Ocean Special Old 12 Karuizawa 5cl

A miniature bottle of Ocean Special Old 12, a blend of matured whiskies from the Karuizawa distillery, produced by Sanraku Ocean Co. Ltd.

Karuizawa was founded in 1955 and was Japan’s smallest whisky distillery. In 1959, it became the first distillery to export whisky overseas. Karuizawa distillery stopped production in 2000 and closed for good in 2011.

This lot comes from the extensive collection of a Merseyside collector who began his hobby with bottles bought for guests as digestifs at private dinner parties in the early 1970s. His interest led to him advertising in the UK national newspapers, and buying and selling bottles as far afield as Australia, America and Ireland, with his last significant addition being a collection he purchased from Stoke On Trent in 1984.

This Ocean Special Old 12 sold at our online auction for £40