Ardbeg's "Cask No. 3" is the most expensive cask of whisky ever sold
The award winning Scottish distillery Ardbeg has won prizes such as World Whisky of the Year, Scotch Whisky of the Year and World’s Best Single Malt. Now, Ardbeg can also titulate itself with having made the most expensive cask of whisky ever sold at auction. “Cask No. 3” was distilled on Tuesday, 25th November in 1975 and was aged in two separate casks (one bourbon and one Oloroso sherry) until 2014 when Dr. Bill Lumsden, the Director of Whisky Creation at Ardbeg, took the decision to marry the two casks into one refill Oloroso cask. This unique “Cask No. 3” Ardbeg Islay single malt Scotch whisky is according to Ardbeg a “smorgasbord of sherried, smoky aromas and rich, elegant tastes” and was recently sold for the astronomic price of $19 million US!