Oldest Whisky in the World Selling for £10,000 per Bottle in the UK

In the UK, twenty-four bottles of whisky dating back to 1833 have been put up for auction, and they were accidentally discovered in the cellar of a Scottish castle. Experts believe the spirit was distilled nearly two centuries ago at Blair Castle in the Scottish county of Perthshire, which was owned by the Dukes of Atholl. This news comes via Sky News.

It is expected that each of the twenty-four whisky bottles on auction will fetch £10,000. The auction will run from November 24th to December 4th. These bottles are being sold at the Whisky Auctioneer in Perth, and its chief curator, Joe Wilson, has described it as a "once-in-a-lifetime event." According to him, this is a chance to acquire the "oldest Scottish whisky in the world."

Bertie Troughton , the current curator of Blair Castle, discovered approximately forty rare bottles of this whisky in the cellar last year. Experts believe these bottles may be the oldest whisky on Earth known to date. It is known that it was first distilled in 1833, bottled in 1841, and later transferred to different containers in 1932.

In the castle's archives, inventory descriptions of the cellars, known as "bin books," have been preserved. In one of these, dated July 23, 1834 – a year after the whisky was first bottled in casks – barrel-aged whisky stored in the cellar was documented.

Angus MacRaild, an expert in rare whisky varieties who conducted a tasting of the spirit, states that it possesses a "taste profile with pronounced medicinal notes without any noticeable or pronounced peaty smoke."

Blair Castle, with its 750-year history, is also known for being visited by former British Queen Victoria during her reign, so it's possible she may have also enjoyed this whisky.

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