Posted on 02/25/2005 5:36:40 PM PST by Dan from Michigan
Last bottle of world's oldest single malt whisky leaves Scotland
Fri Feb 25,12:29 PM ET Offbeat - AFP
LONDON (AFP) - The last remaining bottle of the world's oldest single malt whisky left its distillery in Scotland bound for Hong Kong, where it will be the star attraction at an airport shop.
The bottle of Glenfiddich Rare Collection 1937, left to mature in a cask for 64 years before being bottled, is heading for Hong Kong's Chep Lap Kok Airport, where it will be available for a well-heeled buyer, but only at a steep cost.
Previous bottles sold direct by the family-owned Glenfiddich Distillery fetched 10,000 pounds (14,500 euros, 19,000 dollars) each, but the price levied by the airport is expected to be higher still.
"There are a lot of mixed emotions here," said the distillery's "malt master" David Stewart of the bottle, claimed as the oldest single malt whisky in the world.
"On the one hand, we're extremely proud of having produced a whisky of such a fantastic quality that's stood the test of time and on the other, there's a tinge of sadness at saying goodbye."
Sky Connection, which operates shops at Hong Kong airport, has bought the final six bottles of the 1937 malt, the last of which departed the distillery on Friday.
As they are so rare, the bottles are being sent in two batches.
Just 61 bottles, described as having "chocolate and treacle" flavours, were produced from the single cask and first released in 2001.
Any scotch over 30 years old taste poor, IMO.
Jeez really ? I thought that the Kennedy drunk had finished them all.
They Better Hope Ted Kennedy gets no where near that Prized bottle of Scotch!!!
Mmm, chocolate and treacle, my favorite.
I've given up scotch for Lent anyway, so this means nothing to me.
Little steep for my pocket.. but I'd sure like a dram of that...
A $19,000 bottle of whiskey. I think I've found what it means to have too much money.
Chocolate and treacle? Hmm...a shot of that stuff ought to taste right nice in a Pepsi with plenty of ice...
A tear rose to my jaded eye - until I read the chocolate and treacle part.:)
Well, you can have your chocolate and treacle. I prefer scotch.
The alcohol I make will get you there for %.0001 of the price. OMGI hope they have one hell of a good time.
You wouldn't say that if you'd just spent $19,000 on that bottle, lol.
A guy who works for a distillery over there told me that after 15 years it dos not do anything more for the stuff.
That I dont know about but what I do know is some of that stuff is vile tasting. Then some of the better stuff is as smooth as can be.
I suspect they meant molasses.
4 entries found for treacle.
trea·cle ( P ) Pronunciation Key (trkl)
n.
Cloying speech or sentiment.
Chiefly British. Molasses.
A medicinal compound formerly used as an antidote for poison.
I have a bottle of Royal Salute, purchased in 1981.
I realize that aging in the bottle doesn't count, but....
21 + 24 means that the scotch is 45 years old.
Had to buy a bottle of 18 yr. old Chivas to keep me out of the Royal Salute.
I wonder who the brain was that picked that name for the airport.
I guess I would lie to prevent myself from looking like a complete idiot.
Named after a catfish?
Chek Lap Kok island is located north of Lantau Island off Ma Wan Chung and got its name from the fact that the red perch (³à÷v fish with whiskers) was once abundant in its vicinity.
Let me know when you crack the 45 yo bottle; I'll need to taste it for posterity's sake.
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