

For whisky aficionados and admirers of Sir Kenny Dalglish, a Gordon & MacPhail Vintage Moments by Sir Kenny Dalglish Box Set provides an exceptional opportunity.

SIR KENNY DALGLISH’S VINTAGE MOMENTS BY GORDON & MACPHAIL WHISKIES

15 x Limited edition numbered box sets including 1951 Glen Grant (70cl), 1967 Longmorn (70cl), 1974 Strathisla (70cl), 1977 Benromach (70cl) and 1995 Glentauchers (70cl) Priced at £100,000 available via gordonandmacphail.com from Tuesday 6 October 2026

VINTAGE MOMENTS FROM GORDON & MACPHAIL PRIVATE CLIENT RESERVE

In addition to the limited-edition box sets commemorating Sir Kenny Dalglish’s vintage moments, Gordon & MacPhail offers an exclusive ‘Vintage Moments from Gordon & MacPhail Private Client Reserve’ service. This rare opportunity allows individuals to select special years that they wish to celebrate via bottlings of vintage single malt whisky from Gordon & MacPhail’s archive of stocks – a privilege of owning chapters of Scotland’s liquid history tailored to the individual’s choice of special occasions. Minimum spend £100k. Limited to only 10 individuals per year. Those interested are invited to email Stephen Rankin directly via: vintagemoments@gordonandmacphail.com

TASTING NOTES

Gordon & MacPhail 1951 from Glen Grant Distillery

Matured in a first-fill Sherry puncheon cask
Nose: Sweet stewed apples with clove and cinnamon. Notes of honeysuckle give way to tangerine peel, aged leather and oak.
Palate: Smooth and creamy with intense orange marmalade flavours, dried tobacco and poached pear. Cracked black pepper gives way to toasted hazelnut.
Finish: A long and complex finish with lasting waxy citrus peel and pepper.

Gordon & MacPhail 1967 from Longmorn Distillery

Matured in a first-fill Sherry butt
Nose: Rich dark treacle toffee aromas give way to spicy aniseed, Morello cherry and juicy blackberry with subtle candied citrus peel.
Palate: Mouth-watering stewed prunes, ginger and toasted walnut flavours. Aged oak and citrus undertones give way to herbal influences.
Finish: A full and long finish with hints of coffee and slight ashy notes.

Gordon & MacPhail 1974 from Strathisla Distillery

Matured in a refill Sherry butt
Nose: Rich notes of aged leather gives way to dark chocolate and almond, with dried fruits with a touch of treacle.
Palate: Smooth with roasted coffee bean and fruitcake flavours, leading to dark forest fruits, spicy nutmeg and Seville orange peel.
Finish: A long finish with charred oak, dark cherry and lingering spicy pepper.

Gordon & MacPhail 1977 from Benromach Distillery

Matured in a first-fill Sherry hogshead
Nose: Rich spiced pear aromas with vanilla custard, strawberry, tangerine and subtle walnut.
Palate: Smooth with stewed summer fruits which lead to sweet, dried tobacco and cracked black pepper. Underlying citrus and oak develop alongside.
Finish: A lingering finish, vibrant and spicy with subtle menthol.

Gordon & MacPhail 1995 from Glentauchers Distillery

Matured in a first-fill Sherry butt
Nose: Waxy red apples with cinnamon and clove, vanilla butterscotch and fresh lime zest.
Palate: Smooth and vibrant with dark chocolate and orange flavours giving way to stewed fruits. Raspberry flavours leading to a touch of black pepper and oak.
Finish: A medium finish with fresh citrus giving way to spicy white pepper.

About Gordon & MacPhail

For more than 130 years, Gordon & MacPhail has been driven by a simple mission: to create single malt Scotch whisky of exceptional quality. Through four generations of family ownership, the company has matched its own bespoke casks with spirit from over 100 Scottish distilleries. Managing a portfolio of casks is a complex level of expertise which Gordon & MacPhail has honed to fully understand cask maturation matched to different styles of spirit. It is this cask curation that allows Gordon & MacPhail to consistently deliver a range of perfectly matured whiskies. Their expert maturation management creates unique, complex but perfectly balanced single malts found nowhere else. At the very heart of business lies the sample room – an exceptional liquid library spanning more than a century of Scotch whiskies featuring a wide range of age profiles and character. But these exceptional snapshots in time are not heirlooms there to impress, they exist to help inform and shape future decision-making and provide an invaluable guide for generations to come. GORDONANDMACPHAIL.COM

