81-year-old Scotch sells for $54,000

[boonedoggle]

I know a Gorilla better have scored this!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071209/...whisky_auction

[vstrommark]

Originally Posted by boonedoggle

I know a Gorilla better have scored this!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071209/...whisky_auction

Technically, it is a 60 y.o. scotch. It was aged for 60 years and scotch doesn't age in the bottle. Still, that's over the top. I've had 30, 35, and 40 y.o.o Macallans and they were good, but nowhere near good enough for that price. I doubt that even a collector would value it that high, since I've seen bottlings from the late 1800s go for barely $5K.

As an aside, a friend who has one of the largest private scotch collections on the west coast insists that the rebottling will have damaged the flavor by introducing a new air mixture. Dunno about that.

[boonedoggle]

Originally Posted by vstrommark

Technically, it is a 60 y.o. scotch. It was aged for 60 years and scotch doesn't age in the bottle. Still, that's over the top. I've had 30, 35, and 40 y.o.o Macallans and they were good, but nowhere near good enough for that price. I doubt that even a collector would value it that high, since I've seen bottlings from the late 1800s go for barely $5K.

As an aside, a friend who has one of the largest private scotch collections on the west coast insists that the rebottling will have damaged the flavor by introducing a new air mixture. Dunno about that.

hey, I bet the guy/organization who got [SIZE="6"]$54,000[/SIZE] could care less!

[Marlboro Cigars]

This makes me feel much better about some of my $10 smokes.

[boonedoggle]

Originally Posted by Marlboro Cigars

This makes me feel much better about some of my $10 smokes.

I bet it does...I keep wondering what I would do with 54K...then again, since I'm wondering...what would I do with 54 BILLION?

[nwksaxman@hotmail.com]

and we thought our "hobby" was expensive. Do you know how many opus x you can buy with $54K?