Louisville, Kentucky’s Velocity Artwork Museum simply introduced the lineup for its seventh annual Artwork of Bourbon public sale — and it’s stacked with a number of the whiskey world’s most sought-after bottles.
The reside public sale will happen on September 12 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. EST, and can current 35 heaps together with ultra-rare bourbons in addition to unique distillery experiences. A few of the bottles up for bidding together with a coveted 2017 Michter’s 25-Yr-Outdated (one among solely 317 bottles made that 12 months), a bottle of Outdated Forester from 1947, the 1976 Bicentennial Commemorative Bourbon distilled on the unique Willett Distillery in 1959, and a Very Outdated Fitzgerald bottled in 1966. The museum can also be auctioning off a whole Pappy vertical, together with six bottles of Pappy signed completely by Julian Van Winkle III, which is predicted to go for about $30,000.
Attendees will even have the prospect to bid on the chance to pick out a whole customized barrel from esteemed distilleries. One expertise up for public sale is to pick out one of many very first 100 barrels produced in Bardstown Bourbon’s Origin Collection.
The annual occasion is acclaimed all through the bourbon trade, with high collectors and aficionados recognized to attend from throughout the globe. All proceeds assist teaching programs and exhibitions on the Velocity. This 12 months’s occasion curation is led by creator and bourbon critic Fred Minnick. Marc Abrams, a widely known bourbon knowledgeable primarily based in Louisville, serves as this 12 months’s occasion chair.
“Since 2018, I’ve labored intently with the Velocity to public sale the rarest whiskey bottles and experiences ever, elevating tens of millions of {dollars} for this establishment,” Minnick says in a press launch. “These uncommon whiskeys could make a huge effect on one among our nation’s finest artwork museums. We’ve the classic and uncommon, and the brand new and distinctive. These form of in-the-know bourbons don’t come up fairly often.”
prospects can register to bid within the public sale on-line at no cost, or buy a $350 ticket to attend the occasion in particular person. Every ticket grants entry to a cocktail hour, bourbon tastings, and a dinner with a bourbon-inspired menu.
