[BITList] Liquid Gold: The 10 Most Expensive Whiskies in the World !!!

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By Joe Wertz


Grain, water, a wooden barrel and a little time. Whisky is a colorful 
character with an ever-changing spirit. The subject of literature, 
culture and folklore throughout the world, finicky booze-hounds have 
long paid a pretty penny for bottles of the most coveted casks. Pour a 
finger or two and hit the jump to drink in 10 bottles of whisky that 
truly break the bank.


  10: Ladybank Single Malt: $4,700

Rounding out the top of the list is the Ladybank Distillery 
<http://www.whisky.co.uk/club/costs.html> in Edinburgh, Scotland. Only 
300 bottles of the rare Single Malt Scotch are bottled each year, and to 
obtain one --- you have to become a member of the club. The price of 
admission? --- about $4,700 a year.


  *9: The Macallan 1947 Fine and Rare Collection: $6,800*

This sherry cask Speyside scotch was bottled for Italy in 1962 before it 
was repackaged for Macallan <http://www.themacallan.com/>'s Fine and 
Rare line of whiskies. The distillery used peat in its kilns because of 
the scarcity and high price of coal during WWII, the 1947 bottle, so 
this 15 year old has an earthy quality not present in modern Macallans.


  8: Chivas Regal Royal Salute 50 year old: $10,000

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A swill special enough to be packaged for the 1953 coronation of Queen 
Elizabeth II, the Chivas Regal Royal Salute is a 50 year old Scotch with 
smoky anise and raisin flavors. Only 255 bottles were made, 10 of which 
were destined for America, where collectors eagerly poured out 
<http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Features/CA_Feature_Basic_Template/0,2344,1028,00.html> 
$10,000 each.


  7: The Macallan 1939 40 year old Fine and Rare Collection: $10,125

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"Peaty and powerful," with overtones of sweet toffee and dried fruits, 
Macallan's 1939 is a 40 year old first bottled in 1979. In 2002, it was 
added to the distillery's Fine and Rare line and re-bottled. It can be 
found today <http://www.digalist.com/item/3395> for around $10,125.


  6: Glenfarclas 1955 50 year old: $10,878

Wealthy tasters are warned 
<http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-2041.aspx> to overlook this richly 
scented 50 year old Speyside at their own "peril." Spicy and silky with 
a sweet start, this is the oldest batch ever bottled by the Glenfarclas 
<http://www.glenfarclas.co.uk/> distillery.


  5: Dalmore 50 Year Old Decanter: $11,000

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Only 60 crystal-cut bottles of this Highland single malt were produced. 
Filled in 1978, this dark sherry-aged Dalmore 
<http://www.thedalmore.com/> has a reputation for being intense and 
deeply flavored and is considered by many aficionados among the best 50 
year olds in the world.


  4: Macallan 55 Year old Lalique Crystal Decanter: $12,500

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The eye-catching crystal bottle of Macallan's 55 year old Lalique was 
based on 
<http://www.fineexpressions.co.uk/news/2007-Nov/macallan_lalique1.htm> a 
1910 perfume bottle designed by Rene Lalique . Exotic, with hints of 
peat smoke, the taste is smooth with lingering citrus overtones.


  3: Glenfiddich 1937 Rare Collection: $20,000

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Rare doesn't describe it. Only /one/ bottle of Glenfiddich's 1937 Rare 
Collection was ever produced, and it just might be the oldest bottle of 
whisky in the world 
<http://www.luxist.com/2006/04/05/rare-1937-glenfiddich-sold/>. It was 
snatched up at a 2006 auction for a bargain $20,000.


  2: Dalmore 62 Single Highland Malt Scotch: $58,000

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Only a dozen bottles of Dalmore 62 single malt were corked in 1942. One 
night in 2005, a man bought a bottle for $58,000, and downed it with 
five of his buddies 
<http://www.luxist.com/2005/06/15/enjoying-the-dalmore-62/>.


  1: The Macallan 1926 Fine and Rare: $75,000

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"Dry and concentrated" --- what else 
<http://www.whiskymag.com/whisky/brand/the_macallan/whisky1422.html> 
would you expect from one of the most expensive whiskies in the world? 
Help yourself to a little licorice aftertaste. In 2005, a South Korean 
businessman paid $70,000 for a bottle of Macallan's 1926, the finest and 
rarest of the Fine and Rare 
<http://www.themacallan.com/macallanPortfolio/vintages/>.

 

 

 


	

 

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