today we're looking at the top 10 most
expensive whiskey in the world welcome
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whiskey is one of the oldest and most
revered alcoholic beverages in the world
the word whiskey actually comes from an
old gaelic word meaning life water from
about the 15th century onwards raw
versions of whiskey were brewed and used
in medicine to sterilize wounds and
sedate patients today whiskeys enjoyed
around the world as a fine liqueur and
is reserved for special occasions most
of the finest whiskey is known as Scotch
whisky in order for a whiskey to be
Scotch it must have been brewed in
Scotland in 2017 the u.s. imported
around 1 billion dollars of scotch
whiskey the liqueur contributes to
around 5 billion dollars of revenue for
the UK each year easily making it the
most valuable food or drink product for
the British economy in fact whisky alone
generates about a quarter of all revenue
from food or drink sales so it's of
little surprise that the very best
whiskies are sold with some staggering
prices and most of them originate from
Scotland so if you're inclined pour
yourself a glass and get ready to learn
about the top 10 most expensive types of
whisky ever sold if you're new here
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Balvenie a 50 years single malt scotch
whisky sold for $50,000 a single malt
whiskey is one that is distilled once
from a mash of a single type of grain a
50-year single malt is one that was left
in an oak cask after distilling for 50
years this helps to refine the taste and
gives it an unmistakably rich dark color
the bulb any 50-year single malt is
particularly special
because each barrel has followed a
secret family recipe for centuries but
wait there is more
the price tag becomes so high because
this particular type of ball Veni
whiskey was made in a single barrel the
barrel was able to just about fill 88
bottles in total so to even see one of
these is a rare treat in itself tasting
it however is reserved for those willing
to pay an outrageous amount per sip
number 9 down Laura Madison sold for 58
thousand dollars the down Laura 62 was
made from a fusion of four separate
types of single malt whisky back in 1942
12 bottles of the blend were produced in
total and each one was hand blown by
skilled artisans way up in the Scottish
Highlands each bottle has a different
shape and is named to commemorate a
prominent personality from Dalmar the
most expensive out of all of these
twelve bottles was the Dalmore Madison
it was named after Alexander Madison who
was the owner of the d'amour estate this
bottle was sold to an anonymous buyer
legend has it that this gentleman of
fine tastes and deep pockets immediately
cracked open the bottle and shared it
with his friends what a guy number 8 W&J
mutters Balmore 1850 sold for 68,000 135
dollars this 168 year-old single malt is
the oldest known bottle of Balmore
whiskey that still exists in 2007 it was
sold to an anonymous telephone bidder by
the mcteer's auctioneers in Glasgow the
incredible price tag was far above what
experts were estimating it would be
before the auction
indeed the cork itself had fallen into
the bottle nonetheless the fact that
this bottle was given to William utter
one of the founders of the Balmore
distillery back in 1851 and had been
passed down through the family ever
since certainly makes it special and
unique the purchase grabbed a lot of
media attention at the time and
certainly added to its value whoever the
anonymous telephone bidder was chances
are they're keeping the bottle as a
priceless collector's item rather than
getting blindly drunk number 7 Macallan
really fine as well as rare one sold for
$75,000 Macallan is the third largest
distiller of Scotch whisky in the world
behind Glenfiddich and Glen Leavitt
however it is renowned as the number one
in quality distilled in the famous
Scottish Highland of species they have
various classy types of whiskey one of
their most expensive and famous blends
is the 1926 collection aged in charred
white oak for 60 years the batch was
finally bottled in 1986 in a patriarchal
style that would cause a fence to many
in today's liberal media the fine and
rare 1926 Macallan was said to be
reserved for real men because it was so
dry and concentrated no water was used
in the distillation process at all there
were 40 bottles in total and it's not
certain how many remain under onq today
the last known bottle to be sold was to
a South Korean businessman back in 2005
he paid a whopping $75,000 for it
however there's been no word about it
being drank or preserved number 6
Glenfiddich Janet she'd Roberts reserve
1955 sold for 94 thousand dollars
Janet she'd Roberts was a truly
incredible woman she was the last living
granddaughter of William Grant who began
the glenfiddich distillery back in 1886
she was one of the first ladies to ever
study at the universities of Glasgow and
Edinburgh where she majored in law she
practiced as a lawyer for many years and
helped to drive an equality between
genders that our society still strives
for today in August 2011 she celebrated
her 110th birthday making her the oldest
woman in recorded Scottish history to
commemorate this special lady and her
illustrious life
Glenfiddich named a batch of 1955
reserve after her eleven bottles were
produced in total three of which were
sold at auction while the whereabouts of
the others remain unknown
the accumulated sales price of those
three were in the region of two hundred
and sixty thousand dollars and all of
the money was donated to charities as
Jane she'd Roberts had requested the
most expensive of these bottles was sold
at auction in New York for ninety four
thousand dollars shortly after this
auction Jane had passed away as a result
all eleven of these bottle values have
increased vastly none have ever
resurfaced on the market but if they do
they may well break the record and come
in at number one on this list in the
future so a lack sirs here we are at the
halfway point if you've been taking a
sip for each time you've heard the word
whiskey then you're probably a little
tipsy by now in any case don't forget to
check out some other top-10 lists like
our list of the top ten largest
landowners in the world it's
