Auchentoshan Distillery Releases 42-Year-Old Whisky

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Oct 24th 2008 at 12:02PM

The last couple of months have seen the debut of some very expensive whiskies. Auchentoshan Distillery has come out with a premium limited-edition 42 year-old that like the recent Balevenie offering, is a travel exclusive. The whisky has been resting in American oak barrels at the lowland distillery warehouse near Glasgow for 42 years. it has a golden color with scents of honey, vanilla and coconut. There are 123 bottles of the rare vintage that have been produced and each is individually hand numbered. The bottles will be sold at World of Whiskies stores at London Heathrow, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports starting on October 29. It retails for £2,000 (around $3,300).

[via The Moodie Report]

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