Our December auction is now LIVE!

Place your bids from Friday 18^th December until Sunday 3^rd January, 2021.

www.whiskyhammer.com

Every month, we present an incredible selection of whiskies and other fine spirits to our members right across the globe. You will find everything here from limited edition releases and vintage bottles to whole casks of rare whisky. There is certainly something for everyone – whether you are looking to collect, invest or enjoy!

Glenfarclas – 63 Year Old (1953) Pagoda Sapphire Reserve

(*Brought to auction for the first time ever.)

 Hanyu – Joker Monochrome

  Macallan – 40 Year Old (1979) Fine & Rare

 Laphroaig 13 Year Old (1967) & Laphroaig 14 Year Old (1970) 

Selling whisky? Why not arrange the pick-up of your bottles using our global courier service? If you’re based in Scotland, you might want to arrange the personal collection of your bottles. Wherever you’re based in the world, we will make getting your bottles into our monthly auction as simple as possible. Get in touch with the Whisky Hammer team now by dropping them a message at sales@whiskyhammer.co.uk.

The Grand Whisky Christmas Auction Closes Tonight!

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3100+ lots to bid on including special bottlings & casks…

Auction closes tonight – Monday 14th December at 9pm.

Interested in selling whisky in our next auction?

+44 (0)1463 210 427

sales@thegrandwhiskyauction.com

This is a friendly reminder that we will be offering our complimentary collection service in London on:

Sunday 13th December 2020
6-8pm by appointment only
St Paul’s Hotel, Hammersmith, W14 0QL

Collections are limited and by appointment only. If you would like to attend please complete the form which can be found here.

Please do not attend without an appointment or if you are feeling unwell in line with COVID 19 guidelines.

Additionally, please complete a Submission Sheet. This must be handed to the collections team.

A Winner in our auction? We are now offering a delivery (to collection point) service to customers who are dropping bottles off for a future auction. This service is charged at £12 (inc VAT), optional loss and breakage cover is available.

We are monitoring the COVID situation, this collection may be cancelled if infected numbers increase over the coming days.

We hope everybody enjoyed participating in our 114^th auction.

Following the update from the Scottish Government collections and drop off appointments at our Glasgow office will resume from 10am on Friday 11th December.

These appointments can be made using the form on our website HERE. During this period our reception area will be closed to the public and all drop offs / collections will be conducted from our loading bay area (large roller shutters immediately to the right of the reception area).

In order for this system to function properly, all orders that are being collected must be paid for in advance (online or over the phone) as we are unable to take payment in person. When booking your appointment please specify all the orders you intend to collect so we can have them ready when you arrive.  We would also ask that you adhere as closely as possible to your allotted appointment time to avoid overlapping with other customers, and if you arrive early please wait in your vehicle.

Upon arrival, please make yourself known at the reception window, or by ringing the doorbell.

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.

Bids open at Whisky Hammer for unique historic cask resurrected by Holyrood Distillery

-Bidding closes at 7pm GMT this Sunday 13^th December – 

Daniel Milne

Whisky lovers have until Sunday (13 December) to bid on a very special series of casks from Holyrood Distillery, Edinburgh’s first single malt distillery for almost 100 years, on leading online auction platform Whisky Hammer.

Holyrood Distillery is recreating historic single malt whiskies based on those produced during Edinburgh’s rich distilling past and these are exclusively available on Whisky Hammer in their first dedicated online cask auction. The auction went live on Friday 4 December with bids starting at £3,000 for each numbered sherry hogshead from Holyrood Distillery. The auction closes at 7pm (GMT) on Sunday 13 December.

For this special auction, the distillery has adopted the whisky making styles used by Edinburgh distilleries in the 1800s and early 1900s. It is filling just 30 casks which will be distilled barley varieties during that period: Chevallier barley and Plumage Archer. Each winning bidder will then be able to select the historic barley variety they prefer and choose the wood to age the whisky in: American oak Oloroso Sherry Hogsheads or Spanish oak Pedro Ximenez Sherry Hogsheads. Holyrood Distillery will also use old-style brewer’s yeasts and recreate the slow distillation methods the now-closed Edinburgh distilleries would once have used. The casks will be filled with spirit in early 2021 and left to mature into exquisite single malt Scotch whisky.