About Gordon & MacPhail’s Unique Relationship with Over 100 Scottish Distilleries

Uniquely, Gordon & MacPhail is the only whisky company to have matched its casks to spirit from over 100 distilleries from all over Scotland. We then nurture it, often for many decades, then lean on experience handed down through four generations to know when to bottle it. Over its 130 history, Gordon & MacPhail built a strong bond of trust and mutual respect with these distilleries to allow the company to fill casks. These relationships were founded on the commitment that Gordon & MacPhail’s releases would complement not compete against those from the proprietary distillery, providing drinkers with interesting nuances in flavour. No other company has the depth and breadth of whisky in terms of variety of source distillery of the original spirit and age up to 80 years.

About Gordon & MacPhail ‘Made for Your Moment’ Service

Gordon & MacPhail ‘Made for Your Moment’ service provides the privilege of owning chapters of Scotland’s liquid history – a legacy crafted with intention, patience and artistry – tailored specifically to the individual. This unique opportunity will be extended to a very small number of private clients each year to sample single malts and select five from pivotal years in their life. Each whisky will be hand-drawn from each cask, bottled at cask strength – the only expression of each particular single malt that will ever exist.

About Sir Kenny Dalglish

As a player, Sir Kenny Dalglish was the IOC European Footballer of the Season, a Ballon D’or Runner Up and FWA Tribute Award recipient. As a manager, Sir Kenny goes down in history, having won the First Division title with Liverpool on three occasions and the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers, a season which also saw him presented with the Premier League Manager of the Season award.

Knob Creek® Releases 12 Year Old Cask Strength, a Bold Expression of Time, Patience and Full Flavor

KNOB CREEK® RELEASES 12 YEAR OLD CASK STRENGTH, A BOLD EXPRESSION OF TIME, PATIENCE AND FULL FLAVOR

Patiently matured for 12 years and bottled at 121.2 proof, the limited-edition release delivers Knob Creek’s signature full-bodied flavor at cask strength

CLERMONT, Ky., The James B. Beam Distilling Co., home of The Small Batch Bourbon Collection™, announces the release of Knob Creek^® 12 Year Old Cask Strength, a limited-edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon that showcases the depth that twelve years of patient aging and full proof can deliver. Bottled at 121.2 proof, the release brings Knob Creek’s signature full-bodied character to the glass with greater intensity, offering rich layers of caramel, dried apple, butterscotch and seasoned oak, followed by a warm, subtly spiced finish.

“Knob Creek has always been about giving great bourbon the time it deserves. After twelve years in the rickhouse, this batch had the depth and full flavor we were looking for, and we knew we wanted to share it exactly as it was,” said Freddie Noe, eighth-generation master distiller at the James B. Beam Distilling Co. “Cask strength means the barrel gets the final say, and with this one, we were more than glad to listen.”

Patiently matured in charred American white oak barrels and hand-selected from just 10 distinct lots in Knob Creek’s Clermont, Kentucky rickhouses, Knob Creek^® 12 Year Old Cask Strength is carefully batched and bottled at cask strength, best enjoyed neat or on the rocks.

• Proof: 121.2 proof / 60.6% ABV
• Aroma: Caramel, char and dried apple
• Taste: Rich yet balanced flavors of butterscotch, dried apple and seasoned oak
• Finish: Warm with notes of caramel and subtle cinnamon
• Availability: Available nationwide for a limited time
• SRP: $89.99 / 750mL

Arriving in time for the holiday season, Knob Creek^® 12 Year Old Cask Strength is an ideal whiskey for holiday gatherings and gifting, whether enjoyed neat, on the rocks or in a classic Old Fashioned. For more information about Knob Creek^® 12 Year Old Cask Strength and Knob Creek^® award-winning bourbon and rye portfolios, visit knobcreek.com or follow along on Instagram and Facebook @KnobCreek.

