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Bloody Marvelous

Bloody Marvelous

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To further fund the purchase of a motorcycle, I've decided to sell my whisky collection.

They're currently being auctioned, if you're interested in any of these, you'd help me out a bunch.
The auction runs until April 2nd.

NOTE: Please DON'T bid on these lots if you have no intention of buying them.

These are my lots:

Aberlour A'bunadh Batch #27
Ardbeg 10 Year Old Black Mystery 2nd Release
Ardbeg 17 Year Old Miniature 5cl
Ardbeg Almost There 1998
Ardbeg Ar1 Elements of Islay
Ardbeg Corryvreckan Committee Reserve
Ardbeg Kildalton 1981 Miniature 5cl
Ardbeg Lord of the Isles 25 Year Old
Ardbeg Renaissance 1998
Ardbeg Rollercoaster Committee Reserve
Ardbeg Rollercoaster Committee Reserve
Ardbeg Still Young 1998
Ardbeg Supernova Committee Release
Ardbeg Supernova Stellar Release
Ardmore 1992 Signatory Vintage 13 Year Old
Balblair 1989 2nd Release
Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #001
Balvenie Tasting Collection 3 x 5cl
Banff 1982 Rare Malt 21 Year Old / 57.1%
Benriach 15 Year Old Dark Rum Finish
Benriach 15 Year Old Madeira Finish
Blanton's Private Stock Single Barrel #127
Booker's 7 Year Old Small Batch Bourbon
Bowmore 12 Year Old
Bowmore 1982 Duncan Taylor 25 Year Old
Bowmore 1990 Sherry Cask 16 Year Old
Bowmore 25 Year Old 1990s 75cl / Canadian Import
Bowmore Voyage Port Cask Limited Edition
Brora 1982 Rare Malt 20 Year Old / 58.1%
Brora 30 Year Old 2006 Release
Bruichladdich 10 Year Old 1990's
Bruichladdich 12 Year Old 2nd Edition
Bruichladdich 20 Year Old 1st Edition
Bruichladdich 21 Year Old 1990s
Campbeltown Loch 30 Year Old Spirit of Freedom
Caol Ila 12 and 18 Year Old 2 x 20cl
Caol Ila Cl1 Elements of Islay
Caol Ila Natural Cask Strength / 61.6%
Classic Malt Plinth
Classic Malt Plinth
Classic Malt Plinth
Classic Malt Plinth
Classic Malt Plinth
Clynelish 14 Year Old
Connemara Peated Irish Whiskey / Cooley
Connemara Peated Irish Whiskey / Cooley
Convalmore 1978 Rare Malt 24 Year Old / 59.4%
Craigellachie 13 Year Old
Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition
Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold
Edradour 1989 Single Cask
Four Roses Single Barrel #38-5R
Frysk Hynder 2009 Frisian Single Malt
George T Stagg 2008 Release
Glen Albyn 1975 Rare Malt 26 Year Old / 54.8%
Glen Elgin 12 Year Old
Glen Garioch 15 Year Old
Glen Ord 12 Year Old
Glendronach 18 Year Old Allardice / Lot #3
Glendronach 33 Year Old
Glenfiddich 12 Year Old Caoran Reserve
Glenfiddich 12 Year Old Caoran Reserve
Glenfiddich 12 Year Old Special Reserve
Glenfiddich 12 Year Old Toasted Oak Reserve
Glenfiddich 18 Year Old
Glenfiddich 21 Year Old Havana Reserve
Glenfiddich 21 Year Old Wedgwood Decanter
Glenfiddich Miniature Selection 3 x 5cl / Including 18 Year Old Ancient Reserve
Glengoyne 12 Year Old Cask Strength
Glengoyne Millenium Clock
Glenkinchie 10 Year Old
Glenlivet 18 Year Old
Glenlivet Illuminating Plinth
Glenlivet Miniature Selection 5 x 5cl
Glenmorangie 10 Year Old
Glenmorangie 10 Year Old / Including Display Stand
Glenmorangie 18 Year Old
Glenmorangie 18 Year Old Extremely Rare
Glenmorangie Finishes Wooden Plinth
Glenmorangie Madeira Wood Finish
Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or 12 Year Old 1 Litre
Glenmorangie Port Wood Finish
Glenmorangie Sherry Wood Finish
Glenrothes Select Reserve
 