The majority of the city’s distilleries closed in the 19^th century with the last ones being Dean, closing in 1922 and Glen Sciennes distillery, closing in 1925. Holyrood Distillery resurrected the distilling of single malt with its opening in 2019.

Whisky Hammer is one of the leading online whisky auctions globally and hosts online auctions each month.  Dedicated to whisky and other fine spirits, Whisky Hammer’s auctions allow buyers and sellers from every corner of the world to participate. It has auctioned many rare and collectible whiskies – both bottles and casks – since its launch in 2016. But this partnership with Holyrood Distillery marks Whisky Hammer’s first dedicated cask auction, and shows the growing interest in this area among whisky lovers and investors.

In October, Whisky Hammer auctioned a rare bottle of the world’s oldest whisky ever released by The Macallan – also believed to be the oldest whisky ever launched by a distillery – a 78-year old from the producer’s new Red Collection for £92,500.

Whisky Hammer has recently re-located to a new, purpose built, facility in Aberdeenshire which is also home to a sister business, Still Spirit – a whisky shop and exquisite tasting room.

Holyrood Distillery started distilling in September 2019 in Edinburgh’s city centre. Located right in the heart of Edinburgh’s historic distilling district – on St. Leonard’s Lane with views over Holyrood Park – the 180-year-old building has been thoughtfully renovated to produce gin, liqueurs and whisky.

Daniel Milne, managing director of Whisky Hammer, said: “Since the Holyrood Distillery cask auction went live on Friday, we’ve had great interest with a number of bids arriving from across the world. Purchasing whisky by the cask is continuing to grow in popularity, and we feel this is offering is further enhanced given Holyrood’s innovative recreation of historic Edinburgh heritage whiskies.

“We’re honoured to partner with Holyrood Distillery to offer these casks exclusively to our customers and would urge anyone interested in participating in the auction not to miss out on this fantastic opportunity.”

David Robertson, co-founder of Holyrood Distillery, said:  “It’s great to see the interest in these unique casks. At Holyrood Distillery, we’ve taken a contemporary, flavour-led approach to our spirits, so recreating these historic whisky styles has been a fascinating process for us. I know the lucky winners will enjoy continuing this journey with us as they watch their whisky develop and mature.” 

To bid in the Holyrood 2021 Heritage Barley cask auction, please visit https://www.whiskyhammer.com/auction/current.php 

New Members can sign-up to bid using Whisky Hammer’s quick and straightforward registration process.

Notes  

Link to film: https://youtu.be/asLy3xa8qTU 

Follow Whisky Hammer on @whiskyhammer on Facebook and Instagram.

Follow Holyrood Distillery on @Holyroodwhisky on Twitter and @Holyrooddistillery on Facebook and Instagram.

Whisky Hammer:

• Whisky Hammer hosts auctions once a month, dedicated to whisky and other fine spirits, allowing buyers and sellers from every corner of the globe to participate at www.whiskyhammer.com
• It has auctioned many rare and collectible whiskies – both bottles and casks – since its launch in 2016.
• The business has recently re-located to a new, purpose built, facility in Aberdeenshire which is also home to a sister business, Still Spirit – a whisky shop and exquisite tasting room

Holyrood Distillery:

• Holyrood Distillery is the first single malt whisky distillery in Edinburgh for almost 100 years. The last working distillery in the capital was Andrew Usher’s Edinburgh Distillery (aka Glen Sciennes) which closed in 1925.
• Holyrood Distillery was founded by Canadian couple, Rob and Kelly Carpenter and Scot, David Robertson. Rob co-founded the Canadian branch of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society with wife Kelly, while David has 25 years experience in the industry with The Macallan and The Dalmore, as well as co-founding Rare Whisky 101.
• As well as distilling single malt whisky, Holyrood Distillery produces award-winning gins and liqueurs on its specially designed gin still.
• The distillery, which is in the heart of Edinburgh, features a 5-star visitor centre and shop.
• In addition, Holyrood Distillery’s bespoke cask programme launched this autumn and allows customers to be involved in every stage of the production process to create something truly customised to personal tastes. To find out more about the Holyrood’s Bespoke Cask Programme, visit www.holyrooddistillery.co.uk/cask-owners/.