About Knob Creek^® Bourbon
Knob Creek^®, alongside Basil Hayden^®, Booker’s^® and Baker’s, is a founding member of the Small Batch American Whiskey category. Founded in 1992 by legendary distiller Booker Noe, the category reflected his vision to introduce distinctive, premium styles of bourbon defined by intentional barrel selection, aging, proof and flavor. Knob Creek was created to bring that vision to life through a full-flavored, pre-Prohibition-style bourbon made without shortcuts.

Knob Creek’s flagship bourbon is patiently aged for nine years in new American oak barrels with a maximum Level 4 char and bottled at 100 proof, delivering the unrivaled depth of flavor that has defined the brand for more than three decades.

Today, Knob Creek offers a portfolio of full-flavored bourbons and ryes, including age-stated expressions including 7 Year Old Rye, 9 Year Old Bourbon, 10 Year Old Rye, 12 Year Old Bourbon, and 15 Year Old Bourbon, single barrel releases and limited-edition innovations including Bourbon x Rye, 12 Year Old Cask Strength, and more all crafted with an unwavering commitment to quality and flavor.

About Suntory Global Spirits
As a world leader in premium spirits, Suntory Global Spirits inspires the brilliance of life, by creating rich experiences for people, in harmony with nature. Known for its craftsmanship of premium American whiskeys, including Jim Beam^® and Maker’s Mark^®; Japanese whiskies, including Yamazaki^® and Hibiki^®; and leading Scotch brands including Laphroaig^®, Suntory Global Spirits also produces leading brands such as El Tesoro^® and Hornitos^® tequilas and Roku^® gin, and is a world leader in Ready-To-Drink cocktails, with brands like -196™ (minus one-nine-six) and On The Rocks™ Bartender Created Cocktails.

A global company with approximately 6,000 employees in nearly 30 countries, Suntory Global Spirits is driven by its core values of Growing for Good, Yatte Minahare and Giving Back to Society, and aims to have a positive impact on the planet, consumers and communities. Headquartered in New York City, Suntory Global Spirits is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings Limited of Japan. For more information, visit www.suntoryglobalspirits.com

*Further information on Knob Creek^® awards can be found at www.knobcreek.com
Knob Creek^® Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 60.6% Alc./vol. ©2026 James B. Beam Distilling Company, Clermont KY.

THE OFFERING

In 2016, twelve special casks arrived in Harris from our friends at Dad’s Hat distillery in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Previously home to their straight rye whiskey, we filled them with our lightly peated spirit. For almost a decade, our whisky has matured entirely in these casks by the shores of Ardhasaig. Now in its final period of marrying, it brings together the warmth and spice of its Pennsylvania heritage with the character of our island whisky. The whisky will be bottled in December, with bottles available from then onwards. Bottles are limited and offered on a first come, first served basis.

SECURE YOUR BOTTLE TODAY

Created in collaboration with our friends Herman Mihalich and John Cooper of Dad’s Hat Rye, this rare single malt has spent almost ten years maturing entirely in American oak Straight Rye casks here in Harris.

Dad’s Hat was founded in 2010 to revive Pennsylvania’s once-famous rye whiskey tradition. For Herman, that story is personal: he grew up above his family’s tavern, where rye whiskey was part of everyday life, and the Dad’s Hat name comes from his father and the fedora he was rarely seen without.

There is a natural connection with our own story in Harris, two distilleries rooted in place, community and the revival of distinctive local traditions, as well as bonds of island emigration and trans-Atlantic journeys.

After almost a decade by the shores of Ardhasaig, the Dad’s Hat casks have connected our two homes once more, bringing warmth, spice and depth to our island spirit, with green apple, lemon peel, black pepper and savoury notes.

The result is a distinctive single malt shaped by two places, two traditions and a special friendship stretching across the Atlantic.

LEARN ABOUT DAD’S HAT DISTILLERY

We expect to bottle this unique dram at 48% ABV and will confirm the final strength once the marrying is complete and the whisky is ready.  As always, it will be non-chill filtered and naturally coloured.  “On the nose there are notes of crisp green apple and toasted oats, with aromas of lemon peel and jellied fruits. A soft peat smoke complements warming mixed spice and hints of black pepper. Old Bay seasoning on the finish gives this dram a delicious and distinctive spiced flavour profile” – SHONA MACLEOD, ISLE OF HARRIS DISTILLERY BLENDER

This new release is also proudly presented with bespoke labelling and a beautifully designed box which captures the story of this special celebration of connection and friendship between our two distilleries.*

*Label and packaging images shown for illustration only. Final designs may vary slightly.

