MIKA27 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 WORLD’S RAREST JAPANESE WHISKY COLLECTION HEADS TO AUCTION Picture this once in a lifetime anomaly. One of Japan’s oldest and most respected whisky makers known as Karuizawa opens its Miyota distillery in 1955. Foolishly, they did so right next to an active volcano called Mount Asama. With the chance of turning into ash becoming a real possibility over the decades, Karuizawa ceased its operations in 2001, leaving behind their liquid gold. What was slowly retrieved from the distillery over time would become one of the world’s most legendary whiskies, crafted from four small stills using imported Golden Promise barley from Scotland which was aged in Sherry casks. Today those final existing bottles in the world are considered true collectors’ items. And the largest batch of them ever is about to go on auction – all 290 bottles of Japan’s most sought after whisky all in the one place – for a pretty penny. The Scottish-based Whisky Auctioneer will be overseeing the sale of one of the most impressive collections of Karuizawa to date which took approximately 10 years to amass. Included in the sale is 230 bottles of single cask whisky which accounts for a bottle of 1963 50 Year Old, 1964 48 Year Old and the elusive Karuizawa 1960 ‘The Dragon’ – one of only 41 bottles in the world. For reference, the last bottle of Karuizawa 1960 last sold in Hong Kong for £83,000 (over US$100,000). Keen to sell your soul for a drop of majestic Japanese copper juice? Bidding will commence on April 5th at the Whisky Auctioneer with the entire collection expected to fetch in well over US$600,000. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMonk Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Damn... there's a lot of bottles I've never even seen before! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanceSchmerr Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Most unique whisky I've ever tasted...and I've only tasted it once. No...I don't have a bottle LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamera Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I would love to try just one of these, I can't imagine having that whole collection. If I had the money this is seriously something I would go for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZCUBAN Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Wow salivating already thanks for posting Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realmikemeadows Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 What a fantastic thread!Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbb Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Consume or save? Tough call. Guess it all depends on your financial means. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBNInc Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Drool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKA27 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 On 2017-3-22 at 2:31 PM, Kbb said: Consume or save? Tough call. Guess it all depends on your financial means. Bit of both, why leave it for when youre dead and someone else will enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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