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Highland Park 12 Year Old
Highland Park 12 Year Old 1990s
Highland Park 12 Year Old Viking Honour
Highland Park 18 Year Old
Highland Park 21 Year Old / 47.5%
Highland Park 25 Year Old / 51.5%
Highland Park 30 Year Old Miniature 5cl
Highland Park Earl Magnus 15 Year Old
Highland Park Miniature Selection 7 x 5cl / Including 25 Year Old
Highland Park Plinth
Highland Park Saint Magnus 12 Year Old
Irish Whisky Miniature Selection 4x 5cl / Including Connemara Peated
Islay Collection 5 x 20cl / Including Port Ellen 6th Release
Islay Single Malt Miniature Selection 4 x 5cl
Jack Daniel's Old No.7
Jameson Irish Whiskey
Johnnie Walker 12 Year Old Black Label Anniversary Edition
Johnnie Walker Green Label 15 Year Old 1 Litre
Kilchoman Inaugural Release
Kilkerran Work in Progress 1st Edition
Lagavulin 12 Year Old Cask Strength 2007 Release 20cl
Lagavulin 16 Year Old
Lagavulin 16 Year Old Feis Ile 2017
Lagavulin 1985 21 Year Old 2007 Release
Lagavulin 200th Anniversary Tasting Companion / Jazz Festival 2016
Lagavulin 25 Year Old / 2002 Release
Lagavulin 8 Year Old Bicentenary Edition
Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2016
Laphroaig 15 Year Old
Laphroaig 15 Year Old
Laphroaig 18 Year Old
Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2008 Release
Laphroaig Lp1 Elements of Islay
Laphroaig Quarter Cask
Laphroaig Triple Wood 1 Litre
Longmorn 15 Year Old
Macallan 10 Year Old Fine Oak
Macallan 12 Year Old Fine Oak
Macallan 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt
Mackmyra Preludium 03
Martell Cordon Bleu Cognac Limited Edition / Including 20cl
Martell XO Cognac
Midleton Very Rare 2006 Edition
Miltonduff 12 Year Old 1990s
Miscellaneous Blended Miniature Selection x 11
Miscellaneous Plinth Collection x 5
Nikka 12 Year Old Single Coffey Malt
Nikka 70th Anniversary Selection 4 x 70cl
Octomore 1.1 First Edition
Octomore 2.1
Port Charlotte PC6
Port Ellen 1979 25 Year Old 5th Release
Port Ellen 1979 28 Year Old 7th Release 20cl
Port Ellen 1979 30 Year Old 9th Release
Port Ellen Pe1 Elements of Islay
Rare Malt Plinth
Remy Martin Louis XIII Cognac Circa 1990s
Remy Martin XO Excellence Fine Champagne Cognac
Ron Matusalem 15 Year Old Gran Reserva
Ron Zacapa Centenario 23 Year Old Straight From The Cask
Ron Zacapa Centenario 23 Year Old Straight From The Cask
Ron Zacapa Centenario 23 Year Old Straight From The Cask
Ron Zacapa Centenario 23 Year Old Straight From The Cask
Ron Zacapa Centenario 23 Year Old Straight From The Cask
Ron Zacapa Centenario 30 Aniversario / Including Glasses
Ron Zacapa Centenario XO Premio Platino
Rosebank 1981 Rare Malt 22 Year Old / 61.1%
Scapa 14 Year Old
Scapa 1980 25 Year Old
Single Malt Miniature Selection 4 x 5cl
Strathisla 12 Year Old
Talisker 10 Year Old Map Label
Talisker 1981 20 Year Old
Talisker 1981 20 Year Old
Talisker 25 Year Old 2006 Release
Talisker 57° North Presentation Box.
Talisker Collection 3 x 70cl / Including Plinth and Miniature Gift Pack
Talisker Port Ruighe
Talisker Port Ruighe
Tomatin Cù Bòcan
Tormore 10 Year Old
Tormore 12 Year Old
Tullibardine 1993 Single Cask #15083 / PX Hogshead
 
(thanks @Jeff, and I'm tagging @pltrgyst as well.)