2014 Braeval 11 Year Old “Redacted Bros.” (Thompson/Dornoch) Single Oloroso Hogshead Cask Strength Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

$64.99

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Our Yin & yang duo are two whiskies made for enjoying side by side. The startling contrast in colour between these two whiskies reminded us of the autumn equinox, a moment when light and dark stand in equal balance – a yin and yang. The Toasted Oak & Vanilla flavour profile of Cask No. 89.25: Library café in autumn embraces the warmth of golden hour sunsets while the Dried Fruits & Spices flavour profile of Cask No. 96.44: Panpepato party starter is a nod to winter feasting and moonlit merriment. Celebrate the whisky season ahead with this special pair.

THE YIN & YANG DUO

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

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 615: Dailuaine 21 Year Old Diageo Special Releases 2025

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a richly sherried Speysider. Dailuaine is located in the heart of Speyside. When it was founded in 1853, it was the first distillery to feature the characteristic pagoda roof above the kiln. Unfortunately, that historic feature was lost in a fire in 1917. Only 2% of the whisky produced is bottled as single malt, while the rest disappears into blends, with Johnnie Walker as the main customer. For the 2025 Special Releases, Diageo launched a 21-year-old Dailuaine that matured in former sherry casks.

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FIFE BOTTLER LANDS SIX SCOTTISH WHISKY AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Saltire Rare Malt shortlisted for Independent Bottler of the Year as three of its single cask whiskies compete in the same category

Falkland, Fife;  September 2026 – Fife-based independent Scotch whisky bottler Saltire Rare Malt has landed six finalist spots across four categories at the 2026 Scottish Whisky Awards, including Independent Bottler of the Year and Excellence in Branding.

Four Saltire whiskies have also made the taste finals, with an impressive three of the eight places in Single Cask Scotch 13 and Over going to its Aultmore 15 Year Old, Caol Ila 17 Year Old and Tamnavulin 17 Year Old. Saltire’s Port Dundas has also been shortlisted in Single Grain & Blended Grain Scotch.

The nominations mark another major milestone for Saltire Rare Malt, which was crowned Newcomer of the Year at the 2025 Scottish Whisky Awards, as the independent bottler continues its rapid growth at home and internationally.

Launched in 2024 by friends and founders Nigel Heywood and Keith Rennie, Saltire Rare Malt works alongside internationally acclaimed whisky experts Hans and Becky Offringa – The Whisky Couple – to curate its collection of rare single cask and limited-edition Scotch whiskies.

From its home in Falkland, the business has grown rapidly in just over two years, with its bottlings now reaching collectors and trade partners across Europe, North America, Asia and South Africa.

Keith Rennie, Co-Founder of Saltire Rare Malt, said: “We’re incredibly proud to see Saltire recognised across so many different areas at this year’s Scottish Whisky Awards. To have four of our whiskies in the taste finals – including three in the same single cask category – is particularly special, alongside recognition for our branding and a nomination for Independent Bottler of the Year.

“We launched Saltire just over two years ago with a shared passion for exceptional Scotch whisky and big ambitions for the business. To see the whisky, the brand and the team recognised together means a huge amount to us.”

The nominations come during Saltire Rare Malt’s biggest period of international growth to date, following the recent appointment of five whisky professionals across North America and Asia Pacific as the business continues to expand in key global markets.

The winners of the 2026 Scottish Whisky Awards will be announced later this year. The Saltire Rare Malt Collection is available to buy online on their website at: https://www.saltireraremalt.com/

About Saltire Rare Malt Whisky

Saltire Rare Malt are bottlers of a unique range of limited-run single malt whiskies. The independent bottling company was born from a longstanding partnership between friends & Founders Nigel Heywood and Keith Rennie. The pair have worked together for three decades, before moving into the whisky world to collect fine and rare single malts. A shared passion for the ‘water of life’ led to the creation of Saltire Rare Malt – a global vehicle to share their outstanding collection of Single Malt Whiskies.

