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The first four gins are all from England, the home of London Dry,
although not the home of gin. That honour goes to The Netherlands.
The two Nelson’s are both 5cl and sold as a pair for £20. Batch is
100ml and sold for only £7. The J G Mooney Finest old Dry dates
from the 1950s’. Sorry but I do not know the capacity but I can tell
you it sold for a respectable £18. Seven Hills VII Italian dry did OK at
£9. I am fairly sure this is a 50ml bottle. Lastly for the gins we have
the nicely presented Old Pilot from Croatia. Again probably 50ml
although there are some 40ml bottles this shape. It sold for £12.
Three Vodkas for you from three
different countries. Huzzar is from
Ireland and is an unusual size, 71ml.
It sold for a disappointing £3. Czar
Alexander is a 1950’s Dutch Vodka
from the N.V. Distillery in
Amsterdam. I think that the £22 it
sold for was top of the market. Buton
from Italy made the Stefanof Imperial
Vodka. This is not a common bottle,
although many of you will be familiar
with the Buton Dice bottles as many
more of these have been made.
These use the same bottle only black
instead of white for the dice. £14
seemed about right.

I am not familiar with Hinch or Hyde Irish Whiskies but there has been an explosion in Irish brands
in the last few years. Hinch 5 Year Old Double Wood is a 5cl. £22 seems reasonable but £20 for the
next bottle seems stupidly cheap. Hyde No.6 President's Reserve 1938 is a Trade Sample bottle
with a Sherry Cask Finish. So, a 5 year old for £22 and an 80+ year old for £20 – NUTS!

Mitchell's Shamrock is a 14 Year Old Blended Irish Whisky from Belfast, hence whisky not whiskey.
It was bottled in the 1930’s or 40’s is 1/10pint and a US import. £80 seems high considering some
idiot has covered the top in wax, which is difficult to remove.

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