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Old Comber 30 Year Old - 1980s

LOT ID: 0324-107


End Date : Apr 24 2024 08:10 PM


Total Bids: 68   

Winning Bid
£310.00


LOT DESCRIPTION

Old Comber 30 Year Old. Guaranteed Pure Pot Still Irish Whiskey. 75cl. 70 Proof. 40%. In presentation box.

A fascinating curio, this whiskey was bottled in the 1980s and represents the last remaining stock of original Irish whiskey from the Old Comber distillery, which closed in 1953. Happily, the Old Comber brand has recently been resurrected by Echlinville, and we're sure they have great plans for it - in the meantime, this is a great chance to get your hands on some of the original distillery's final output.

CONDITION

Slightly creased box.

FILLING LEVEL

High Shoulder

Distillery:  Old Comber

Distillery Status:  Closed

Bottler: Distillery Bottling

Bottling Year: 1980s

Age: 30

Category: Single Pot Still

Country: Ireland

Bottle Size: 75cl / 750ml

ABV: 40% / 70 Proof

Old Comber is an historic Irish whiskey brand, originally produced at the Comber distillery in Co. Down in Northern Ireland. Old Comber distillery started life as two separate facilities, known as Upper and Lower, both of which were founded in 1825. Upper was a converted brewery co-founded by John Miller, while Lower was a converted paper-mill. Miller went on to buy the Lower distillery around 1860 and amalgamated the businesses.

Lower Comber was closed early in the 20th Century; Upper Comber lived on but struggled after WWII and shut down in 1953. Whiskey from Upper Comber was occasionally bottled in later decades, and bottles of Old Comber 30-year-old bottled in the 1980s are still seen at auction. In 2021, the Comber whiskey brand was revived by Echlinville distillery near Comber, releasing an acclaimed blended pot still whiskey finished in port casks.

Distillery bottlings are, as the name suggests, bottled by or for the distillery from which the whisky has originated and are thus often referred to as Official Bottlings or OBs. Distillery bottlings are generally more desirable for collectors and usually fetch higher prices at auction than independent bottlings. They are officially-endorsed versions of the whisky from a particular distillery and are therefore considered the truest expression of the distillery’s character.

This ideal of the distillery character is regarded so seriously by the distilleries and brand owners that casks of whisky that are considered to vary too far from the archetype are frequently sold on to whisky brokers and independent bottlers. When this happens, it is often with the proviso that the distillery’s name is not allowed to be used when the cask is bottled for fear of diminishing or damaging the distillery’s character and status.

DISCLAIMER

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Please note: due to the various ages of bottles, corks and their seals, condition of liquid is at the buyer's discretion. And no claim can be lodged against failure/leakage in transit.All bottles are checked by our whisky specialists Wayne & Harrison Ormerod prior to any auction. We do not auction opened bottles so therefore all items are sealed unless stated under certain circumstances where seals were never issued by the producer.
No item is deemed new, however many items are generally in good condition. When this is not the case, we aim to mention any faults in the description. The images supplied are of the actual item you will receive. If the filling level of the liquid is not visible in the images provided, we aim to indicate the current position in the description. If the filling level is impossible to determine, such as with ceramics decanters, we will provide an overall weight of the decanter in KG. Our filling level guideline can be found here.
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BID HISTORY

BID DATE TIME
Last Bids £310.00 24th April 2024 19:55