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[woodhill]

Purely being nosy here?

Just wondering what your most valuable bottle is worth?

Extra details below (Price paid, What it is, What you plans are for it, (oh and where do you live ))

[vitara7]

the thing is, what one person values it at it diffrent to what another person values it at. its like the collectos corner in whiskymag, its only one persons veiw.
ive voted 1001-5000 (big range) as ive got a bottle in my collection that ive seen sold for a price within this range.
and i bought it for only about 10% of what i seen it sell for.

[woodhill]

ive voted 1001-5000 (big range)

I've halved that for you now

hope thats better

please revote

[vitara7]

lol.. unfortunatly its still in the 1001+ range.

[jockonarock]

Last purchase was a bottle of Ardbeg Mor, paid £400 all in, planing to keep it for an investment.
Cheers Stevie

[vitara7]

id love to know who voted 2.5k-5k range and what there bottle is, must be a cracker!

[Deactivated Member]

Interesting question.
I have a few in the ranges of €500 to €900 but my most expensive is possibly a 20 year old Macallan (1979-1999) bottled to commemorate the Solar Eclipse in 1999.
This is bottle No. 2 of only 16 and is the only one I have ever seen sold (I bought it). I guess it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay.

http://www.whisky-emporium.com/Files/170MacSolEclip.htm

[woodhill]

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3547#p37789

[woodhill]

How do you get ONLY 16 bottles to a Cask Some very thirsty Angels

[Muskrat Portage]

I say it's a toss up between a bottle of Signatory 1974 Glen Albyn and a D Laing 21 yo 1982 Port Ellen, Both of which I originally paid $240+ each, a number of years ago.

Muskrat Portage

[Deactivated Member]

How do you get ONLY 16 bottles to a Cask Some very thirsty Angels

Woodhill,
this is an independent bottling and although it is a single cask, not all the cask was bottled for this run.
It was bottled by the chappie at Kyrburg Castle in Germany who has a whisky museum and (I think) the largest whisky collection in Germany.
He also offers gourmet dinners at the castle restaurant and just as I bought this bottle, I saw him offering a whisky dinner which included this dram .... at something like €300 per head for the meal & whisky.
MT

[Mr Fjeld]

I don't have any really expensive bottles but I have a few which costs from £ 135,- up to £ 165,- . I think the most expensive bottle I ever bought was a Douglas Laing Port Ellen 1983 21yo.

[hiccy]

I recently purchased a '71 Glenfarclas Family Cask bottling which cot me £280. I have no idea what it is worth, but it's staying in the cupboard until 2011 anyway.

[pkt77242]

My two most expensive bottles are my Caol Ila 25yo and Talisker 25yo and they retail out here for for $200 and $190 respectively, so I voted the £50-100.

Sean

[randall fairbrook]

i voted the 50-100

my most expensive bottle thus far has been a 65 ($128 us) port charlotte pc5 cask strength

next would be the george t stagg 144.8 proof and the compass box flaming heart second edition..both 40.42 ($80 us)

[Sherried Malt]

I voted for the £200-500 range. I bought a 1952 Macallan about a year ago for about $750. They saw me coming!

Must've been momentarily insane... (I was offered another bottle the previous year for almost half of that...) Oh well, you can't take it with you...

[Ganga]

I purchased (and opened) a bottle of the Duncan Taylor 36 yo Springbank. Marvelous stuff. This is right at the lower end of the £200-500 range.

I've also split a couple of bottles with my best friend. We have a bottle of the Bruichladdich Legacy V and the Ardbeg Provenance, originally $500 US.

[andyt]

Can't really justify spending more than £200 on a bottle to the wife, however going to the Grill (fantastic Aberdeen pub) and spending £18.50 on a nip of Ardbeg Provenance seems to slip under the radar.

[Ganga]

I purchased (and opened) a bottle of the Duncan Taylor 36 yo Springbank. Marvelous stuff. This is right at the lower end of the £200-500 range.
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Ah, I've been toying with the idea of a 38yo Springbank. Sounds like you found it aged well...

It is different than many of the other (older) bottlings of Springbank that I have had the pleasure of dramming. This one is quite strong on the herbal notes and less so on the spices and caramel notes. Also, this one is down under 42%; the other older ones I've had have been at a higher strength.

I found the MMcD 1965 - 35yo to retain more of the spices and caramel but it was a higher alcohol percentage.

If you go forward with the DT 38yo let me know as there are a couple of bottles around the LA market.