Each two years, Scotland’s best whisky makers unite within the identify of charity. The Distillers One of One is a whisky public sale like no different. Because the identify implies, each bottle going beneath the hammer is exclusive — a singular creation. Every extremely priceless liquid is donated freed from cost, with many representing the oldest whiskies ever launched by their respective manufacturers.
The world’s main charity public sale for uncommon and previous Scotch whiskies, this biannual occasion attracts immense anticipation. A number of the business’s largest names compete for the highest hammer costs, with 36 distilleries and types participating this yr. Impressively, 100% of proceeds go to charity.
Since launching in 2021, The Distillers One in all One has raised a unprecedented £4.3 million (US$5.25 million) for the Youth Motion Fund — an organisation offering long-term alternatives for deprived younger folks throughout Scotland.
Every bottle is a spotlight and a chunk of whisky heritage in its personal proper. Listed here are eight of essentially the most exceptional bottlings you possibly can bid for. Scotch whisky doesn’t get any extra unique than this.
Glendronach Arias In Time
Estimated hammer worth: £60,000–£100,000
The revered Highland distillery Glendronach presents Arias In Time, a singular four-bottle assortment that charts its liquid historical past throughout the many years.
It options whiskies from the Nineteen Sixties, 70s, 80s and 90s fastidiously chosen by Grasp Blender Dr Rachel Barrie from ex-Oloroso and ex-Pedro Ximénez sherry casks.
The set is accompanied by a bespoke bronze sculpture created utilizing the traditional lost-wax casting approach.
The Glen Grant Everlasting
Estimated hammer worth: £120,000–£150,000
The oldest whisky at this yr’s public sale comes from The Glen Grant. Drawn from a single ex-sherry European oak butt distilled in 1948, this 77-year-old Speyside single malt has matured in that very same cask for practically eight many years.
Housed in a handblown crystal decanter formed like a seed pod, Everlasting pays homage to the distillery’s famed Victorian Backyard of Splendours, which nonetheless prospers at this time with authentic specimens introduced again from expeditions to Asia, South America and Africa.
The Glenlivet SPIRA
Estimated hammer worth: £60,000–£110,000
The Glenlivet could also be one of many world’s best-selling single malts, nevertheless it has by no means launched something as previous as SPIRA. Distilled and stuffed right into a single hogshead in 1965, this 60-year-old whisky has rested undisturbed ever since.
The identify derives from the Latin for ‘spiral’, and the handcrafted curved decanter displays the swirling vapours rising throughout the stills — a becoming tribute to Speyside historical past.
Kandoblanc Dragon In Clouds
Estimated hammer worth: £50,000–£100,000
Kandoblanc, a bespoke bottling home based by whisky knowledgeable Dhavall Gandhi, marries conventional craftsmanship with beautiful whisky. Dragon In Clouds is a one-off creation that unites heritage artwork kinds with a 60-year-old single malt.
The Murano glass decanter, made utilizing historical Venetian methods, holds a refined, enduring whisky chosen for its symbolic connection to the dragon — a creature revered for power and longevity.
Laphroaig Capsule
Estimated hammer worth: £40,000–£80,000
Probably the most visually arresting releases of the public sale, Laphroaig Capsule is a 40-year-old peated single malt from Islay’s legendary distillery. The whisky is encased in a putting inexperienced crystal ‘capsule’ decanter, handblown and topped with a platinum-plated cap.
The liquid inside is a wedding of two uncommon Eighties distillations — one matured in ex-Oloroso sherry casks, the opposite in ex-bourbon — introduced collectively in an American oak hogshead in 2022.
A single bottle has been drawn solely for the public sale.
Outdated Pulteney Polaris
Estimated hammer worth: £26,000–£40,000
Polaris is the oldest launch ever from Outdated Pulteney. Matured for 47 years, it started life in American oak ex-bourbon casks earlier than a seven-year end in a first-fill Spanish oak ex-sherry butt.
Impressed by its distant northern setting, the distillery collaborated with a neighborhood glass studio to create the hand-blown decanter. The outer casket is produced from close by Caithness slate and completed with copper salvaged from an previous nonetheless.
Port Ellen Prism
Estimated hammer worth: £150,000–£300,000
The legendary Port Ellen distillery on Islay reopened in March 2024 after greater than 40 years of silence. Now celebrating its two hundredth anniversary, it marks the event with Prism — the oldest single malt ever launched from the distillery.
Distilled in 1978, simply earlier than closure, and bottled as a 46-year-old, this extraordinary 1.5-litre decanter is encased inside a glass sculpture created by acclaimed artist Wilfried Grootens.
Anticipate one of many public sale’s high hammer costs.
Royal Brackla 54 Years Outdated
Estimated hammer worth: £13,000–£25,000
Royal Brackla was the primary Scottish distillery to obtain a Royal Warrant, and this one-of-a-kind 54-year-old bottling honours that heritage.
Drawn from a single refill ex-bourbon hogshead (Cask #2665), stuffed on 24 March 1970 and hand-selected by Malt Grasp Stephanie Macleod, it’s introduced in a handcrafted crystal carafe from La Cristallerie Royale de Saint-Louis and a sublime wood casket.
A regal dram in each sense.
