Old Smuggler

Old Smuggler Whisky

playing cards manufactured by Gráfica 2001

Old Smuggler is a blended Scotch Whisky with a history that goes back to 1835. The name probably alludes to whisky being smuggled into the US during Prohibition. The brand – together with Glen Grant – became the property of the Campari group in 2006. Oddly enough, the recipe in Argentina is different: for the South-American version of Old Smuggler, the grain is in fact produced in Argentina.

The playing cards feature bottles of whisky, tumblers etc., along with Gráfica 2001's ‘Classic’ Cadiz style Spanish-suited court cards based on the original version by Igor Domicelj, only with the same 3 images being repeated in each suit.

Above: Old Smuggler Whisky playing cards manufactured by Gráfica 2001, Argentina. The cards feature bottles of whisky, tumblers etc. as suit symbols, along with Gráfica 2001's ‘Español Classic’ Spanish-suited court cards, only with the same 3 images being repeated for each suit.

By Simon Wintle

Member since February 01, 1996

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Curator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.