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The penultimate post of the auction haul starts the wave of Single Grain Scotch. I've said it before, single grain is overlooked in the shadow of single malt, but there is some great stuff there. And great deals for the age.

- Sansibar bottling of a 28 year old Cambus

- William Grant & Son bottling of a 25 year old Girvan

- A Signatory 50 year old bottling of North British, distilled in 1962 - this bottling was for Taiwan.

- A Signatory 23 year old bottling of Port Dundas

- A Clan Denny 20 year old Girvan, Vintage 1990

- A Clan Denny 20 year old Invergordon, Vintage 2002

#Whiskey #Whisky #Scotch #NorthBritish #Invergordon #Cambus #PortDundas #Girvan

My love of Single Grain Scotch is no secret. I very much enjoy them, but a lot of people don't look beyond Single Malt.

This haul included a couple of Clan Denny bottlings - a 29 year Carsebridge and a 47 year Cambus.

I also picked up a couple of Cadenhead's bottlings - an 18 year Invergordon and a 34 year Girvan.

#Whiskey #Whisky #Scotch #ClanDenny #Cadenheads #Carsebridge #Cambus #Invergordon #Girvan

A lot of people sleep on Single Grain Scotch, which is a real shame, IMHO. I got into grain via Compass Box Hedonism, which is a blended grain, but that opened me up to trying others. Many years ago I was in the right place at the right time, when Julio's Liquors happened to get a couple of bottles of a Clan Denny 50 year old North British Single Grain.

The price was shockingly low, half what 25 year old single malts were going for, so I snapped one up on the spot. It was fantastic, and when I later got into auctions I started hunting other Clan Denny bottles, and have since branches out into other independent bottlers.

I'm still picking up Clan Denny though, and this time I added a 30 year Garnheath 1975, a 40 year Girvan 1965, a 35 year Cambus 1975, and a 44 year Invergordon 1966.

I also picked up a few Cadenhead's bottlings - a 31 year Cameronbridge, a 34 year Girvan, a 40 year North British, a 26 year North British, and a 40 year Carsebridge.

As odds and ends I picked up a bottle of Cameron Brig (which is Cameronbridge) - I've been warned this might not be so good, a Signatory 14 year North British 2009, a Signatory 29 year North British 1991, a Muirhall Bond 15 year North British, and a Murray McDavid 16 year Invergordon.

#Whiskey #Whisky #Scotch #ClanDenny #Cadenhead #SignatoryVintage #NorthBritish #Invergordon #Garnheath #Girvan #Cambus #Cameronbridge #Carsebridge

I recently had several months worth of auction lots shipped, and last night I finally had time to open them. It has, unfortunately, been a crazy couple of months.

This is the first batch.

First up are five Ardbeg bottlings - the original 17 year (not the recent re-release), Traigh Bhan release 02, the Twenty One, Twenty Something 22yr, and Twenty Something 23yr.

A run of nice Single Grain bottlings from Clan Denny - 1997 20yr Invergordon, 1998 25yr Cambus, 1974 35yr North of Scotland, 1975 36yr Cambus, 1965 45yr Dumbarton, 1965 45yr Girvan, 1965 45yr Caledonian, and 1963 48yr Cambus.

And a 2006 bottling of Compass Box Hedonism. That's one I was missing from the lineup.

#Whiskey #Whisky #Ardbeg #ClanDenny #CompassBox #Invergordon #Cambus #NorthofScotland #Dumbarton #Girvan #Caledonian

Switching gears, I'm a big fan of Single Grain Scotch. I think it is criminally overlooked, in favor of Single Malt. Hunter Hamilton bottles some great single grain expressions under their The Clan Denny label. Recent auction deliveries brought me three more.

A nine-year from Strathclyde, a 42-year from Lochside, and a 45-year from Cambus. Lochside is a closed distillery. It was closed in 1992 and demolished in 2004. Cambus was also mothballed in 1993 by Diageo.

#Whiskey #Whisky #Scotch #TheClanDenny #Strathclyde #Lochside #Cambus