7) Macallan Fine & Rare Collection

If you are a true connoisseur of fine drinks, chances are you are familiar with the Macallan distillary. For a decadent bottle of its whiskey, consider buying a bottle of the Macallan Fine & Rare Collection from 1939. This is presented in a Lalique crystal decanter. While this isn’t the finest, or most expensive, whiskeys that Macallan makes (see number 4 for that), this one is still very well respected and is somewhat more readily available than its more exclusive counterparts. You can buy a bottle of this year for a little more than $10,000.

6) Glenfiddich Rare Collection

If you want to add a truly notable whiskey to your collection, consider trying to find a bottle of Glenfiddich Rare Collection 1937, which is one of the oldest, and one of the rarest, that exists. In fact, this whiskey was distilled in the 1930s but then was stored in the cask and not actually bottled until 64 years later, in 2001. While just a few of these bottles still remain in existence, one sold recently at auction in New York City. The bottle was one-of-kind that was created to serve as a display piece. After a heated bidding war, this prize sold at auction in 2006 for $20,000. When adjusted for inflation today, this equals a little more than $21,000.

5) Glenavon Special Liqueur Whisky

For a very rare treat, you might be interested in a bottle of Glenavon Special Liqueur Whisky that an Irish woman recently put up for auction. This whiskey was passed down from generation to generation in her family and ultimately, made her a nice profit on this inheritance. Experts place the bottling of the whiskey sometime in the 1850s (and the Glenavon distillery is said to have closed shortly afterward), making it one of the oldest bottles ever produced and causing quite a stir in the collecting world. The winning bid was just under $29,000, which when adjusted for inflation equals more than $30,000 today.

4) Macallan 60-year-old Single Malt Whiskey

If the Macallan whiskey listed above in number 7 is too common for your tastes, you may want to try to get your hands on an even more exclusive offering by the same distiller. Macallan also has a 60-year-old single malt whiskey from 1926 that is sold out in all retail establishments. This liquor was bottled in 1986 and rebottled again in 2002. It sold at auction by Christie’s in New York recently and brought in $54,000. Beyond the high price tag this auction fetched, the event also had real significance because it was the first auction in the state of New York that sold liquor since prohibition.