kininvie 17 1996

Not sure I will ever want to pay $300+ for a bottle of whiskey but it would be interesting to try. Also not sure you can technically legally sell it unless maybe there is a dealer that wants to buy it. I could be wrong though.

 

Kininvie is one of those mysterious things that used to reside in the periphery of the whisky world (in Scotland) but which is now dipping its toes into branding its own dram. It sits on Balvenie's property (opened in the early 1990's), and has been used for a number of years by Grants to support other blends. If you know the Dufftown tastes, it is one of three used in the Monkey Shoulder blended whisky, which sells quite reasonably (the other whiskies used are are Glenfiddich and Balvenie), and which receives pretty good reviews.

The size of the bottle was a marketing choice to control the cost of any one bottle (since it's pretty expensive), and its scarcity creates that curiosity we know well from other desired brands like Pappy Van Winkle (which I passed by a couple times before it got so popular, and which now I'll probably never taste). That means you'd likely get your price (close to retail, which may just keep rising), but it might take awhile to let a serious collector (or someone with $$$ and who is curious about it).

You might check out info from the LA Whisk(e)y Society re selling as a private party. Value of Whiskey - How to Sell Old Whiskey - Bourbon, Rye, Single Malt The info might be discouraging, though, since only licensed sellers can legally sell it in the USA, selling and shipping across state lines usually violates some tax law, and even bars can only sell booze bought from a licensed wholesaler. If you have a whisky group in your area, you could contact them to see about private-to-private transactions, although those are all off the books, etc., to my understanding.

 

Wow I didn't even catch that. So basically half what we consider a normal fifth of booze.

Interesting stuff. I had some Monkey Shoulder at a friend's house and rather enjoyed it even though I'm not a huge scotch fan normally. But I later bought a bottle and didn't have the same experience. I wonder how much the blend can change by batch?

 

Interesting stuff. I bet finishing in amarone casks gives it a bit different flavor profile.