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.
Shock will do that to a person..............
Even at $1000 an hour it's still a better value than that whisky.
A Kennedy would drink anything!
Old dogs, children, watermelon wine, old scotch and Cuban cigars. Faster horses, younger women, more money.
Guess my palate is not that sophisticated... Give me a $20 bottle of Grey Goose or Belvidere Vodka!
SeaDragon:
You are breaking my heart here.............
This is one of my favorites.
Brace yourself, man, this is no time to go wobbly. So the Frogs have bought out Glenmorangie Scotch from the real Scotch. But dangling 300m pounds in front of any Scotchman could easily have gotten a lot more thrown in for Moët Hennessy than just it's whisky business.:)
Last year at New Year, we cracked a bottle of Old Forrester that had a 1954 tax seal on it ( I think it was about 11 years older than that). Yooooooowwwww. That stuff was like pure jet fuel. It felt like it was evaporating, like acetone, as it went into your mouth. Like drinking a cloud of highly flammable vapours (spelling intentional). It's a wonder we lived.
What makes you think Ol Ted is working on his original liver?
The 18 yo Glenfiddich is superb.
But I normally stick to the Dalwhinnie. IMHO, the best scotch I've ever tasted.
Brace yourself man, but I am female...........
As much as I like Glenmorangie, there are way too many good single malt scotches out there to give my money to the frogs.
Depends on what area it is from. The water is the key. Some of the highland malts taste so much like peat that I cant hack them. But some people love drinking the "golden tea" made from peaty water.
I pretty much stay away from all of it now as I got to watch it.
BTW...NEVER go over there and order whiskey and water or anything mixed. That is an abomination to them. If you wanna water it down, they generally have a pitcher at the end of the bar with ice water in it. They'll tell you to ruin your own drink..at least some of them will.
For sure. She was 19.
"Whiskey! All you want!"
Hard to find 18 yo Glenfiddich in my neck of the woods.
Dalwinnie is indeed excellent.
It aint Scotchman..its Scotsman who drink Scotch. Or a Scotch drinking Scot. Maybe a Scotchman if he likes Scotch..or is it the other way round? What'd you call a Scots woman that likes Scotch? A Scotchmam?
Make mine *clean*, H.
Me, too, M R. Ditto.
That would not be a problem for me as I drink my single malt neat, as it should be.
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