My Oh My!!!

What a collection @Bloody Marvelous! Fantastic bottles for sure... So many gems there it's hard to even single out a few, just too many.

Thanks for the heads up however, as you might know, the two big auction sites in the UK and the two largest specialty retailers in London, as of a couple of weeks ago, do not ship to most US states anymore. All those places are working on a solution since the American market is huge for auctions and those retailers but as of right now, the great majority of us here in the US would be out of the running.

I will be following prices of a few bottles regardless and depending on how it goes, buy a few and have them shipped some place else.

Good luck with the sale! Again, fantastic bottles man...
 
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Hats off to you guys that collect whisky. For me that would be like collecting chocolate chip cookies. Can you imagine if we could consume Paulson chips?
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I hear you Jeff. I'm kinda the same way. Most of my bottles are open. Some, just waiting for the right occasion. But just like with chips, when you start buying lots of goodies, many won't see play often, LOL!!!
 
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So sorry for the dumbass question, but when you are selling a whiskey, is it like a bottle of wine? Can you sell part bottles of whiskey?
 
Holy hell that's a LOT of money tied up in whiskey! GLWS!
 
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^^^This^^^. Disposable income at its finest!
 
joker80 said:
So sorry for the dumbass question, but when you are selling a whiskey, is it like a bottle of wine? Can you sell part bottles of whiskey?
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Not sure I understand the question...

Do you mean selling per bottle? Yes. You don't need a case of whisky bottles. If your bottle came as part of a set, you can still sell per bottle.
Or do you mean selling opened bottles? No. Bottles need to be factory sealed. The buyer needs to be certain they're buying the whisky the distiller put in the bottle, and not a whisky bottle of ice tea. If you've got a really old bottle, it's possible some whisky/alcohol evaporated through the cork. That will affect its value, but you can still sell it since it is still factory sealed.
 
Thanks for the tag Jeff. I've bid on a couple of them.

If you guys want, let new know what your bidding on and I won't bid against you.

B
 
BNM said:
^^^This^^^. Disposable income at its finest!
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Not that I bought it for that, but whisky can be an excellent investment. I started collecting whisky about 10 years ago, and just like pokerchips, it can take up quite a bit of cash.
Just like pokerchips, their value can increase as they're becoming harder to come by.

To give you an idea, the Macallan 25 yo Sherry Oak I bought about 8 years ago for about 239 EUR. Back then they were not very common, but also not very expensive yet. SInce then they've become rarer and rarer, and more people are looking for this legendary whisky. So right now it's worth anywhere from 2,200 to 2,500 GBP.

If you're thinking of investing in whisky, I recommend buying limited releases of well known distilleries like Macallan, Dalmore, Highland Park, or any Islay distillery.

Also check online reviews from Whiskyfun, or Jim Murray's Whisky Bible. Limited bottlings with high ratings are sure to see their prices skyrocket as they're becoming rarer.
An example there would be the Lagavulin 21yo from 1985. I bought two bottles for around 199 EUR each, and I opened one of them. Jim Murray give this whisky a 96/100, and Whiskyfun described it as probably the best whisky ever made. These bottles are now extremely sought after, with retailers (like thewhiskyexchange.com) asking in excess of 2,500 GBP.
 
Great selection -- the Ardbegs, Bowmores, the older Scapa, and especially the Port Ellens!

Unfortunately, I stand zero chance of drinking up what I have now. But if anyone buys any of the above, I'd be more than willing to help out with the consumption part...

Good luck with the auctions!
 
