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A bottle of
Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery
Collection Chapter One 45 Year Old Irish
single malt and a bottle of Midleton
Very Rare Silent Distillery Collection
Chapter Two 46 Year Old sell for record
prices at auction.
The popularity of rare Irish whiskey
continues to soar amongst private
collectors and I would like to think
wealthy whiskey drinkers, this was
recently confirmed when two rare bottles
of Midleton Very Rare sold at auction
for a combined price €94,000.
The history-making whiskeys which were
put up for auction by private collectors
– were sold separately at auction on
Sunday 21st March, with both lots coming
from the ultra-prestigious Midleton Very
Rare Silent Distillery Collection, which
has received worldwide acclaim since its
first releases in 2020 and 2021.
The first – a 2020 bottling of Midleton
Very Rare Silent Distillery Collection
Chapter One, a 45 Year Old Irish single
malt from the Old Midleton Distillery
which operated for 150 years from
1825-1975 – fetched a record hammer
price of €48,000 (€50,952 including
fees), the highest price paid for an
Irish whiskey at public auction. One of
just 48 bottles unveiled two years ago
for sale in Ireland, UK, France and US,
Chapter One commanded a selling price at
launch of €35,000 per bottle (750ml).
The second – a bottle of the
2021-released Chapter Two, an
exceptional 46 Year Old single pot still
Irish whiskey distilled in 1973 in the
signature style of Old Midleton – sold
for €46,000 (€48,829 including fees). At
launch, 70 bottles were made available
for sale in Ireland, UK, Global Travel
Retail, US, and France at a price per
bottle (750ml) of €40,000.
It is not the first time that Irish
whiskey auction site
www.IrishWhiskeyAuctions.com has made
history with Midleton Very Rare. In
March 2020, it sold a bottle of Chapter
One for €42,000 (€44,583 including
fees), at the time making it the world’s
most expensive Irish Whiskey ever sold.
"Irish Whiskey now has bottles that are
comparable to the bottles of Scotch and
Japanese whiskies that command ultra-
premium prices on the world stage,”
explains Anthony Sheehy, Founder & Owner
of www.IrishWhiskeyAuctions.com. “It is
something that we should be shouting
from the roof tops to show the fantastic
growth and interest that exists for
Premium Irish Whiskey."
The new record sales come as the third
chapter of Midleton Very Rare Silent
Distillery Collection is expected to be
released, in what will eventually be a
six-chapter Collection that is ushering
in a new era for ultra-rare luxury Irish
whiskey.
The whiskey maker has previously
revealed there will be one release each
year from 2020 until 2025, ranging in
age from 45 to 50 years old, all from
the legendary Old Midleton Distillery.
The Collection will culminate in 2025
with the oldest ever release to
celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the
Old Midleton Distillery.
Every month Irish Whiskey Auctions have
charity lots which are donated by
members of the whiskey community of
Ireland to help raise much needed funds
for local and national charities. Adding
to the excitement of the March auction,
Irish Distillers donated Bottle Number 1
from its recent Midleton Very Rare 2022
vintage release for a special charity
lot, raising €11,220 for The Capuchin
Day Centre, Bow Street, Dublin. Bottle
Number 1 from the annual vintage release
has never been available to the public
in the whole 38 years of production.
You
will find Midleton Very
Rare including some older bottles
available from specialist online whisky
retailers such as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop and
Master of Malt
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