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The $10,000 Bottle of Whiskey

05/04/2007

And you can't buy one.

Why? Because it was created as a gift for the British queen. No, not Elton John. Queen Elizabeth II, in honor of her visit to Churchill Downs for this year's Kentucky Derby.

Crown Royal blended this batch of whisky, (they spell it without an "e"), expressly with Her Majesty in mind. In fact the first ever batch of Crown Royal Canadian Blended Whisky was made in 1939 for her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, to commemorate their Grand Tour of Canada. (There's your history lesson for the week.)

A fire at Seagram's Waterloo Distillery in Ontario almost completely destroyed this batch, with only a few barrels surviving the blaze. The rarest ones, with the highest rye content, were blended into what became the Crown Royal XR Extra Rare Heritage Blend. ("Yeah, um, a 'fire' destroyed the barrels we had made for the rest of you, so you're kinda S.O.L... Sorry. Only barely enough left for the Queen. And you know how she enjoys her whisky...")

A master glass designer in Louisville, KY was commissioned to craft a one-of-a-kind decanter, etched in 24 karat gold leaf, so it will stand out on Her Majesty's Most Royal bar back at the castle.

This incredibly rare and "priceless" blend is not for sale, but according to Crown, if they had to put a price tag on it the price would "likely begin at $10,000." Making for one expensive whisky sour.

No word on if QEII will be pouring $1000 mint juleps for fellow Derby-goers.

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richcarl32 wrote:

you can buy crown royal xr, it si just in a different shaped bottle. i wholesale crown royal to liqour stores and there are plenty bottle of Crown XR available. it retails in the $179.00 not $10000. maybe you should have gone to a liqour store to get some facts before you wrote this.

05/05/2007 02:39 AM

richcarl32 wrote:

http://www.crownroyal.com/x...

05/05/2007 02:41 AM

Grant wrote:

Its spelt without an 'e' because thats how you frikken spell whisky!
Trust me. i'm Scottish and have lived at 2 different distilleries in Scotland for half of my life.

05/05/2007 03:19 AM

Spetz wrote:

Scotch Whisky is spelt with a Y, and Irish Whiskey with an E. Since Whisky came to America from Ireland, the Americans use the Irish spelling.

05/05/2007 03:50 AM

Ivan Minic wrote:

Mmmm…forbidden donut

05/05/2007 04:07 AM

Erick wrote:

You can't use Canadian whiskey (or whisky) for mint juleps at the Kentucky Derby. That's a sin. You should only use Kentucky bourbon. Nice looking bottle though.

05/05/2007 05:51 AM

blah wrote:

They didn't even give her bourbon when she came to kentucky?

05/05/2007 07:53 AM

Stuart wrote:

Actually, Whisky is the correct spelling for whiskies distilled in Scotland (and Wales, Canada, and Japan), and Whiskey for those from Ireland.

Apparently, the official US spelling has actually been "Whisky" since 1968...

05/05/2007 08:24 AM

gene wrote:

they should have done a bit of research. only scotch whisky is to be spelled without the "e" as far as i know. bet there are a bunch of po'd scots when they read this that canadians have made a "whisky" for an english queen and used their spelling.

05/05/2007 08:27 AM

durham4556 wrote:

they shouldn't have gave this to her for the derby, the derby is known for burbon not canadian whisky. there is a big difference for people who know better. i have no probelm with crown royal but its not a derby burbon, its not even a burbon, its a blended whisky.

05/05/2007 03:47 PM

cilwiy wrote:

Crown XR and XR heritage blend are not the same whiskey. Check the facts...

07/10/2007 08:27 PM

Tom Greenberg wrote:

Dude! I have a bottle of Crown Royal XR in my home-bar! I costs around $200 not $10,000!

Anyways, it is not all that neither!

08/04/2007 10:03 AM

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