A bottle of Old Ingledew Whiskey will go to auction in the US in June. The bottle is believed to be the oldest known whiskey in existence. Skinner Auctioneers will be auctioning the rare bottle in June, after determining through carbon dating that the Old Ingledew Whiskey was produced between 1762-1802. Skinner Auctioneers The Old Ingledew Whiskey, bottled by Evans & Ragland, Lagrange GA, c. 1860s, is thought to be “the only surviving bottle of a trio from the cellar of J.P. Morgan gifted in the 1940s to the Washington power elite,” said Skinner Rare Spirits expert Joseph Hyam. Skinner said in their news release about the Old Ingledew Whiskey that “Carbon 14 dating conducted in 2021 in collaboration with the University of Georgia indicates, with the highest probability, that the whiskey was produced between 1762-1802.” “The raw data was subsequently evaluated by the University of Glasgow and determined to be Bourbon with an 81.1% probability of being produced between 1763-1803, which places it in the historical context of The Revolutionary War of the 1770s and the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s.”
Financier J.P Morgan purchased the bottle on a trip to Georgia. Morgan’s son, Jack, gifted the bottle to future US Supreme Court justice and South Carolina governor James Byrnes in the early 1940s, while two other (non-surviving) bottles were given to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. The Skinner release said that “after leaving office, Byrnes gifted the bottle to close friend and neighbor Francis Drake. Drake and his descendants, being exclusively Scotch drinkers, safeguarded the bottle for three generations.” The bottle of Old Ingledew Whiskey, estimated to fetch between $25,000-40,000 USD, will be the star attraction of Skinner’s online-only spirits auction during the last week of June. Visit their website for more information, or to register your interest. skinnerinc.com
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A bottle of Old Ingledew Whiskey will go to auction in the US in June. The bottle is believed to be the oldest known whiskey in existence. Skinner Auctioneers will be auctioning the rare bottle in June, after determining through carbon dating that the Old Ingledew Whiskey was produced between 1762-1802. Skinner Auctioneers The Old Ingledew Whiskey, bottled by Evans & Ragland, Lagrange GA, c. 1860s, is thought to be “the only surviving bottle of a trio from the cellar of J.P. Morgan gifted in the 1940s to the Washington power elite,” said Skinner Rare Spirits expert Joseph Hyam. Skinner said in their news release about the Old Ingledew Whiskey that “Carbon 14 dating conducted in 2021 in collaboration with the University of Georgia indicates, with the highest probability, that the whiskey was produced between 1762-1802.” “The raw data was subsequently evaluated by the University of Glasgow and determined to be Bourbon with an 81.1% probability of being produced between 1763-1803, which places it in the historical context of The Revolutionary War of the 1770s and the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s.”
Financier J.P Morgan purchased the bottle on a trip to Georgia. Morgan’s son, Jack, gifted the bottle to future US Supreme Court justice and South Carolina governor James Byrnes in the early 1940s, while two other (non-surviving) bottles were given to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. The Skinner release said that “after leaving office, Byrnes gifted the bottle to close friend and neighbor Francis Drake. Drake and his descendants, being exclusively Scotch drinkers, safeguarded the bottle for three generations.” The bottle of Old Ingledew Whiskey, estimated to fetch between $25,000-40,000 USD, will be the star attraction of Skinner’s online-only spirits auction during the last week of June. Visit their website for more information, or to register your interest. skinnerinc.com
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A bottle of Old Ingledew Whiskey will go to auction in the US in June. The bottle is believed to be the oldest known whiskey in existence.
Skinner Auctioneers will be auctioning the rare bottle in June, after determining through carbon dating that the Old Ingledew Whiskey was produced between 1762-1802.
Skinner Auctioneers
The Old Ingledew Whiskey, bottled by Evans & Ragland, Lagrange GA, c. 1860s, is thought to be “the only surviving bottle of a trio from the cellar of J.P. Morgan gifted in the 1940s to the Washington power elite,” said Skinner Rare Spirits expert Joseph Hyam.
Skinner said in their news release about the Old Ingledew Whiskey that “Carbon 14 dating conducted in 2021 in collaboration with the University of Georgia indicates, with the highest probability, that the whiskey was produced between 1762-1802.”
“The raw data was subsequently evaluated by the University of Glasgow and determined to be Bourbon with an 81.1% probability of being produced between 1763-1803, which places it in the historical context of The Revolutionary War of the 1770s and the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s.”
Financier J.P Morgan purchased the bottle on a trip to Georgia. Morgan’s son, Jack, gifted the bottle to future US Supreme Court justice and South Carolina governor James Byrnes in the early 1940s, while two other (non-surviving) bottles were given to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.
The Skinner release said that “after leaving office, Byrnes gifted the bottle to close friend and neighbor Francis Drake. Drake and his descendants, being exclusively Scotch drinkers, safeguarded the bottle for three generations.”
The bottle of Old Ingledew Whiskey, estimated to fetch between $25,000-40,000 USD, will be the star attraction of Skinner’s online-only spirits auction during the last week of June.
Visit their website for more information, or to register your interest.
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