Our December (2020) Auction ends soon!

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

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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.

Bardstown Bourbon Company “Discovery Series #4” Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml) $129.99 View

The fourth release in the Discovery series is all 10+ year-old bourbon and draws heavily from 13 and 15 year-old barrels. A blend of three-quarters corn makes the mash bill in each of the whiskeys selected for Bardstown’s flagship blend, along with a moderate rye contribution at 13-18 percent, with malted barley (no wheat) making the difference.

Wemyss Single Casks

The Speyside Edit

Wemyss Malts source casks from distilleries across Scotland for their single cask range. Each cask chosen for bottling is representative of the best characteristics of that region and the name given to each Whisky reflects the unique aromas and flavours found within the bottle.

Single cask Whisky is unique in that it is a snapshot of the distillery on one day of production and they type of cask it has been matured in. Depending on age and cask type, there are between 150 – 700 bottles per single cask, making each expression unique and highly covetable, as once they are gone, they are gone…

The Good Dram Show – Episode 393 ‘Kilkerran’ – Welcome to the final episode of the show for 2020. This week I happy to say that it’s a Glengyle episode!

https://youtu.be/6w3EMYGJxdI 

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Top trending winter warmers

Make your wintery holiday at home cosier by delving into new drams from Johnnie Walker, Benriach, and more, or chilling out with cocktails that you can whip up at home. Here’s what we’ve been raving about recently:

Johnnie Walker Blue Label
Year of the Ox
Chinese New Year Edition
£224.00

Buy Now ›

John Walker & Sons
King George V
Chinese New Year Edition
£550.00

Buy Now ›

A very warm welcome to our Christmas auction! Naturally our malty grotto is filled to the brim so if you’re not already pouring a large festive dram then please take a browse and see if you can pick up a treat or two. You snow the drill by now so let’s get started with what Santa has distilled for us.

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Ardbeg Committee Set! 

This auction also holds a fantastic choice of rare SMWS bottles!

Modest looking but don’t be fooled!

Go and treat yourselves, you’ve earnt it after this stonker. There’s plenty more dynamic and varied drams to pick from and to help get you through the New Year! We hope you’ve had a lovely Christmas wherever you are and look forward to seeing you all next year!

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FREE UK COLLECTIONS

We continue to offer free doorstep collections for over 10 bottles or collectively worth a minimum of £1000 are also available across Central Scotland – contact us to find out more and check availability.

Glasgow appointments

In line with government COVID restrictions our office is currently closed to the public. Book now for collections or drop offs from 18th January.

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 361: Ledaig 11 Year Old 2008 The Whisky Barrel

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a young and feisty Ledaig. The online retailer The Whisky Barrel has released a series called ‘Originals’ in which they showcase the different styles of malts to their customers. Among those is also this young Ledaig – peaty Tobermory – that was bottled after 11 years of maturation on a first fill oloroso hogshead.

https://youtu.be/k4L99cx58fw

Sazerac Whiskies Awarded Gold Medals

at International Spirits Challenge 2020 

            Louisville, Ky. — (Dec. 10, 2020) – Sazerac brands Paddy’s Old Irish Whiskey, Michael Collins Irish Whiskey and Imperial 12-Year-Old Scotch Whisky earned Gold Medals for their quality and excellence during the 25^th annual International Spirits Challenge. These medals were only given to brands that saw exceptional success in the competition’s blind tasting process.

The Tasting Awards were held over 12 days of intense blind tastings by panels of more than 50 experienced industry professionals.  Samples were delivered to the judges in flights of numbered tasting glasses to ensure accuracy.  Each judge assessed the products according to age, region and variety, which is determined by the entrant and verified by the chairman.

Paddy’s Old Irish Whiskey is a triple-distilled spirit from Cork County, Ireland, where it has been produced for almost 250 years. Michael Collins Irish Whiskey is a blended offering named after the legendary Irish revolutionary. The brand was revived by Sazerac in 2015. Imperial 12-Year-Old Scotch Whisky is a blended Scotch noted for its fruity aroma and caramel notes.

The International Spirits Challenge received more than 1,700 entries from nearly 70 countries around the globe in this, its 25^th anniversary year. Results from the 2020 International Spirits Challenge can be found at www.internationalspiritschallenge.com.

About Sazerac

Sazerac is one of America’s oldest family owned, privately held distillers with operations in the United States in Louisiana, Kentucky, Indiana, Virginia, Tennessee, Maine, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Maryland, California, and global operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, India, Australia and Canada. For more information on Sazerac, please visit www.sazerac.com.