{"id":5037,"date":"2016-07-07T16:34:58","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T15:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/?p=5037"},"modified":"2016-07-08T09:24:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T08:24:52","slug":"auction-findings-5-noticeable-lots-whisky-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/auction-findings-5-noticeable-lots-whisky-hammer\/","title":{"rendered":"Auction findings: 5 noticeable lots under the whisky hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"
Full Disclaimer:<\/strong> This isn’t a secret for most of you, I have now been working as a whisky auctioneer for Catawiki <\/a>since a few months, but no<\/strong>, this is not a sponsored article at all.<\/strong> I actually just thought that (and also because I received messages asking me for more information about this activity<\/em>), after coming through a great amount of very nice\/rare\/old\/tasty\/noticeable bottles every week through my mission for the online auction platform<\/a>, I could share some of those findings with you. I know many of those bottles are not even close to affordable for a lot of people (including me <\/em>\ud83d\ude00)<\/em> but please let us dream and let me share with you a bit of what my everyday routine is made of!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Complete Set – The Icons of Arran<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The complete series of 4 bottles release by the Isle of Arran Distillery to celebrate the 4 icons of the island: Golden Eagle, Peacock, Westie and Rowan Tree.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve 15 years old<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 53.5% ABV.\u00a0A younger version of the famous 20-year-old Pappy Van Winkle\u2019 Family Reserve, this bourbon was crafted according to \u00a0the family’s well-known wheated recipe. The smooth, oak flavor blends well with the barrel proof.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Peking Opera Limited Edition – The Whisky Agency<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This edition comes in 2 bottles. The left shows the virtuous and elite qing-yi, whilst the right presents the vivacious and coquettish hua-dan.<\/p>\n The Qing-Yi bottle was distilled in Burnside distillery, an old distillery located in Speyside while The Hua-Dan bottle is a fusion of two single malts: a 35 years old sherry cask strength blended with an aged sherry cask above 40 years old.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bruichladdich 1967<\/a>\u00a0– Signatory<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A beautiful release of single cask Bruichladdich by Signatory. Distilled in January 1967 and matured in a sherry butt for 32 years before being bottled in November 1999. 43.3% ABV and one of only 215 bottles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n St Magdalene 32 years old<\/a>\u00a0– Cadenhead’s<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n