Wow. This collection! Fantastic and anyone that knows me knows that I'd be a buyer for several of those. However, just getting back from Hawaii, booking a Disney vacation, and hosting PnBBC in June my "fun" funds are pretty well tapped for these types of bottles so I'm out for now. Those Port Ellen bottles might just convince me otherwise.....
 
Bloody Marvelous said:
Not that I bought it for that, but whisky can be an excellent investment. I started collecting whisky about 10 years ago, and just like pokerchips, it can take up quite a bit of cash.
Just like pokerchips, their value can increase as they're becoming harder to come by.

To give you an idea, the Macallan 25 yo Sherry Oak I bought about 8 years ago for about 239 EUR. Back then they were not very common, but also not very expensive yet. SInce then they've become rarer and rarer, and more people are looking for this legendary whisky. So right now it's worth anywhere from 2,200 to 2,500 GBP.

If you're thinking of investing in whisky, I recommend buying limited releases of well known distilleries like Macallan, Dalmore, Highland Park, or any Islay distillery.

Also check online reviews from Whiskyfun, or Jim Murray's Whisky Bible. Limited bottlings with high ratings are sure to see their prices skyrocket as they're becoming rarer.
An example there would be the Lagavulin 21yo from 1985. I bought two bottles for around 199 EUR each, and I opened one of them. Jim Murray give this whisky a 96/100, and Whiskyfun described it as probably the best whisky ever made. These bottles are now extremely sought after, with retailers (like thewhiskyexchange.com) asking in excess of 2,500 GBP.
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There's been a HUGE spike in interest in the whisky market in the time period you are describing, especially in the last 5 years or so, with prices going through the roof. I'm not into the whole scene so I don't know all the particulars of what is driving it, but everyone seems to be talking about it these days. Popular things like that can go out of favor, though, and I'd be surprised if that level of interest inflation can be sustained. I guess we'll see! Awesome for you that you got in with the prices you paid and hope you make some good scratch off of them! And enjoy a dram or two on occasion!
 
BNM said:
There's been a HUGE spike in interest in the whisky market in the time period you are describing, especially in the last 5 years or so, with prices going through the roof. I'm not into the whole scene so I don't know all the particulars of what is driving it, but everyone seems to be talking about it these days. Popular things like that can go out of favor, though, and I'd be surprised if that level of interest inflation can be sustained. I guess we'll see! Awesome for you that you got in with the prices you paid and hope you make some good scratch off of them! And enjoy a dram or two on occasion!
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What I'm not a fan of is that with this HUGE spike in interest came the realization from the whisky producers that they can hike up their prices and still get people to buy their product.
The Lagavulin 21 retailed for 120EUR back when it was released in 2007. When they created a new Lagavulin 21 in 2012, it retailed for 300 EUR.

Whisky has gone from a consumable to a collectable, which I think is a crying shame. I have an open bottle of the Laga 21, and it's the best thing I've ever had. There are a lot of bottles that I didn't want to let go of. I'm a huge Islayphile, and was looking forward to cracking the Port Ellens and Ardbegs, and also the Talisker 20 one day. After I've got my bike I'll probably be trying to reacquire a couple of these bottles, even at the current prices, and it will be to drink them. Not for them to be sitting pretty in a cabinet.

For now though, I've still got over 30 open bottles of whisky, so I'll be enjoying a variety of drams over the coming years :).
 
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Did you display all or part of your collection? How do you store this much good whiskey?
 
Jeff said:
Did you display all or part of your collection? How do you store this much good whiskey?
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Keep them out of direct sunlight, and keep the bottles upright so the whisk(e)y doesn't deteriorate the cork. That's really all it takes.
It's not like wine, whisk(e)y doesn't mature in the bottle, so you don't need to keep them in a temperature controlled environment (though extreme heat should be avoided for obvious reasons :)).

I had displays all over my apartment...

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Yow. I have a pretty decent collection myself (although not as extensive as bloody’s!). How do I display it? Lol, it is all in a cupboard.
 

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