The Grand Whisky Christmas Auction is now…LIVE!

LIVE AUCTION

3100+ lots to bid on including special bottlings & casks…

sales@thegrandwhiskyauction.com

We are pleased to be offering our complimentary collection service in London on:

Sunday 13th December 2020
6-8pm by appointment only
St Paul’s Hotel, Hammersmith, W14 0QL

Collections are limited and by appointment only. If you would like to attend please complete the form which can be found here.

Please do not attend without an appointment or if you are feeling unwell in line with COVID 19 guidelines.

Additionally, please complete a Submission Sheet. This must be handed to the collections team.

A Winner in our auction? We are now offering a delivery (to collection point) service to customers who are dropping bottles off for a future auction. This service is charged at £12 (inc VAT), optional loss and breakage cover is available.

We are monitoring the COVID situation, this collection may be cancelled if infected numbers increase over the coming days.

A warm welcome to our November auction and it’s a whopper. That’s right: our biggest to date! Never mind Black Friday or Cyber Monday we have a cyber maltweek and it’s a fantastic opportunity to grab some boozy bargains before your festivities begin.

View Auction

Ardbeg Committee Set! 

 Recherché translating to ‘sought after’, this bottle is a perfect drinker for those dark winter nights.

Tis’ the season to be sherry so go and fill yer boots with some fantastic new releases.

There is, as always, of course so much more to pick from so get stuck in, stay safe and have a fantastic festive period and happy St Andrew’s Day!

Get Bidding!

OUTSTANDING MACALLAN LALIQUE GENESIS-72 YEAR OLD LEADS BONHAMS WHISKY SALE IN EDINBURGH

The Catalogue 

The Macallan Lalique Genesis 72 year old. Estimate: £65,000-80,000.

A crystal decanter of The Macallan Lalique Genesis-72 year old leads Bonhams Whisky Sale in Edinburgh on Wednesday 9 December. It is estimated at £65,000-80,000.

The Genesis decanter was released to celebrate the opening of The Macallan’s newly finished, award-winning distillery in 2018. One of only 600 bottles ever released, the 72-year-old spirit comes in a Lalique crystal decanter, and a wooden presentation case that reflects the architectural features of the new distillery.

Distilled in the 1940s and matured for 72 years, this spirit is one of the oldest expressions ever released by The Macallan. Nick Savage, Master distiller at the time, said: “For its 72 years of maturation, the deceptively light colour hints that this is not an ordinary single malt. Reminiscent of a time gone by, it carries an exquisite balance of strong, sweet oak with the peaty spirit shaping its refined character”.

Bonhams Whisky specialist in Edinburgh Martin Green said: “In the two years since its release, The Macallan Lalique Genesis-72 year old has already proved its worth as one of the world’s great and most desirable whiskies. I am expecting a lot of interest from collectors.”

Other highlights include:

·         Three bottles of The Macallan Select Reserve-52 year old 1946. Estimate: £10,000-14,000 each.

·         A bottle of Brora 22-year old 1972. Estimate: £6,000-7,500.

·         A bottle of Hanyu Ichuro’s Malt-7 of Clubs.  Estimate: £5,000-7,000.

Sale: The Whisky SaleLocation: Queens Street EdinburghDate: Wednesday 9 December at 11 am

The Catalogue 

NOTES

Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world’s largest and most renowned auctioneers, offering fine art and antiques, motor cars and jewellery. The main salerooms are in London, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, with auctions also held in Knightsbridge, Edinburgh, Paris, San Francisco and Sydney. With a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 22 countries, Bonhams offers advice and valuation services in 60 specialist areas. For a full list of forthcoming auctions, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, please visit bonhams.com. bonhams.com