world's oldest rum up for sale

[Ken Gargett]

thought this might be of interest. hefty alcohol, especially for a light rum. 

HAREWOOD

RUM 1780 HAREWOOD LIGHT

Light Rum, From the Cellars of Harewood House, Label from Christies Attached to Capsule

Provenance: Christies London, 12/10/2015

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$ 36,000.00

 

Vintage	1780
Alcohol	69.0 %
Button	No button
Classification	Light
Fill level	Top shoulder
Packaging	No casing
Size	75 cl

Oldest Known Rum

The oldest known rum is The Harewood Rum 1780, believed to have been distilled in 1780 in Barbados. In 2011, fifty-nine bottles of the previously-forgotten rum were discovered in the basement of Harewood House, Leeds, UK.

The rum was distilled in Barbados, but in the early 19th century it was shipped to the UK and bottled at by Oldfield’s of York at the request of Edward Lascelles, the first Earl of Harewood. In 2011, Mark Lascelles and Andy Langshaw discovered fifty-nine bottles of the rum in the basement of Harewood House. Twenty-eight of the bottles were a dark rum, and the other thirty-one were a light rum.

[mtd057]

When you consider what people pay for a 50 year old bottle of single malt, this is a bargain!  Out of my price range but I would love certainly love to try some of that.

[99call]

I love the fact the buyers in the Chinese market will pop the cork and drink it.........what else is rum for