particularly interesting and surprising
so why not check it out all right back
to this countdown number five George
Washington distilleries straight rye
whiskey sold for $100,000 could this be
the only American whiskey on the list
surely not but maybe let's not ruin the
surprise we can tell you that it's
definitely the only rye whiskey on this
list in any case this whiskey is
particularly special as the name might
imply because George Washington himself
devised the recipe for it over 200 years
ago this extremely special batch was
distilled in 2003 and aged in the finest
handcrafted American oak casks for two
years
the very first bottle to be sealed was
dubbed and labeled bottle number one for
the first time in history George
Washington's recipe was available for
retail it was sold at auction and after
a fiercely competitive bidding war
Mervin shenkin a publisher from New
Haven Connecticut bought it for $100,000
being both a cigar and whiskey
aficionado we're guessing he didn't save
the bottle as a collector's item more
likely he found the perfect environment
to sit down with a glass in one hand and
an extremely expensive cigar in the
other sophistication personified number
four
Glenfiddich it's rare collection
sold for one hundred and twenty thousand
dollars sixty one bottles of this
extremely special Glenfiddich single
malt were made in toto distilled in 1937
it was aged for sixty four years before
being bottled in 2001 this made it the
oldest single malt on the market
Glenfiddich sold sixty bottles for an
original price of ten thousand dollars
each whilst holding on to the first
bottle from the batch many of those
original 60 were drank and enjoyed by
their buyers while others have appeared
in auctions ever since in 2004 one of
the last known bottles was sold for
seventy two thousand dollars and drank
almost immediately
this left Glenfiddich with the last
known bottle in 2005 the bottle was sold
to Sky connection for an undisclosed fee
the duty-free company immediately
announced it would be on sale at the
Czech lock cook Airport in Hong Kong it
has since been sold for an incredible
120 thousand dollars so for those
wondering what they could invest their
hard-earned cash in a bottle of rare
whiskey certainly isn't a bad shot
within six years this specific batch
increased in value by twelve hundred
percent number three nun's island
distillery pure pot still whiskey sold
for one hundred and forty three thousand
dollars the second oldest whiskey on
this list and the only one coming from a
distillery no longer in operation this
is more of a historical artifact than a
beverage this whiskey was distilled and
produced in Galway by HS Percy's nuns
Island distillery the distillery shut
down in 1908 and this was one of the
last bottles ever produced there on the
reverse there is an incredible note to
the buyer it warns of how many people
have been filling Percy whisky bottles
with inferior brands and trying to sell
them off for profit Percy says that he
will personally pay anyone 100 pounds if
they give information that successfully
leads to a prosecution of a fraudster
the bottle itself was brought to the
attention of an auctioneer in Galway
back in 2005 an old lady bought it in
wrapped in a plastic
bag and asked if it might be worth
something she had no idea she was
sitting on an absolute goldmine
the bottle ended up making her one
hundred and forty three thousand dollars
or a chair number two doll Mar 64
Trinity Oz sold for one hundred and
sixty four thousand dollars the kind of
product that brings shivers down the
spine of anyone that knows anything
about quality distillation this blend
contains whisky distilled in 1868 1878
1926 and 1939 the blend was then left to
aged for 64 years the last two years
were spent in a handcrafted American
white oak cask which has been especially
prepared by master distiller Richard
Patterson the wood was first soaked in
another extremely rare Dalmore whiskey
then the cask was filled with two of the
finest Sherry's ever produced a
Methuselah Oloroso and a pedro jimenez
after the Sherry's were removed this
incredible whiskey was poured in for the
last two years of slumber in such a way
a unique and delightful taste was
developed three bottles were produced in
total each one handmade and mouth blown
from the finest molten crystal and
adorned with silver
this gives the decanter an awe-inspiring
presentation the first two bottles have
already been sold the last one is still
available at the whisky exchange you can
find it online and register yourself as
a potential buyer good luck number one
Macallan 64 year in Lalique four hundred
and sixty thousand dollars this is the
oldest single malt whiskey that Macallan
has ever sold it was bottled in an
incredible one-off Lalique seer Purdue
the collaboration came as a part of a
global fundraising tour for a charity
that is simply called water this charity
provides clean and safe drinking water
to some of the most vulnerable people on
the planet the bottle and it's
incredibly rare and special contents had
been on tours around several cities
including London and Paris before coming
to auction at Sotheby's in New York in
2010 a lively bid
war ensued in the end an anonymous
philanthropist broke the bank - gasps of
all that watched on by bidding an
incredible four hundred and sixty
thousand dollars it's believed the owner
still has the bottle stashed away and
has no intention of drinking it handle
uxers that's it
what an incredible list one American
whiskey one Irish and eight Scottish and
now question posed to you our esteemed
and valued viewers if you had the money
would you invest and collect bottles of
rare whisky or buy them to enjoy let us
know in the comments below and as always
for sticking with us and watching all
the way to the end here's your bonus
fact you loyal a lack sir
the word whisky is spelled differently
by Irish Scottish and Canadians whisky
can be spelled WH is KY or WH is K ey
without the e is generally used by the
Irish Scottish and Canadians with the e
is usually used by distillers from other
countries it's generally suggested that
your spelling should correlate to the
way it's spelled on the label of
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