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The photos of the Grant’s Scotch set are from Erica Mulder. They are
the standard bottle (centre) Sherry Cask (left) and Ale Cask (right).
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Each is 50ml, 40%. Also from Erica is the Ansett New Zealand 10
Anniversary Irish Mist mini. Unfortunately it only gives the information
on the packaging, not the bottle label. The only other Ansett NZ bottle I
know about is the first anniversary port. This is 95ml, 17.5%.

One advantage of running the club web site and Miniature
Bottle Library is that people find the sites and send you
photos of bottles they have, usually wanting to know what
they are worth. I am always helpful if I can be.

I thought at first that the Lionstone Bar Tender was a mini
but it is in fact the full bottle size. Notice something odd
about it? I did. This is a sample bottle. Check out the final
version on Miniature Bottle Library (address on last page).

Peter Bonkovich sent me the next photos and links to their
auctions on Ebay. He wrote: “Glenfiddich 50 years old was sold
only in the Japanese market. Full size bottles were bottled in
1991, and only 105 miniature bottles were made. So please
don’t miss this opportunity to have it”….. I passed up this
wonderful opportunity as it sold for £1242! Somebody else with
one of these must have decided to cash it in as another went on
sale shortly afterwards, this time complete with box. A snip at
only £1576 (about NZ$3350!!!!)

We start the next page with another two bottles from Peter.
Both are Glenrothes Single Malt Scotch. The first was distilled
in 1978 and bottled in 2008, making it 30 years old. US$250.50
bought it. The second is a 25 year old. This sold for US$288.
Does that mean the Scotch lost US$7.50 per year between
being 25 and 30 years old?