For sale only £25,200

[corby_brewer]

Bottle of whisky fetches £25,000

A rare single malt has sold for just over £25,000, making it one of the world's most expensive bottles of whisky, auctioneers said.

The bottle of Glenfiddich, distilled before the start of the Second World War, went under the hammer for £25,200, including the buyer's premium, at Bonhams' whisky sale in Edinburgh.

The 70cl bottle, dating to 1937, was one of 61 bottles produced and was part of a batch of 10 released in 2001.

 

[ano]

Not vast when comparing to wine prices.

And at least it's not Macallan "replica". The story goes that Macallan paid vast sums of money for bottles of antique macallan, some from auction others from private collectors behind closed doors. They then sampled the whisky and tried to create whisky to resemble that. They called these collectors items and limited editions "Replicas". They then found out they'd been sold fakes with the whisky in the bottle sometimes being no more than 10 years old.

As with a lot of collectable drink, you pay for the bottle not the contents.

 

[unclepumble]

Sounds like the sort of stuff Harry and Wills would slug on out of the bottle at our expense.

Either that or Prescot's bought it as a retirement gift for himself, on Us!!!!!!!!

UP

 

[jonewer]

Good grief. 1937! There must have been only a small puddle left in the cask......

 

[ano]

It was probably bottled before now

 

[jonewer]

It was probably bottled before now

Not much point in that then. Anyone can leave a bottle lying about for a few decades......

 

[Frisp]

I think there must have been only 61 bottles left in the barrel when it was bottled.. That means the Angels share was immense....

 

[ano]

It was probably bottled before now

Not much point in that then. Anyone can leave a bottle lying about for a few decades......

I wish I had that much willpower, my brews are gone in a few weeks.

Anyway it seems difficult to find much more information about the whisky, says it "matured" for 64 years so could well be in the cask. 10 bottles were released in 2001.