6 of the Oldest (and Most Expensive) Alcohols
on 08/09/10 at 6:21 pm
Booze News
For most, the joyous recovery of ancient alcohol means “finding a forgotten Bud in the back of the fridge.” But a lucky few get to taste truly ancient elixirs, like a sailing team led by Christian Ekstrom, which discovered 30 bottles of hundreds-of-decades-old champagne on a wrecked ship between Sweden and Finland.
They brought one bottle back to verify the wreck’s age, then “verified” the champagne as well. With each bottle expected to fetch $68,000 at auction, the happy crew were swallowing $1,000 a mouthful.
That’s true luxury — sailing on a boat, drinking an irreplaceable alcohol from 1780 just because you can.
Keep reading for five more of the world’s oldest alcohols.
