If you missed out on buying The Macallan M for $628,000 this weekend, we have some other options for you. These five whiskys will all deliver a spinebuster to your bank account, and they’re all available at retail. It better be an awesome retail shop, but the point is you don’t need to purchase them at auction.
5. Hardy Perfection Series – $7,000
Scotch distillers talk a lot of shit about how old their product is, but Hardy puts them to shame with this 140-year-old cognac. Like The Macallan, they knew that there is great value in a fancy bottling, and these five Daum crystal decanters prove it. They represent Air, Earth, Fire, Light, and Water. I’m surprised their wasn’t one for Heart, but Captain Planet really shouldn’t be drinking on the job.
4. The Macallan and Sir Peter Blake Decades – $8,000
Absolut isn’t the only brand that loves artists; The Macallan does as well. They celebrated the 80th birthday of godfather of pop art, Sir Peter Blake, with a limited edition piece that spans 8 decades of art and whisky. Each decade contains a 50ml bottle that was distilled during those years along with the iconic imagery to match.
3. 1952 Gordon & Macphail Glen Grant 60 year old Diamond Jubilee Bottle – $17,000
This spirit is more than a mouthful to say, but it needs that regal touch because it’s meant honor the Queen of the Commonwealth for her Diamond Jubilee. It’s is aged for 60 years, making it some of the oldest whisky available, yet it’s still 27 years younger of QEII herself. While the Queen prefers a Dubonnet & gin, I’m sure she’d make an exception for this.
2. 1974 Ardbeg Double Barrel – $20,000
Ardbeg Double Barrel is a limited edition pair of exceptionally rare Ardbeg 1974 whisky that comes in bespoke leather gun case, because how else would you transport your whisky if not in a gun case? It also comes with eight solid silver cups, two leather bound books, and a wooden pen.
1. The Balvine 50 Year – $34,000
I’m not sure what you were doing in 1962, but I wasn’t alive, and my parents weren’t even old enough to drink. Meanwhile, David Stewart was filling up Cask No. 5587 with new distillate. After lying around like a bum for 50 years, The Balvine 50 Year is now one of the most expensive liquids on the planet.