$30,000 for a bottle of Scotch

by Sarah J. Gim (Subscribe to Sarah J. Gim's posts)
Posted Mar 17th 2006 6:49PM
Filed under: Australia, On the Blogs, Europe, Spirits

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In 2003, Royal Salute produced 255 bottles of its 50-year-old whisky to celebrate the anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The whisky was distilled in 1953, aged for 50 years, then bottled.

Bottle Number 1 from that batch of 255 was recently sold in an auction in New Zealand for...$30,000!

Now we've covered high-end and ultra-expensive spirits here at Slashfood before, but I don't ever recall a bottle of Scotch whisky that could be traded in for a pretty decent car. Wow.

The remaining bottles were also sold for a minimum price of $8,888. I think you could still buy a car with that, too.

[via: Luxist]

Tags: chivas, royal alute' royal salute 50yo, scotch, scotch whisky, scoth whiskey, whiskey, whisky

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3-17-2006 @ 9:44PM

Der Bingle said...

I find it ironic that a bottle of Chivas went for so much. I guess the Highland malts wouldn't pony up for a tribute to the English Crown.

3-19-2006 @ 5:28AM

Kelley Ritchey said...

These guys just need to find enough big events to celebrate and a 50 year timeframe to wait around to cash in and they will be wealthy beyond their dreams!

As long as their our well-heeled customers around to enjoy the beverage of their choice, these novelty items will be available.

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