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I know what I'm getting Bricktop for Christmas

Started by Anonymous, October 03, 2018, 10:28:23 AM

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Anonymous

I hope he likes it.

 :laugh:
QuoteA bottle of rare 60-year-old Macallan could fetch a record price at a Bonhams Edinburgh auction on Wednesday as buyers show an unslakable thirst for limited-edition scotch whiskies.



One of just 12 bottles released in 1986, it carries a pre-auction estimate of 900,000 pounds ($1.17 million), which exceeds the current record of $1.1 million set by a bottle of the same 1926 vintage in May at Bonhams Hong Kong. The limited edition's label was designed by Italian artist Valerio Adami.



Prices for whiskies have soared globally in recent years as more buyers seek rare bottles from Scotland including Dalmore and Port Ellen, as well as Japanese distilleries Karuizawa and Yamazaki. Whisky has appreciated 140 percent in the past five years, according to the Vintage 50 Index compiled by Rare Whisky 101, outpacing the 19 percent advance of the Liv-ex 100 Benchmark Fine Wine Index.



While a wine's vintage is determined by the year in which the grapes were picked -- bottling usually takes place within 16 to 24 months after the harvest -- the age of a whisky refers to the time spent aging in a cask. For example, the Macallan 60 year old from 1926 wasn't bottled until 1986. Because of continued loss due to evaporation, known as the "angel's share," older whiskies produce fewer bottles, adding to their rarity.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-02/rare-1-2-million-bottle-of-macallan-to-lead-bonhams-auction">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ms-auction">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-02/rare-1-2-million-bottle-of-macallan-to-lead-bonhams-auction

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Aryan

He'd only end up drunkenly cracking it open one night after arguing with Dinky Dave and waking up in the morning with the contents spilled allover the floor.  ac_biggrin

Anonymous

Quote from: "SCOUSE"He'd only end up drunkenly cracking it open one night after arguing with Dinky Dave and waking up in the morning with the contents spilled allover the floor.  ac_biggrin

I think he would lick it off the floor.

Blazor

Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "SCOUSE"He'd only end up drunkenly cracking it open one night after arguing with Dinky Dave and waking up in the morning with the contents spilled allover the floor.  ac_biggrin

I think he would lick it off the floor.


We're talking Bricktop, not Kam  :laugh:
I've come here to chew bubble gum, and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.

Anonymous

Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "Fashionista"
Quote from: "SCOUSE"He'd only end up drunkenly cracking it open one night after arguing with Dinky Dave and waking up in the morning with the contents spilled allover the floor.  ac_biggrin

I think he would lick it off the floor.


We're talking Bricktop, not Kam  :laugh:

But, it's his favourite kind of whisky.

 :laugh:

Aryan

Where the heck is the drunken leprechaun? Not seen him around for ages...

Blazor

Quote from: "SCOUSE"Where the heck is the drunken leprechaun? Not seen him around for ages...


...and here he comes!  :laugh:
I've come here to chew bubble gum, and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.

Anonymous

Quote from: "SCOUSE"He'd only end up drunkenly cracking it open one night after arguing with Dinky Dave and waking up in the morning with the contents spilled allover the floor.  ac_biggrin

Spilling it would be an unforgivable sin.

Anonymous

Since you are throwing the money around Fash, can you buy me these.

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For a measly $76 grand.

Bricktop

I will LOVE it.



Don't bother wrapping it.



Anyone who visits Scotland...whisky monster or not...should visit the Macallan distillery. It is a work of art.

Anonymous

Quote from: "Bricktop"I will LOVE it.



Don't bother wrapping it.



Anyone who visits Scotland...whisky monster or not...should visit the Macallan distillery. It is a work of art.

Golf and distilleries. How could any normal human being not love it.

Bricktop


Anonymous

Quote from: "Bricktop"St Andrews is but an hours drive away...

I remember before your trip you mentioned it was nearby.

Bricktop

We didn't go there...but it was close to where we stayed the night in Dufftown.

Anonymous

Quote from: "Fashionista"I hope he likes it.

 :laugh:
QuoteA bottle of rare 60-year-old Macallan could fetch a record price at a Bonhams Edinburgh auction on Wednesday as buyers show an unslakable thirst for limited-edition scotch whiskies.



One of just 12 bottles released in 1986, it carries a pre-auction estimate of 900,000 pounds ($1.17 million), which exceeds the current record of $1.1 million set by a bottle of the same 1926 vintage in May at Bonhams Hong Kong. The limited edition's label was designed by Italian artist Valerio Adami.



Prices for whiskies have soared globally in recent years as more buyers seek rare bottles from Scotland including Dalmore and Port Ellen, as well as Japanese distilleries Karuizawa and Yamazaki. Whisky has appreciated 140 percent in the past five years, according to the Vintage 50 Index compiled by Rare Whisky 101, outpacing the 19 percent advance of the Liv-ex 100 Benchmark Fine Wine Index.



While a wine's vintage is determined by the year in which the grapes were picked -- bottling usually takes place within 16 to 24 months after the harvest -- the age of a whisky refers to the time spent aging in a cask. For example, the Macallan 60 year old from 1926 wasn't bottled until 1986. Because of continued loss due to evaporation, known as the "angel's share," older whiskies produce fewer bottles, adding to their rarity.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-02/rare-1-2-million-bottle-of-macallan-to-lead-bonhams-auction">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ms-auction">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-02/rare-1-2-million-bottle-of-macallan-to-lead-bonhams-auction

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You are going to spoil that boy if you keep buying him everything he wants. Let him throw a tantrum on the floor.