Old Rip Van Winkle Special Reserve 'Lot B' Twelve Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

As the Cool Material blog noted: "Pappy Van Winkle is the unicorn of bourbons." Rarely seen, their existence is doubtful. A bottle of Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve is super rare and the vast majority of people will go their entire lives without sampling any.

Why so rare? Why does this particular bourbon cost so much? Why on earth would we pay thousands of dollars (some bottles can go as high as $14,000!) for alcohol? Is this really a drink people have because they like how it tastes? Why would people tolerate such insane prices for simple alcohol?

There are two answers: there are very limited quantities of this bourbon that are released per year and it just tastes really good. This bourbon has won just about every award worth winning, including Wine & Spirits “Spirit of the Year” award, a Double Gold Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, a Best-In-Class Gold Medallion in the International Wine and Spirit Competition, and a score of 99 from the Beverage Testing Institute.

No need to sign up for a lottery to get this twelve-year-old bottle - we have one here today!

• Name : Briana and Greg Hart