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Macallan Whisky Cask Could Break Auction Records After Owner Forgot It At The Distillery 30 Years Ago

A rare cask of whisky that was left in a Scottish distillery’s warehouse for more than 30 years after its owner forgot to take it home could set a record this week for the most expensive whisky cask ever sold at auction by price per bottle.

• A buyer paid the famed Macallan distillery in Moray, Scotland, about $6,500 to fill the 374-liter cask of single malt Scotch in May 1988, according to Whisky Hammer, the online portal brokering the auction.

• However, the whisky’s owner—described only as an expatriate in Scotland—forgot to pick it up and accidentally left it to mature for 34 years at Macallan’s warehouse in bond before the distillery called to remind them, according to the Press Association.

• The whisky went up for sale Friday and has already reached a high bid of about $619,878, exceeding the $572,000 paid for a 1989 Macallan sherry hogshead cask in 2020, which is the most expensive per-bottle whisky cask ever sold at auction.

• However, the 1989 cask could yield only 261 bottles, which drove its per-bottle price up to a record of about $2,200, while the 1988 Macallan cask currently up for auction yields about 534 bottles and would have to sell for more than roughly $1,174,800 by the time bidding ends Sunday to surpass that record.

• The 1988 Macallan is described as having notes of salted caramel, and orange marmalade on the nose and a palate of rich spices with a finish of honeycomb and sweet orchard fruits, according to the tasting notes.

The cask won’t be able to stay at The Macallan this time. The auction listing notes that as a condition of the sale, the distillery requires the buyer to move the whisky from its warehouse by June 10.
BIG NUMBER
$1,873,951. That’s how much the most expensive bottle of whisky ever sold at auction—Macallan 1926—fetched in 2019.

Founded in 1824, The Macallan is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland, and its bottles are among the most coveted by collectors. In February, Macallan released a rare 81-year-old single malt whisky, its oldest to date. Each decanter (of which only 288 were listed worldwide) has a suggested retail price of $125,000.

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Macallan Whisky Cask Could Break Auction Records After Owner Forgot It At The Distillery 30 Years Ago

Online bids for the 1988 single malt have already exceeded $600,000.

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Macallan Whisky Cask Could Break Auction Records After Owner Forgot It At The Distillery 30 Years Ago

A rare cask of whisky that was left in a Scottish distillery’s warehouse for more than 30 years after its owner forgot to take it home could set a record this week for the most expensive whisky cask ever sold at auction by price per bottle.

• A buyer paid the famed Macallan distillery in Moray, Scotland, about $6,500 to fill the 374-liter cask of single malt Scotch in May 1988, according to Whisky Hammer, the online portal brokering the auction.

• However, the whisky’s owner—described only as an expatriate in Scotland—forgot to pick it up and accidentally left it to mature for 34 years at Macallan’s warehouse in bond before the distillery called to remind them, according to the Press Association.

• The whisky went up for sale Friday and has already reached a high bid of about $619,878, exceeding the $572,000 paid for a 1989 Macallan sherry hogshead cask in 2020, which is the most expensive per-bottle whisky cask ever sold at auction.

• However, the 1989 cask could yield only 261 bottles, which drove its per-bottle price up to a record of about $2,200, while the 1988 Macallan cask currently up for auction yields about 534 bottles and would have to sell for more than roughly $1,174,800 by the time bidding ends Sunday to surpass that record.

• The 1988 Macallan is described as having notes of salted caramel, and orange marmalade on the nose and a palate of rich spices with a finish of honeycomb and sweet orchard fruits, according to the tasting notes.

The cask won’t be able to stay at The Macallan this time. The auction listing notes that as a condition of the sale, the distillery requires the buyer to move the whisky from its warehouse by June 10.
BIG NUMBER
$1,873,951. That’s how much the most expensive bottle of whisky ever sold at auction—Macallan 1926—fetched in 2019.

Founded in 1824, The Macallan is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland, and its bottles are among the most coveted by collectors. In February, Macallan released a rare 81-year-old single malt whisky, its oldest to date. Each decanter (of which only 288 were listed worldwide) has a suggested retail price of $125,000.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/04/21/macallan-whisky-cask-could-break-auction-records-after-owner-forgot-it-at-the-distillery-30-years-ago/?utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainFB&utm_medium=social&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&sh=452c0961334e

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