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Late last year, a hidden trove of whisky was discovered in a cellar room deep within a 13th century Scottish castle. The liquid was subsequently tested and determined to have been distilled back in 1833, making it the oldest known scotch in existence. Now two dozen bottles of it are going under the hammer in a November auction.

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[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Can't wait for the worlds worst person to buy it

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 41 points 10 months ago

Hey it's your boy tik-tok Keith I just brought this Whiskey, and we're going to pour it down the sink

[–] vodkasolution@feddit.it 15 points 10 months ago

X Whiskey incoming

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't have the money for it.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Scotch 1/4 as old as me costs $50. Scotch nearly half as old as me costs $250. Scotch as old as me costs $35k. Following that progression to four times as old as me suggests those bottles will command a sum that could change the course of human history by eliminating hunger or curing diseases or colonizing Mars.

[–] SARGEx117@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Reminder thay humanity has the power to end global hunger with both food resources and excess money to transport it.

We just choose not too because it's "too hard" and "too expensive"

Just don't ask who we, as humanity, owe the money to because you won't like the answer. It certainly isn't some galactic bank telling us we don't qualify for a loan...

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

It’s just a transfer of money, not expenditure of resources. The money doesn’t disappear when whoever owns the scotch gets it. Wasting natural resources and labor is much different and worse.

[–] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is only an 8 year Scotch though.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

My mistake. I skimmed it and got excited and thought they found forgotten casks, not already bottled Scotch. Since it's not a known label, I'm not sure collectors will care all that much. And it's probably not going to drink all that well as 8 years is on the younger side for Scotch. Depending on how well it was bottled, it might not be drinkable at all.

I'm sure someone will pay for the novelty, but this is way less exciting than I thought.