Her Majesty the Queen of England (or, to give her all the titles to which she's - you should pardon the expression - 'entitled', "Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of her other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith") reportedly enjoys a glass or two of the good stuff, as royalty should. The good people at Johnnie Walker are, 'By Royal Appointment', suppliers of spirits to Royalty.
Next year, Queen Elizabeth will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee on the throne. To commemorate the occasion, Johnnie Walker have outdone themselves. The BBC reports:
Drinks giant Diageo is to sell 60 limited edition whisky bottles at £100,000 [about US $164,500] apiece to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee next year.
The whisky will be produced in Scotland by Diageo-owned John Walker and Sons.
All profits will go to the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (Qest), the charitable arm of the Royal Warrant Holders Association.
They will be bottled on 6 February 2012 - exactly 60 years to the day since the Queen acceded to the throne.
The Diamond Jubilee Blended Scotch Whisky will feature a blend of whiskies distilled in 1952 at various distilleries across Scotland and finished in a cask of English oak from the Queen's Sandringham Estate.
Each will be presented in a lead crystal decanter adorned with a Britannia silver collar that features a half-carat diamond and an individually numbered silver seal.
This will be accompanied by a pair of hand-engraved lead crystal glasses housed in a cabinet incorporating woods from the Queen's Sandringham and Balmoral estates.
There's more at the link.
Hmm . . . a blend of sixty-year-old whiskies . . . why are my tastebuds suddenly licking their chops at me? And where's that drooling smiley-face icon when you need it?
Peter
I would never spend that on a drink! I got quite peeved when British beer went above 1s. a pint, and I know someone who gave up drinking at that point.
ReplyDeleteWe did buy a bottle of Highland Park's millenium edtion whisky from the Orkney brewery in 2000; 100% proof and absolutely magnificent.
So... would I mix that with Coca-Cola or with a clear soda like Sprite or 7-up to preserve the character?
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Oh man... either superb or real bad... but at that price, I'll never know :-(
ReplyDeleteToo bad it probably still tastes like scotch. ;)
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