The founders felt that 2024 would be a good year to launch the very first bottlings of Saltire Rare Malt, 530 years after the birth of Scotch Whisky – in the beautiful, historic town of Falkland. Among Saltire Rare Malt’s meticulously curated collection are ‘well-known labels’, ‘rare gems’ and casks from ‘lost distilleries’ with Single Malt Scotch Whisky releases that are ‘never rushed or hurried — they’re bottled when the right time arrives’.

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About Falkland, Fife; The Birthplace of Scotch Whisky

Falkland is a beautiful Scottish market town in the Kingdom of Fife, built around the 12th century Falkland Palace. 1494 saw the first record of Scotch Whisky. King James IV, staying at the Palace, issuing the famous order: “8 bolls of malt to Friar John Cor, werewith to make the ‘water of life”. This can be considered the birth certificate of Scotch Whisky. Saltire Rare Malt is now situated in the market square opposite Falkland Palace. Over 530 years after the birth of Scotch whisky, its story has now come full circle.
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In the immortal words of King Henry V (well, Shakespeare but you get the picture) once more unto the breach dear friends!  Welcome one and all to our now live 184^th auction.  We have a fabulous range of whiskies available this month running the whole gamut of distilled goodies, so whatever it is that wets your whistle we’ll have something to float your boat.

Our first whisky highlight comes from a distillery with a long and storied past and which has only relatively recently started production again, this is the Brora 1978 40 Year Old 200^th Anniversary.  Released in 2019 to mark two centuries since the distillery was founded in 1819 this exclusive whisky was distilled only five years before the distillery was mothballed during the now infamous cull of the 1980’s.  Aged for four decades this is a dram of superlative quality and historical significance.

Our next highlight comes from a distillery with an impressive reputation for quality releases (not to mention an equally impressive new premises), this is the Macallan 1946 52 Year Old Select Reserve with Certificate & Keys. This tremendous dram has been waiting patiently in a sherry cask for 52 years prior to being bottled. No fancy packaging or bling, this is one classy act. We would say that it’s a must have for Macallan collectors but that’s too obvious, this is a bottle for connoisseurs of whisky.

Well, if you thought 1946 was an auld vintage our next highlight has it beat; this is the Mortlach 1936 Gordon & MacPhail 75cl.  Founded in 1895, Gordon and MacPhail has been bottling single malt whiskies for 120 years and by the 1950s it held the largest range of bottled malt whiskies in the world.  This particular gem from the ‘beast of Dufftown’ is staggeringly old and offers one lucky punter the chance to sample some pre-war whisky just like your Grandad used to drink.

Our final highlight began its life on the sleepy shores of Islay before being whisked off to the Far East where it was bottled, marketed and released, this is the Bunnahabhain 1980 45 Year Old Little Sleeping Bear Boy.  If whimsical labels are your thing this dram has you covered with an evocative little artwork by acclaimed Japanese oil painter Mayuka Yamamoto gracing the label.  If it’s the whisky you are after, then you are also in luck for behind the sleeping bear boy lies a fantastically well-aged Islay single malt from one of the island’s most celebrated distilleries.

As always, we have an enormous selection of drams to suit every budget on offer this month, so now is the time to delve into this month’s offerings and start building that watchlist.

Best of luck to everyone in the auction, and as always………..don’t lose your bottle.

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Killowen Distillery Celebrates
Five Years of Rum & Raisin Single Malt
with Exclusive Gift Set

Killowen Distillery is celebrating five years of its much-loved Rum & Raisin Single Malt with the launch of an exclusive new gift set. Matured in Pedro Ximénez (PX) and Killowen’s own rum casks, this multi award winning Cask Strength Rum & Raisin Single Malt brings together rich, sweet and fruity notes, with the casks contributing flavours reminiscent of rum-soaked raisins, dried fruits and warming sweetness.The special anniversary gift set features two crystal glasses housed in a handcrafted wooden presentation box, making it a fitting tribute to five years of this distinctive expression.

Killowen Distillery would like to thank everyone who has supported the Rum & Raisin over the years.

Limited to just 100 gift sets, this release offers a special opportunity for whiskey lovers to celebrate five years of a Killowen favourite.

Available now on our website.

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