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Finally, the last of the auction haul, the rest of the Single Grain Scotch.

- A 51 year old Invergordon bottled by Kingsbury Wine & Spirits of Edinburgh

- Thompson Bros. 32 year Girvan

- Thompson Bros. 35 year Invergordon

- A Signatory bottling of a 15 year old Cameronbridge vintage 1995

- A 31 year old North British bottling by Finest Whisky Berlin, vintage 1993

- A 32 year old Cameronbridge bottling by North Star Spirits, vintage 1992

And that brings us to the end of the Great Auction Haul.

#Whiskey #Whisky #Scotch #Invergordon #Girvan #Cameronbridge #NorthBritish

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

For #FensterFreitag here's one of several window-based murals you can find in Invergordon, Scotland. There's a mural trail in the town and I managed to find quite a few of the street art pieces during a short visit there in 2024.

#StreetArt #Photography #WindowFriday #Mural #Invergordon #Scotland

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

But wait, there's more!

I managed to pick up WhistlePig The Encyclopedia of Rye - Volume 2 for a fantastic price.

Volume 2? What about Volume 1? I had that too, for a similarly fantastic price, until I got sniped. That's how I learned the hard way that Whisky Auctioneer ends their auctions at midnight, even if bids are still being made.

They have sniping protection that is supposed to extend the auction a few minutes every time a new bid comes in, but there is an undocumented hard stop. I got outbid less than a minute to midnight and was in the process of upping my bid when the auction ended. I suspect the winner knew about this loophole, which I've since confirmed.

So now I'm still hunting for vol.1. I've seen it on sale in the US, but for stupid high prices.

Anyway... Then there were some random bottles. Starting off with a couple of different bottlings of the Mortlach 16 Flora & Fauna. Due to a misunderstanding, I picked up a few of these. I now have three, so I'll probably send a couple on to auction myself.

I also picked up several grain whiskies. I love those and they're often overlooked. The North British 1980 Cask Strength was originally only available to employees of the distillery. I'm not sure the age on this one.

Another North British, this one 30 years, a Caidenhead Single Cask 43 year Invergordon and a Forgotten Gems 30 year Invergordon.

#Whiskey #Whisky #Scotch #Rye #WhistlePig #Mortlach #NorthBritish #Caidenhead #Invergordon

An t-slighe a dh’Inbhir Ghòrdain madainn an-diugh.

#InbhirGhòrdain #Invergordon #CaolasChrombaigh #CromartyFirth #RosCuithne #Rosskeen #RosAnEar #EasterRoss #aGhàidhealtachd #ScottishHighlands #Gàidhlig #Gaelic @gaidhlig

Town Gets Go Ahead to Sell 300-Year-old Marble Bust Found Propping Open a Shed–And Worth $2 Million https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/town-gets-go-ahead-to-sell-300-year-old-marble-bust-found-propping-open-a-shed-and-worth-2-million/ #Invergordon #JohnGordon

I've been sitting on bottles from Whisky Auctioneer for over six months as the shipping cost per bottle drops significantly as the number of bottles increases. I recently pulled the trigger on shipping and by last week everything had arrived - just in time for me to get sick. I finally opened it all tonight.

I picked up a number of Glenmorangie. The Maltman's Special Reserve 18 year. MH Private Europe 21 Year Cask 9. 1993 Swamp Oak Single Cask. 1991 Mount Everest bottling. The Scotch Malt Whisky Society 125.27 & 125.75. Crom 16 year Westport Warlords & Warriors Edition Thulsa's Choice. And Wilson & Morgan 18 year Westport.

Compass Box also got some love. I picked up Hedonism Maximus - the market release as I already have the LWDW bottling. Two additional bottlings of the standard Hedonism from 2018 & 2019. Canto Cask 17 & 124 - that brings me up to 8 of the 16. The Nectar 10th Anniversary release (I have the 15th). The "Double Single" original Craigellachie Hotel release from 2004. The Peat Monster 2008 bottling. And D is for Demi John.

And then a smattering of others. A Clase Azul Mezcal San Luis Potosi. Amrut Single Malt Rye - the first ever Indian Single Malt Rye. Three Clan Denny Single Grain bottlings - Garnheath 43 year, Invergordon 47 year, and Dumbarton 48 year. Wild Turkey 13 year Distiller's Reserve. Ardbeg Smoketrails Manzanilla Edition - a second bottle as I've shared my first at a few tastings and it is getting low. And, last but not least, a non-auction bottle from Julio's Liquors, Knob Creek Single Barrel Select Rye "Si" for the Loch & Key Whisk(e)y Society.

There were four other bottles, but those are for others.

#Whiskey #Whisky #Scotch #Rye #Bourbon #Mezcal #Glenmorangie #Westport #SMWS #ScotchMaltWhiskySociety #CompassBox #ClaseAzul #Amrut #ClanDenny #Garnheath #Invergordon #Dumbarton #WildTurkey #Ardbeg #KnobCreek

An sealladh a' coimhead às an rathad-rothaireachd eadar Alanais agus Inbhir Ghòrdain thall Caolas Chrombaigh dhan Eilean Dubh.

#CaolasChrombaigh #CromartyFirth #AntEileanDubh #TheBlackIsle #Alanais #Alness #InbhirGhòrdain #Invergordon #AGhàidhealtachd #ScottishHighlands #Alba #Scotland #Rothaireachd #Cycling #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #CleachdI #MastoDaoine @gaidhlig

Trompe-l'œil, cartoon-style street art on a wall in Invergordon, Scotland for #FensterFreitag this week. Invergordon isn't the largest of places to explore but it does have a lot of interesting street art around its streets and it's also the home town of the Stoltman brothers, one of whom is the current holder of the World's Strongest Man title.

#WindowFriday #StreetArt #Invergordon #Scotland #Photography

I met Rishi’s convoy heading to Nigg on my way home tonight. Near Delny the northbound traffic was stopped by a police motorbike parked across their lane. The officer was next to it signalling stop to the traffic heading south. I stopped, but the vehicles in front of me didn’t, so he threw a tantrum, started screaming at them, jumping up & down and flapping his arms around. Wish I still had my dashcam 😂

#PoliceScotland #RishiSunak #ScottishHighlands #Invergordon #GeneralElection #GE2024

World’s Strongest Man 2021 winner Tom Stoltman is autistic

https://au-ti.com/2022/01/01/worlds-strongest-man-2021-winner-tom-stoltman-is-autistic/

#World'sStrongestMan #AutisticAdults #UnitedKingdom #TheHighlands #Invergordon #TomStoltman #Scotland #Autism #Sport