American Whiskey

The 2012 edition of the wheated entry in Buffalo Trace's incredible yearly Antique Collection, turning up the regular WL Weller to 11 with this intensely flavoured cask strength whiskey. 2011's release was named as Second Finest Whiskey in the World in Jim Murray's 2013 Whisky Bible and this is more of the same. Fabulous stuff.

A double magnum of the world's No.1 American whiskey.

Another experiment in the Woodford Reserve Masters Collection, this 1838 Sweet Mash expression is made with entirely fresh ingredients - eschewing the addition of 'Sour' mash from the previous fermentation (as is standard practice across the industry).

An old bottle of Four Roses Kentucky Straight Bourbon. This whiskey has been aged for a full 6 years and was bottled some time in the 1970s.

A 1970s bottling of Guckenheimer's blended American whiskey.

A great idea from the folks at Wasmund's - a 2 litre new charred oak cask, two 70cl bottles of their single malt spirit and the challenge of maturing your own 'whisky'. It'll pick up flavour quickly in a barrel this small so it's perfect for experimentation.

The 5th release in Buffalo Trace's E.H. Taylor range of whiskies is a straight rye, with a mashbill of just rye and malted barley making it quite different to their other ryes.

A stonking single barrel bourbon, with a wonderfully expressive aroma and palate - this is a future classic and a must-try for serious bourbon enthusiasts.

A very desirable 1995 Wild Turkey in extremely fancy packaging, this long-aged bourbon from one of Kentucky's finest distillers has been hand-selected by Master Distiller Jimmy Russell himself and comes in rather arresting wood and copper packaging.

Released in 2005, this was the first bottling of William Larue Weller, the cask strength wheated bourbon representative in Buffalo Trace's multi-award-winning Antique Collection. A truly marvellous whisky that scored 92 points in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible, this is a very big dram that needs a little time in the glass to really open up.

An old flat bottle of Old Crow Traveler Fifth, called a fifth as the bottle contains 1/5 of a gallon. We estimate that this was produced sometime in the 1970s.

A bottle of Old Crow from the 1980s, from the Traveler series.

A rather over the top release from the folks at Old Fitzgerald, packaging their 6 year old bourbon in a shamrock laden porcelain decanter. This was released in 1977.

An old bottle of Kentucky Straight Bourbon which was produced by James E Pepper distillers under the name "Cream of Kentucky". This was later renamed "Double Rich".

A bottling of Old Taylor bourbon from the 1970s. It was produced and bottled at the now closed, and rapidly falling down, Old Taylor distillery, once an incredible example of a distillery built to be both a great producer of spirits and a beautiful building in of itself.

A 'Vintage' rye from Kentucky Bourbon distillers, home of Old Bardstown bourbon and the Small Batch collection (Noah's Mill, Rowan's Creek etc).

Immensely powerful rye from Buffalo Trace's Antique Collection. This is the second release of this outstanding rye.

An old 1970s bottling of Old Weller Kentucky Straight Bourbon. After being aged for 7 years, this bourbon whiskey is bottled at 107 proof (53.5%) and numbered by hand.

A 1970s bottling of 6 year old bourbon from James E Pepper, a brand that disappeared from the shelves in the USA for years only to be revived in 2012.