Category: Portraits

  • The Whiskystats Portrait of Compass Box

    The Whiskystats Portrait of Compass Box

    Compass Box is one of the most exciting whisky blenders on the market. High quality, limited releases combined with maximum transparency, these bottles gained traction with single malt oriented collectors. Here is our portrait of Compass Box.

  • The Whiskystats Portrait of Port Ellen

    The Whiskystats Portrait of Port Ellen

    Legendary Port Ellen accounts for some of the most sought after whiskies of all time. This article takes a closer look at this iconic Islay distillery’s secondary market track record. Here is our market portrait of Port Ellen.

  • Elements of Islay

    Elements of Islay

    Today we take a closer look at the “Elements of Islay” range by Speciality Drinks. Packaged and labeled like they come straight from a chemistry laboratory, some of these bottlings experienced quite a price change. 

  • The Highland Park Fire and Ice

    The Highland Park Fire and Ice

    Today we go with the flow and sing a story about fire and ice. But while John Snow may know nothing, we can tell you quite a bit about the Highland Park Fire and Ice editions.

  • Revisited: The Devil´s Punch Bowl by Arran

    Revisited: The Devil´s Punch Bowl by Arran

    About a year ago we kicked-off our Taste ´n´ Stats series with an article on the Devil´s Punch Bowl series from the Arran distillery. Now it is time to revisit these bottles to see what has changed over the past twelve months. 

  • The Hanyu Playing Card Series

    The Hanyu Playing Card Series

    The poker card series from Hanyu is the embodiment of the japanese whisky boom which we witnessed over the last two years. Prices went berserk and made this series one of the most exclusive and most expensive whisky experiences money can buy. 

  • Feis Ile Bottlings

    Feis Ile Bottlings

    Each year thousands of people pilger to the Isle of Islay to celebrate the music and the malt alike. The local distilleries use this gathering as a reason to issue limited Feis Ile bottlings, which immediately get auctioned. 

  • Ardbeg Galileo

    Ardbeg Galileo

    The Ardbeg Galileo is named after the father of modern astronomy and we are eager to find out if it tastes truly heavenly and if secondary market prices skyrocketed too. 

  • The Devil´s Punch Bowl by Arran

    The Devil´s Punch Bowl by Arran

    We finally start combining measures of taste with our analysis of historic auction prices. This new category is called “Taste ‘n’ Stats” and the Devil´s Punch Bowl trilogy by Arran is the first object under investigation. 

  • The Whiskystats Portrait of Cadenhead

    The Whiskystats Portrait of Cadenhead

    In this iteration of our portraits series we take on the oldest independent scottish bottler. Cadenhead was founded back in 1842, but it’s not only the long history which makes it worth having a closer look at the Cadenhead bottlings circulating on the secondary market.