A £1,000-A-SHOT RARE WHISKY
The Balvenie 50-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky — Cask 4567, £26,400, thewhiskyworld.co.uk DISTILLED in Speyside, Scotland, in 1963 — the same year that U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated — this is not just any alcoholic tipple. Matured in a European oak hogshead cask, this single malt — of which there are only 131 bottles in the world — is presented in a beautiful wooden cylinder and described as displaying ‘rich, dark fruit notes, a deep, spicy backbone and lingering sweetness’. At almost £1,000 a shot — Dad will have to keep it well hidden at any drinks and nibbles do.