Balvenie Unveil DCS Compendium Chapter Two

[William]

Here is something for the Balvenie fans amongst you with deep pockets, following on from the launch of Chapter One of The Balvenie DCS Compendium, titled ‘Distillery Style’ this time last year the Balvenie has unveiled The Balvenie DCS Compendium Chapter Two, titled "The Influence of Oak", similar to the first release, Chapter Two features five rare single malt whiskies.



The Balvenie DCS Compendium Chapter Two whiskies are:

The Balvenie 1972 43 year old Cask No. 13134
European oak Oloroso sherry butt, filled 31st October 1972, 52.4% ABV
RRP £15,000

The Balvenie 1990 25 year old Cask No. 2790
European oak Oloroso sherry butt, filled 3rd October 1990, 59.6% ABV
RRP £1,100

The Balvenie 1990 26 year old Cask No. 7359
First fill American oak bourbon barrel, filled 1st May 1990, 52.9% ABV
RRP £1,100

The Balvenie 1997 19 year old Cask No. 7951
European oak port puncheon, filled 6th August 1997, 61.8% ABV
RRP £800

The Balvenie 2001 15 year old Cask No. 9328
European oak Pedro Ximénez sherry butt, filled 25th April 2001, 62.3% ABV
RRP £700

The complete Balvenie DCS Compendium Chapter Two will set you back £20,000

You will find some more info here:
http://www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/balveniedcscompendiumchapter2.htm
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[Forbes]

I would love to try them all but they are not priced for me to drink.

[5-12-1908]

Will anyone actually purchase this to drink or is it purely a collectors item to be stored for later profit?

[WinBase]

[Crane]

We are seeing this 35cl bottle size more and more with the premium top end bottlings, it makes me think these are created for collecting rather than drinking although I am sure they are all very good.

[dramblersanonymous]

***!?! They make the £5k macallan 40yro seem almost reasonable.

[Blakey]

Probably good news for anyone with a bottle of The Balvenie Craftman's Reserve The Cooper 15 year old tucked away in the cupboard, it has probably just rocketed in value, I wish I hadn't drunk mine now but it was a superb whisky.

[unblended]

are these really 35 c/l bottles if so its frightening

as said makes the macallan seem cheap never thought I would say that about a macallan

[torcross]

They are 70cl, I bought the 30 year old from chapter 1 in Dubai airport on its own and that is 70cl. They made 156 of these and 50 were part of the full set with the remainder of the 30 year old sold at travel retail around the world.

The confusion maybe that some sites who sell the 5 bottles together state the content is 3500cl.

[unblended]

thanks for sorting that out still expensive at 70 c/l


richard

[Crane]

Opps my apologies, I had got it into my head that they were 35cl bottles, I am sure I read that somewhere. The confusion must have been caused by the full set being 3500cl as torcross points out. Still out my price range unfortunately.

[unblended]

dont worry about it crane I still cant afford them myself

they all seem to be be coming out with silly prices at the moment

have you had a look at The Whisky Exchange a 25 year old ardbeg and its 1.5 litres or a magnum £ 3100.00
whats next with christmas coming up


richard

[Acksboy]

£700 for a 15 year old Balvenie?! I've seen Port Ellen sell for less!