Bowmore 40YO $10,000 CAD

Related whiskies : Bowmore 40 Years Old, 1969

by **Flamemax** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:26 pm

I went to a local SAQ (Gov, owned booze shop) in Montreal, it was one of the high-end shops. I saw a bottle of Bowmore 40YO the price tag was 10,000 dollars. I observed that the bottle was in a glass display along with other good high priced bottles. The Bowmore 40 was in a -clear- glass bottle and not protected from light in any way shape or form.
Could this affect the taste/flavor/smell in the long run?

To say the least I was shocked.

Robb

by **Tom** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:34 pm

It will affect the color if it stays in the sun for too long. As far as i know the flavors wont change, but this is from hearsay.

by **Crispy Critter** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:52 am

*choke* Here I am, reluctant to spend more than $100 US on a bottle of anything, and that's a special treat! Most of what I buy is in the $30-$60 range.

I can't see plunking down big bucks on a too-expensive-to-drink bottle... especially if it costs as much as a decent used car!

by **Lawrence** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 9:34 pm

Remember the Bowmore 40 comes with a weekend in the Bowmore guest quarters on Islay so that makes it all worth it :roll:

by **Oliver** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:29 am

Remember the Bowmore 40 comes with a weekend in the Bowmore guest quarters on Islay so that makes it all worth it Rolling Eyes

Does it include airfaire from anywhere in the world?

Oliver
http://www.maltresistance.blogspot.com

by **Deactivated Member** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:35 pm

Oliver wrote:
Remember the Bowmore 40 comes with a weekend in the Bowmore guest quarters on Islay so that makes it all worth it Rolling Eyes

Does it include airfaire from anywhere in the world?

And the company of the proverbial French Whore?

Robb, I assume that was in the shop in Ailes on St-Catherine...lots of interesting expensive stuff there, a great deal of it actually intended to be drunk. Whether anyone who spends $10,000 on a bottle (even if it is Canadian) will actually drink it, or save it as a collectible investment, is an open question. Such a person has more money than sense, in my book.

As for light, whisky is not as susceptible to UV as beer is--it's compounds in hops that produce that skunky aroma when subjected to UV, and whisky has no hops. Normally it's not something you have to worry about. I wouldn't store a bottle where it would be subjected to direct sunlight, but that's just good sense for any bottled product.

by **Flamemax** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 7:43 pm

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And the company of the proverbial French Whore?

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ROFL

by **Lawrence** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 2:01 am

Did you all hear about the Bowmore 40 that was stolen from a liquor store in Edmonton Alberta and then the theif tried to ransom it back to the store? It happened about 8 years ago and it was never recovered. I wonder it he drank it?

by **Mr Fjeld** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 2:29 am

I hope he didn't kill it!

I also read about the story in Andrew Jefford's book "Peat, Smoke & Spirit" .

Skål!
Christian

by **Deactivated Member** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:52 pm

Saw the bottle in question this weekend in Montreal. Two fellows were looking at it. "Does that say $10,000?!?" one asked. "It does," I replied, just as if I really knew what I was talking about, even though I wasn't close enough to see the sticker.

The shop in question has a lot of interesting high-end stuff, particularly Douglas Laing bottlings, as well as cognac, armagnac, and even four or five calvados. Calvadoses. Whatever.

Related whiskies : Bowmore 40 Years Old, 1969

Bowmore 40YO $10,000 CAD

Bowmore 40YO $10,000 CAD

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