Glenlivet 70 Year Old Whiskey
There's aged whiskey, and then there's the Glenlivet 70 Year Old Whiskey (£13,000; roughly $21,000). The second release in Gordon & MacPhail's Generations range, this rare spirit was distilled on February 3, 1940, and comes in a gorgeous tear-shaped, hand-blown crystal decanter, with a silver stopper and base, and a handmade box crafted from Scottish Elm. If you want some, you'd best hurry — only 100 bottles were made.MMMmmmmm. Seventy year old whiskey...
At $21K, though, it's far too rich for my gullet...
That is all.
16 comments:
That would be fun to shoot.
February 1940? Why, that's a WW2 Original! Bottled when Churchill was holding off the Nazis, just think of the stories it could tell.
Too bad it's not Bourbon.
Too bad they had to put it in that frou-frou bottle. It looks like something you'd buy overpriced sparkling water in.
A whiskey that old deserves more respect.
$21,000?
For something you'll be flushing down the toilet in an hour?
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I couldn't enjoy a drink that cost me that much.
Also given that Speyburn 10yo single-malt is one of my favorite scotches, I prefer them on the younger side...
I bought a bottle of hootch once that cost me a day's wages. Upon inspecting the merchandise, the sales clerk volunteered that he was available for adoption. The first sip was very, very, good. The rest of the evening is a bit fuzzy. I can't afford it anymore. Sigh.
Weer'd,
Give Macallan 12 yr sherry cask aged a try. One of my fave's. And not horribly $pendy at about $45 a bottle.
- Brad
All aged in used white oak barrles from the American Burbon Industries. Scotch, tastes second hand too. Just my flavor buds speaking and a little trivia.
Stickman
For the price of a new car? I couldn't enjoy it either. With every sip, I would be thinking about what part of the car I was swallowing.
Ummm....not *all* the Scotches are aged in former Bourbon casks.
ANd Weer'd....if you want a truly superb Scotch...Lagavulin Double Wood.
First aging is in cognac casks, then its transferred to Sherry Cask.
I once had a double wood (I forget who made it, tho...bummer) that was first aged in a bourbon cask for 7 years, then transferred to a cask that held Sweet Vermouth to finish out 5 years. It was, literally, like drinking honey.
I felt guilty every time I had a sip from my $150 bottle of Crown Royal XR...I can't imagine how much I would have to be worth to justify spending $21,000 on a bottle of liquor.
That Crown XR didn't taste 6 times better than a bottle of regular crown...I doubt that stuff is 400 times better then regular Glen.
I agree - Crown XR.
Crown Black.
Crown.
Good stuff.
I need to find me a rich sugar daddy, because I have a serious case of Want.
I know, shocking, huh? Irish woman drinks whisky. Film at 11. But not that whisky. I want to try it...
That's why John Walker made his Blue Label. Gold label for company, but the Blue for those really special folk.
-Don F
My #1 spendy Whiskey is Booker's reserve bourbon. About $40 for a bottle, and filthy tasty.
Bourbon because I'm from America, damnit!
(LOL, I also keep a bunch of scotch, some English gins, and I actually find Segram's 7 on the rocks on a hot summer night to be quite lovely )
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