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.
You wouldn't say that if you'd just spent $19,000 on that bottle, lol.
Can I assume that if you don't want "chocolate and treacle" with your Scotch you probably wouldn't want "road tar and eucalyptus" (as I've read about some wines) with your wine?
Who thinks up these descriptions? Who makes up these words to describe something you drink? Eucalyptus is for cough drops, not wine and even then it's still awful.
I bought a bottle of 25 year old Glen Farclas as a treat for Christmas and New Year's Eve.
It was the best, smoothest scotch I've ever had. Wonderful stuff. I munch a bit of shortbread with it.
I honestly don't much care for Glen Fiddich.
I'm still working on my Christmas bottle of Glenmorangie. Alas, the French have just bought the company. Perhaps I'll ask for Highland Park next Christmas ;)
Not really. Not till you have plastic surgery done on your cloned cat!!
$19,000 minimum for a bottle of hootch. And to think, they call Americans shallow.
I had some 18 year old Glenfiddich which was so very smooth........
Despite being a Glenlevit man, my father would kill for this bottle.
Please tell me this is just a rumor......
I had an 18 year old girlfriend once,....she was very, very smooth.
Alas, no. Moët Hennessy pay £300m for Glenmorangie - 21-Oct-2004. And I really love the stuff, too.
This is one of my favorites.
You can buy a lot cheaper toilet cleaner than single-malt scotch.
The Columbus Police arrested a $1000 an hour hooker this week. Her picture was in The Dispatch and she was very attractive. But $1000? Nope.
Yep. When someone asks how old it is, you ask what time it is.
LOL!
A former girlfriend ran out of her Canadian Mist one evening, so she poured my last shot of Glenfiddich into a glass of 7-Up... I entered the kitchen just as she set the empty bottle down.
I just stood there and stared at her.
Your former girlfriend obviously doesn't know the difference between whiskey and whisky.
and probably jail bait............
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?
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