Distillers One of One auction: further eight whiskies revealed
Distillers One of One has revealed the second tranche of ultra rare whiskies which will feature in its upcoming auction, with estimated hammer prices ranging from £5,000 to £26,000.
Auction house Sotheby’s will host the charity auction for this year’s Distillers One of One lineup on Friday 10 October at the Hopetoun House near Edinburgh.
The 2025 sale will be the third iteration of the auction, which has so far raised £4.3 million, principally awarded to the Youth Action Fund, supporting disadvantaged young people in Scotland.
For the first time, Distillers One of One has announced an exhibition of this year’s auction lots ahead of the sale. The exhibition, displayed at Sotheby’s New Bond Street in London, will run on 19-30 September and will be the only time the unique pieces will be exhibited to the public, collectors and whisky enthusiasts alike.
Ahead of the exhibition, the charity auction has revealed the eight expressions available from its member donors.
Livingstone & Elixir Distillers – William Shakespeare
Estimate between £20,000-£26,000
Livingstone & Elixir Distillers, a brand launched by Alexis Livingstone Burgess and independent bottler Elixir Distillers, offers a bottling named after the great English playwright as a companion piece to its Macbeth Collection. A Mortlach Single Malt Scotch Whisky Aged 63 Years, this is the only time Shakespeare will feature in the distiller’s collection.
Sir Quentin Blake has signed and donated the specially commissioned illustration of Shakespeare, presented in the enclosed folio and reproduced only once, on this bottle.
Bruichladdich – Biodynamic Barley 2013 Cask
Estimate between £10,000 – £20,000
Bruichladdich presents its third contribution to The Distillers One of One auction with the Biodynamic Barley 2013 cask. The distillery has used fully traceable barley from the carbon-positive Yatesbury House Farm, Wiltshire, using biodynamic ingredients to support sustainable farming, healthy soils and regenerative agriculture.
Loch Lomond Group – Glen Scotia Four Quarters
Estimate between £7,000 – £14,000
Distilled in November 1999, Loch Lomond Group offers a rare collection of four vintage 25-year-old single malt whiskies showcasing Campbeltown’s Victorian maritime trade heritage.
All four expressions began maturation in refill Bourbon barrels and through an array of considered cask finishes. The first single malt (51.9% ABV) was fully matured in refill American Oak, while the second (56.6% ABV) rested in a first fill Caribbean Rum cask. The third expression (52.9% ABV) was refined in a first fill Oloroso cask and the fourth and final release (52.8% ABV) spent time in a first fill Pedro Ximénez cask.
Created in partnership with luxury Scottish jeweller Hamilton & Inches, each Glencairn crystal decanter features gold-plated detailing, engraving and a gold-plated coin at its crown. The whiskies are presented in a bespoke oak display cabinet, depicting the four quarters of the world across which Glen Scotia’s whiskies have travelled, complete with a gold-plated coin handle.
Isle of Raasay – Cask Ownership Experience
Estimate between £5,000 – £10,000
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Isle of Raasay Distillery is offering a two-night stay at the distillery’s new accommodation ‘Na Bothain’, plus filling and ownership of an Oloroso Sherry Hogshead, a first for the distillery’s cask programme. The experience includes chef-prepared meals featuring locally-sourced seasonal ingredients, served overlooking the Cuillin Mountains of Skye.
Berry Bros. & Rudd – two 30-year-old Family Reserve bottlings
Estimate between £5,000 – £9,000
UK fine wine and spirits merchant Berry Bros. & Rudd offers two 30-year-old single malt bottlings from the Balmenach and Caol Ila distilleries, both from the company’s Family Reserve. Distilled in 1979, these whiskies were originally bottled in 2009 and 2010 respectively. For this special release, both expressions are presented in packaging designed by Elvis & Kresse, makers of luxury handcrafted accessories and homeware using reclaimed materials.
Berry Bros. & Rudd offers a dining experience for a party of 8 guests in the Director’s Dining Room, not commercially available to book, hosted by the Chair, Lizzy Rudd and Ronnie Cox, former Brands Heritage Director.
Ballindalloch Distillery – Ballindalloch 2014 Cask no 3 – Sunrise Over The Ben
Part of the initial auction in 2021, the distillery has returned this year with Ballindalloch 2014 Cask no 3 – Sunrise Over The Ben, the oldest Ballindalloch in existence, from the 3rd cask filled at the distillery, specially selected by Guy Macpherson-Grant. This Ballindalloch Single Malt was aged in a first fill Bourbon barrel and finished in a red wine barrique. The bottle is set in a piece of antique crystal cullet created by glass artist Giles Lawson-Johnston, son of Andrew Lawson Johnston, who held the Royal Warrant for Artist in Glass.
Borders Distillery – Elementum
Estimate between £10,000 – £15,000
The team at Borders Distillery has selected the best spirit from American Bourbon and French Oak Ex-Douro Valley wine casks and created this singular expression of their work, housed in a 21 litre repurposed ceramic vessel.
Whyte & Mackay – The Rare Tamnavulin Single Malt 50 Years Old
Estimate between £8,000 – £16,000
Ahead of the brand’s 60th anniversary in 2026, Tamnavulin’s whisky making team has evaluated the distillery’s aged whisky stocks, and now offers a unique 50 Years Old Tamnavulin Single Speyside Malt, created by master distiller Richard Paterson, for the Distillers One of One auction.
Distilled 24th November 1972, the liquid was initially filled into American white oak Bourbon barrels, then transferred into a Graham’s 1994 Vintage Port Pipe in 2018, where it remained until it was transferred into glass Bonbonnes in 2023.
The full list of donors at the 2025 Distillers One of One auction includes:
Founder Donors:
1. Bacardi – John Dewar & Sons: Aberfeldy & Royal Brackla
2. Brown-Forman – The Glendronach
3. Campari Group – The Glen Grant
4. Chivas Brothers International Limited – The Glenlivet & Aberlour
5. Diageo – Port Ellen
6. Gleann Mór – Rare Find
7. Gordon & MacPhail
8. International Beverage – Old Pulteney
9. KANDOBLANC
10. Suntory Global Spirits – Laphroaig
11. The Last Drop
12. William Grant & Sons – Ladyburn & House of Hazelwood
Member Donors:
13. Ballindalloch Distillery
14. Berry Bros. & Rudd – Balmenach & Caol Ila
15. The Borders Distillery
16. Livingstone & Elixir Distillers
17. Loch Lomond Group – Glen Scotia
18. R&B Distillers – Isle of Raasay
19. Rémy Cointreau – Bruichladdich
20. Whyte & Mackay – Tamnavulin
Associate Donors:
21. Adelphi Distillery
22. Arbikie Distillery
23. The Artisanal Spirits Company
24. Coachbuilt Whisky
25. Hunter Laing – Ardnahoe
26. InchDairnie – KinGlassie
27. J & G Grant – Glenfarclas
28. La Martiniquaise Bardinet – Glen Moray
29. Lindores Abbey Distillery
30. Master of Malt
31. The Glenturret Distillery
32. Thompson Bros
33. Tomatin
34. Whisk-E – Arran
35. Young Spirits – Ferg & Harris – Springbank
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