White Horse Scotch Whisky

  • elitegell
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    Hi All,
    I inherited a full crate of White Horse Scotch Whisky. Trying to find out the value so I can sell it. The bottle has this number on it. No. AW265480. The crate has says Bond 929 and has a date which looks like 3/22/51. Does anyone know the value of the crate with the 12 bottles or where/how to figure it out. I have pictures if needed.
    Regards,
    Michael

    Michael Geller
  • horst_s_2 Administrator horst_s_2 Joined: 01.07.2014Posts: 507Ratings: 661
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    Please add a picture here.

    It is always difficult to find out the age of older bottles. Please note, that whisky does not mature in bottles. The whisky has still 3 years of age even when the bottles laid for decades in the cellar. It is only the years in the casks which count.

    There are a lot of Blended Scotch Whiskies with big names out there. E.g. Black & White, Vat69 and this White Horse as well. Most of the names lost its value over the years. Single Malt Whiskies took over since the 90s. There are very few collectors and connoisseurs out there which look for these whiskies. If you are lucky, you can get 30$ for each bottle. The most would be paid for the wooden box, if it has a branding on it.

    White Horse has an advantage over the other brands. Whiskies from the famous distillery of Lagavulin was part of the White Horse blend. Saying this there should be Lagavulin lovers out there willing to pay a little extra for this experience.

    Kind regards, Horst Luening, Master Taster, Whisky.com
  • Quin Member Quin Joined: 01.07.2014Posts: 91Ratings: 0
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    I recently paid 16€ for a 5cl Sample of an old bottle of White horse from the late 50s or early 60s. So the bottle was worth around 240€ = ~270USD.

    You will have to proof the age, thats the problem.

    regards.. ..and sorry for bad english
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  • boonkanina Member boonkanina Joined: 11.11.2016Posts: 1Ratings: 0
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    @elitegell, if you still have this crate of whisky, I would be very interested in buying it from you, and will make you a good offer.  wwchristy@hotmail.com. Cell:  (702)468-2176

  • whiskyprice Member whiskyprice Joined: 21.07.2023Posts: 1CollectionAfter Dark Whisky, Blue Label Whisky, Royal Stag WhiskyRatings: 1
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    @horst_s_2 



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