For sale: one decanter of Scotch Price tag: $78,000
VANCOUVER — Do you have $80,000 burning a hole your pocket?
Do you like fine single-malt whiskey?
Well, belly up to the bar big spender because I have found the Scotch for you.
As part of its annual premium spirits release, the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch will be selling a $78,000 decanter of Macallan Genesis 72 Year Old. It’s the oldest whiskey ever released by the Macallan distillery, and it’s one of only 600 decanters of stuff released worldwide.
That $78,000 not only gets you nearly 24 ounces of that delicious and not-at-all obscenely overpriced Scotch, you also get to keep the gorgeous Lalique crystal decanter and the handsome wooden box that it came in.
The bottle will go sale Oct. 31, 8 p.m., at the B.C. Liquor Store at 39th Avenue and Cambie. Two other Macallan products, the $4,350 Macallan 30-year-old Sherry Oak and $600 Macallan Exceptional Single Cask, will also be on sale.
The BCLDB hosts a second ultra rare sale on Nov. 1 at its Park Royal location where a Bowmore 50-Year-old Release can be purchased for $45,000.
Prospective buyers, or one of their servants, will have to enter a draw for the right to purchase the ultra rare Macallan and Bowmore products.
The BCLDB’S wider premium spirits release will take place on Nov. 2 at participating stores across the province and will feature more than 140 selections of whisky, scotch, bourbon, rum and other rare products from around the world.