"Starting Price 55 Million Won" Whiskey Collection 'The Last Drop' Auction

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] BEX Spirits Korea, an alcoholic beverage importer, announced on the 21st that it will exhibit and conduct an online auction of a 7-bottle whiskey collection set called "The Last Drop" at Art Day Auction in Gwanggyo, Suwon until the 30th. The starting bid for the auction is 55 million KRW.

The Last Drop is a U.S.-based distillery and bottler that purchases whiskey distillate from famous distilleries, blends it directly, and bottles it. The liquors up for auction this time were released after tasting by Colin Scott, who served as master blender at Pernod Ricard for 47 years.

The package consists of a total of 7 bottles: ▲3 bottles of blended Scotch whiskey ▲1 bottle of single grain Scotch whiskey ▲1 bottle of single malt whiskey ▲1 bottle of bourbon whiskey ▲1 bottle of Jamaican rum.

The most notable is "The Last Drop 1980 Buffalo Trace Bourbon Whiskey," produced in 1980 at Buffalo Trace Distillery. It was bottled during the George T. Stagg Distillery era in 1980 and is the oldest vintage product aged for 40 years in American oak barrels. It is a limited edition of 240 bottles worldwide, characterized by a rich and smooth taste, with the purchase price of one bottle overseas reaching about 30 million KRW.

Lee Sung-no, CEO of BEX Spirits, said, "South Korea is a market with high interest from enthusiasts and collectors in high-priced and limited whiskey products worldwide. This product offers a great opportunity to own a variety of rare and diverse alcoholic beverages at once," adding, "We plan to continuously release such limited products domestically in the future."

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