![]() “It’s been incredibly exciting for everyone at Whisky Hammer to have represented what has become the most expensive cask ever to be sold at auction.”įor further information or to register interest in future auctions, visit ĭisclaimer: This note was sent to me by Whisky Hammer under no obligation to post. To come across a cask of this age, quality and size is extraordinary in itself, enhanced by the fact the liquid was distilled at The Macallan which is reflected in the global attention the cask has attracted. This record-breaking sale follows a trend of The Macallan, and Scottish whisky as a whole, commanding lofty price tags among global collectors and whisky enthusiasts.ĭaniel Milne, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Whisky Hammer, said: “ When this cask was listed in our auction, we knew it had the potential to make history. There are four single malt expressions from the Macallan in Lalique Crystal decanter (the most luxurious French crystal money can buy) ranging in price from 88,800 USD 155,000 USD. Widely regarded as one of the premier producers of single malt whisky, The Macallan has created some of the world’s most coveted whisky. The Macallan Lalique Check Price PRICE: 88,000 155,000 USD. With bottle numbers in mind, the price paid for the cask on a ‘per bottle’ basis of US$2,426 / bottle has also broken the previous record held by Bonhams of US$2,200 / bottle). If bottled today, the cask would yield 534 x 70cl bottles of 33-year-old single malt whisky, distilled at The Macallan. ![]() The auction closed on the evening of Sunday 24 April, with the winning bid beating the record previously set in 2021 by Bonham’s for the sale of a 30-year-old re-racked Sherry hogshead from Macallan, which fetched $572,000.īought for just £5,000 more than three decades ago, the 374-litre refill butt sat forgotten until Macallan reminded the cask seller that it remained maturing in the warehouse. The Whisky Hammer April auction included more than 2,000 lots, but it was the Macallan cask which attracted headlines around the world. Held in bond at The Macallan Distillery for almost 34 years, the cask was originally filled on. Whisky Hammer confirmed that bids on the cask were placed from keen whisky enthusiasts from many countries, with the eventual winning bid arriving from a US-based private individual. Let’s hope this guy has some better luck than the dude who dropped $10,000 on a shot of “139-year-old” Macallan that was actually from 1972.A cask of whisky distilled at The Macallan in 1988 which lay forgotten for over three decades has broken the world record for the most expensive cask of whisky ever sold at auction.Īfter going under the digital hammer on specialist auction site, Whisky Hammer, the rare cask of 33 year old whisky fetched a world record price of US$1,295,500 (including buyer’s premium), smashing the previous record for a cask sold at auction of $572,000 which was held by Bonhams. One sold for $75,000 in 2007, and while a bottle of Macallan M Imperiale sold for a technically more expensive $628,000 in 2014, this $1.2 million transaction makes the 1926 the priciest whiskey ever sold per ounce. Many of their core range cost around 100. And I don’t just mean the rare bottles that keep breaking records for the most expensive whisky ever sold (in the millions). They’re also one of the most expensive whisky brands in the world. Only 40 bottles of Macallan 1926 were produced when it was released in 1986, with 24 of them going to the two different people who designed the art for one of the two available labels (art that’s helped inflate the value of the scotch, which retailed for around $28,000 when it debuted). The Macallan is the second or third best-selling single-malt scotch whisky brand in the world. This would normally be a fairly unnotable story aside from the fact that the bottles in question were Macallan 1926, a 60-year old scotch aged in sherry barrels that sold for $600,000 apiece- which makes it the most expensive whiskey ever sold. ![]() According to The Drinks Business, a traveler stopped by a shop at an airport in Dubai and decided to pick up a couple of bottles before boarding his flight. If you think your duty-free game is strong, you might want to check your ego with the hostess before you keep reading. Most Expensive Whiskey No 2 Another entry from Macallan on our list, the 1926 Macallan 60 year old was sold for 1.8 million during The Perfect Collection Part One by Whisky Auctioneer back in 2019. One of the best parts of traveling internationally is that even when your trip is over, there’s still plenty of fun to be had thanks to the magic of duty-free stores, also known as “the dessert of vacations.” There’s no better way to spend the last of your foreign cash than to buy more bottles of tax-free alcohol than you probably need in order to make your trip back to your place even more of a pain in the ass. This makes the Dalmore 62 Single Highland Malt Scotch Matheson the ninth most expensive scotch whiskey of 2019 at 58,000 a bottle.
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