Oldest Known Whiskey Believed Currently Set To Be Auctioned
Oldest Known Whiskey Believed Currently Set To Be Auctioned
Bottled between 1763 and 1803, what’s said to be the oldest known whiskey currently in existence is coming up for auction this summer.
The Old Ingledew Whiskey is reported to have been purchased by financier
John Pierpoint Morgan during one of his frequent visits to Georgia, where it was bottled by Evans & Ragland, grocers and merchants, in La Grange. His son, Jack Morgan, gifted this bottle to James Byrnes
of South Carolina for Christmas, c. 1942-1944. It is thought to be the only surviving bottle of a trio from the cellar of J.P. Morgan, according to information from Skinner Auctioneers, who will be handling the auction.