The second release of the Glenfiddich Age of Discovery celebrates the pioneering spirit of American traders who shipped their Bourbon whiskeys down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. The bourbon cask reserve is matured for 19 years in American oak casks previously used to mellow fine bourbon whiskey, with a perfect balance of spicy sweetness, …
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Here they are – the five most coveted malt whisky releases in the world.
Some cost more than a house!
Only 12 bottles of Dalmore 62 were produced in 1943 (from four single malts dating from 1868, 1876, 1926 and 1939) by the Dalmore Distillery in Inverness, Scotland. Legend has it that an anonymous buyer and five of his friends were the only people to have tasted this expensive vintage, after the former purchased for it for £32,000 at the Pennyhill Park Hotel in Surrey. The final bottle – named Drew Sinclair – was sold in Singapore for S$250,000 in 2011.
Macallan 64 Year OldThe current record holder for the world’s most expensive whisky, the Macallan 64 Year Old in Lalique went under the hammer for US$460,000 at a Sotheby’s auction in New York City in November 2010. Lalique’s one-of-a kind crystal decanter, created using the ‘cire perdue’ (lost wax) techinque, houses the oldest and rarest single-malt whisky to be released by the 187-year-old distillery.
JOHN WALKER & SONS ODYSSEY commemorates the vision and enduring entrepreneurial spirit of Sir Alexander Walker through the ultra modern interpretation of his legendary 1932 “nautical” decanter bottle. Inspired by Sir Alexander Walker’s passion for epic journey’s; which saw his “SWING” whisky reach new heights of innovation in its blending and bottle design to become a firm favourite with the traveling elite.
JOHN WALKER & SONS ODYSSEY is crafted from three very rare, hand picked, single malts that are carefully blended and married in European Oak Casks. Also known as “The Rare Triple Malt”.
Jura distillery has added a 30 year old single malt whisky to its collection.
Called the Standing Stone, or ‘Camas an Staca’ in Gaelic, the new expression takes its name from the largest of Jura’s eight standing stones. Known as ‘The Bay of the Protecting Rocks’ this imposing 12 foot obelisk is reputedly all that remains of a stone circle laid some 3,000 years ago by the earliest Diurachs to appease the spirits.
The iconic Jura bottle is presented in a beautiful display case that opens its doors to showcase the bottle and reveal the story of the whisky. Meticulously detailed, the bottle is in-filled with copper wax, with a matching metal plaque.
Jura ‘Camus an Staca’ will be available for purchase in selected whisky stores across the world from December at RRP £350 per 70cl.
A whisky distillery could be operating in Dunedin by the end of next year.
The New Zealand Malt Whisky Company is considering two historic sites as potential locations for the distillery.
The 450 barrels of whisky, assets of the Malt Whisky Company, were acquired in October 2010 by an international syndicate of nine investors, led by Tasmanian businessman Greg Ramsay, which had since sold about 15% of stocks and still has about 380 barrels.
Mr Ramsay first mooted the idea of a Dunedin distillery more than a year ago and was in Dunedin recently to look at the former chief post office (CPO) in the Exchange.
He said the railway station was under consideration, but space there for commercial operations was limited, while the basement and cellars of the former CPO were better suited.
WHISKY lovers are never shy of spending a pretty penny for a drop of the finest amber nectar.
But even the most dedicated connoisseur might think twice about buying a dram of what is tipped to be the UK’s most expensive bottle of whisky.
A luxury bottle of rare whisky lovingly distilled over 54 years is going under the hammer in a city auction house next week with an estimated price tag of up to £150,000.
The cost of one nip would pay for a ticket on a luxury cruise liner – the bottle would buy you a house.
The Bowmore 1957, being sold at Bonhams on Queen Street, is tipped to break UK records as the most expensive bottle of whisky ever sold at auction – and experts believe it may even best the current world record.
At £3500 per dram, the exclusive whisky is beyond the finances of most collectors, but it is thought that there will be global interest in its sale from buyers as far afield as Europe, the Far East and the US.
A bottle of 64-year-old Macallan in Lalique glassware, sold at Sotheby’s in New York, holds the Guinness World Record for the dearest whisky ever sold at auction, fetching a staggering £291,125 in 2010.
The original recipe for legendary American whiskey Jack Daniel’s has been discovered in a book of herbal remedies in Wales, it has been claimed.Businessman Mark Evans, 54, was researching his family history when he discovered the recipe in a book of herbal remedies.
It was written in 1853 by his great-great grandmother who was called Daniels and was a local herbalist in Llanelli, South Wales.
Her brother-in-law left the Welsh town at about the same time to move to Lynchburg Tennessee where the Jack Daniel’s distillery was opened three years later.
And the Jack Daniel’s website states the founder of the distillery was from Wales.
Mr Evans says the ingredients in his great-great grandmother’s recipe match what goes into the best selling whiskey in the world.
He said: “I’m pretty sure I’ve discovered the original recipe in great-great grannie’s book.
“I was doing some family research, looking at photographs and things, and I wanted to look at the family bible. At the bottom of the bookcase was this book.”
Every year Diageo announces a series of Special Release whiskies from famous and closed distilleries, and included in 2012′s range is a Talisker 35 year-old.
The 2012 range includes whiskies from Auchroisk, Brora, Caol Ila, Dalwhinnie, Port Ellen, Talisker and two from the Lagavulin distillery on Islay.
These hand crafted whiskies are almost always bottled at natural cask strength and Diageo says, “they show the purest evidence of each distillery’s craft”.
Arguably the pick of this year’s Special Releases is the Talisker 35 Year Old – the oldest whisky to be release by the Isle of Skye distillery.
Here’s a look through this year’s Diageo Special Releases:
Easily misunderstood as a pretty wilderness south of the mainland and famous for the Beaconsville mine collapse that left two men trapped a kilometre underground for two weeks, Tasmania is commonly referred to by the rest of Australia as a hippie backwater. But the world’s 26th largest island is home to a well-respected and growing craft whisky industry.
Tasmania’s large, unspoilt swathes of ancient forestry, cool climate, pure air and unpolluted water make it the perfect place to produce whisky. At the moment it’s fairly boutique, with volumes a mere drop in the ocean compared to Scotland, say. But its potential is huge as a swathe of international plaudits and awards have recognised the island’s colourful cluster of distillers are a force to be reckoned with.
Distilling on the island began in 1822, when it was still known as Van Dieman’s Land. Just two years later 16 legal distilleries were all operating on the island state, however, this only lasted until 1838 when the then Governor, John Franklin, enforced his own version of Prohibition, banning all whisky distillation.
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