The Best Rare Bourbons for a Whiskey Drinker's Collection

我已开始收集威士忌the way most people do, focusing mostly on single malt Scotch whisky andJapanese whiskies。Bourbonwas an afterthought, at best. At the time, the only thing that truly piqued my interest were the obvious choices of Pappy Van Winkle and the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection. But those days have come and gone, and there is now so much collectible bourbon that it is truly overwhelming.

Over the last several months, the majority of my collection attention has turned to bourbon and rye. While people are still coveting Highland, Islay, and Japanese whiskies, America is just starting to hit its stride, and it has a long way to go before it starts to top out.

这是一些难以置信的罕见收藏夹的列表。

我知道，在任何人的名单上都会出现PVW瓶，但这并不奇怪，但是在那里和其他PVW瓶之间，即使是23岁的孩子之间也存在巨大差异。这种威士忌在1989年被桶装，并在现已关闭的Stitzel-Weller酿酒厂中完全老化。这一点很重要，因为随着瓶子的变化，SW的果汁比在Buffalo Trace上制造的当前产品更有价值。该瓶子有一个限量版的水晶剪裁器，仅从710瓶中编号，每个数字都被手工蚀刻到瓶中。这个瓶子最初以1,800美元的价格零售价，最低售价27,000美元，有些价格高达36,000美元。它很容易成为那里最昂贵的波旁威士忌之一。

从哪里开始？毫无疑问，这是此列表中最令人垂涎​​的瓶子。1984年，在威士忌方面有一些特别之处（不仅是我的出生年）。世界上一些最著名的品牌在1984年的收藏中有一个珍贵的瓶子，包括Yamazaki，Macallan和Karuizawa，仅举几例。因此，波旁威士忌从那一年就如此令人垂涎的事实与其他人完全互补。有四个木桶可供选择，四个木桶可以以200,000美元的北部为北。

这是我的最爱，我在一些值得注意的场合中，包括2017年路易斯维尔酿酒厂的整个Michter系列品尝。大约7,000美元，但在最初的零售价约为750美元，如果您在野外看到它，怎么能说不？

这条黑麦在很大程度上被认为是有史以来最伟大的。它已经24岁，在1984年以94张证明（47％的ABV，因此24/94）装瓶，特别是为日本分销商Bonili制造的。仅限于264瓶，这颗宝石是在未来几十年被垂涎的。最后一次在野外以10,000美元的价格出现。

这瓶是为了纪念传奇帕克束。威士忌倡导者的创造者约翰·汉塞尔（John Hansell）授予了这张令人惊叹的波旁威士忌95分。需要我多说？这是市场上最古老的波旁威士忌之一。即使是Pappy Van Winkle的临界值也是25年，必须告诉您一些事情。找到少于4,000美元的东西会让您成为一个幸运的人。

这很特别 - 100％的纯Stitzel-Weller Juice仅补充了23岁的Decanter。该威士忌在2005年之前装瓶，意思是与布法罗痕迹合并之前，在肯塔基州劳伦斯堡的霍夫曼酿酒厂进行了蒸馏。以$ 4,000的价格找到它。

这是那些将在货架上售价120美元时将其原始零售价值的1,200％的瓶子之一。那么，如何如此迅速地超过1,500美元？好吧，将PVW名称附加到它上有帮助，而且这个瓶子既壮观又极为罕见，这并没有什么伤害。这是有史以来最好的黑麦之一（请参阅Michter的10，Sazerac 18，Michter的25）。如果您有一个，请坚持下去，为亲爱的生活……或……喝该死的东西，因为它的味道也很可笑。

This bourbon was distilled in the last year of the Stitzel-Weller era. There are indeed older JPS bottles, including those that are part of this series, but this bottle has struck a particular chord with me since tasting the flight at Sage in the Aria Resort in Las Vegas five years ago. For me, this outdid the 18, 21, and 25. What started at $110 per bottle is now easily over $1,500. Disclaimer: There are specific batches of this that are worth more than others, so do your homework first.

I had the pleasure of working with Mr. Young at a tasting event in late 2017, and it comes as no surprise to see Four Roses celebrate the former legend's 50th year at the distillery, which was also commemorated with a book. What started around $100 has been known to fetch as much as $2,000. Having tasted this a few times, I can tell you that it is pure deliciousness.

让我们去……4000美元。或者更多。这就是您可以期望为这种绝对宝藏付出的钱。但是是什么使它成为宝藏？好吧，事实没有人really knows where it's from helps. The list of bourbon royalty that has had their hands on this is truly impressive: From Julian Van Winkle III to the famed Stitzel-Weller Distillery and even Heaven Hill in its later bottlings, this is a mythic bottle.

Michter's seems to be finally hitting its stride as one of the most valuable whiskey brands in the world. After numerous appearances on theTV show数十亿，除了在Covid-19慈善拍卖会上以21万美元的价格出售一群令人垂涎的10岁波旁威士忌酒，该品牌也开始被收藏家与Macallan相似的视线看待。不相信我吗？2014年以来，一瓶这种美味的果汁在加利福尼亚刚刚以22,000美元的价格售出。

When a bottle has a book written about it (The Best Bourbon You'll Never Tasteby Charles K Cowdery), you know it's of mythical proportions. Distilled in 1974, Adolph Hirsch commissioned this 400-barrel batch out to Bomberger's (now Michter's) and had the production and marketing done by Julian Van Winkle III in Lawrenceburg. Finding this bottle for anything less than $4,000 isn't just a win, it's a goldmine. If you can't get a hold of this rarity, Hirsch has revived the brand with their newest bottle "The Horizon," hitting shelves across the continental US. They will also be releasing 50 single barrels throughout select US retailers this year.

除了 - 可能与PVW相提并论之外，这很容易成为每年发布的最受欢迎的瓶子。BTAC代表布法罗痕迹古董收藏, which consists of five bottles, including George T. Stagg, Sazerac 18 Rye, William Larue Weller, Eagle Rare 17, and Thomas H. Handy. The minute the collection leaves a retailer, you can expect prices to shoot through the roof. I've seen people buy and sell these full collections for north of $7,500. Not bad, considering "suggested retail" is about $500 … for the entire set!

Distilled in the early 1950s and bottled in the late 1950s to early 1960s, this bottle may be the hardest one to find on this list simply due to its date of origin. Bottled at 50% ABV, I recently saw this for an astronomical price of £4,000 onThe Whisky Exchange, which wasn't even the highest price I've seen on it. This is a must-have for any true American bourbon diehard collector.

Nate Ganapathiis on Instagram at @singlemaltdaily。