Drop the Bottle: The Biggest Thing in Whiskey Auctions Is Now Buying an Entire Cask

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By Kirk Miller Why buy one bottle of rare whiskey when you could have 202? At the recent Bonhams Fine and Rare Whisky Sale, it was a Macallan-1991 Cask that caught the eyes of auction attendees, selling for a world-record HK$4,464,000 (that’s a bit over $573,000). As described by the auction house, the Macallan-1991 was distilled in December 1991 and re-racked in 2017 with sherry. The 51.5% ABV hooch will yield around 202 bottles. “Cask collecting is fast growing as a trend and one which has become a Bonhams speciality,†says Daniel Lam, Bonhams Director of Wine and Spirits, Asia. “In 2019, we…