PA Giving State Residents Chance To Buy A $400 Bottle Of Whiskey

HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Lottery is holding a lottery for people to purchase more than 1,200 bottles of rare whiskeys, with one particular 95-proof bottle selling for $399.99.

The Kentucky whiskeys, produced by Pappy Van Winkle’s using recipes dating back four generations, are among the most sought after in the world, according to the liquor control board.

Because the popular bourbons are aged for at least 10 years, annual production numbers cannot meet the current demand for them.

Here's what is available in the lottery:

• Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve Straight Bourbon 23-year-old 95 Proof, $399.99 each – 31 bottles for individual consumers, 10 bottles for licensees.
• Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve Straight Bourbon 15 -year-old 107 Proof, $149.99 each – 59 bottles for individual consumers, 19 bottles for licensees.
• Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve Straight Bourbon 20-year-old 90 Proof, $249.99 each – 70 bottles for individual consumers, 23 bottles for licensees.
• Old Rip Van Winkle Handmade Straight Bourbon 10-year-old 107 Proof, $89.99 each – 211 bottles for individual consumers, 70 bottles for licensees.
• Van Winkle Special Reserve Straight Bourbon 12-year-old 90 Proof, $99.99 each – 537 bottles for individual consumers, 178 bottles for licensees.

Separate drawings will be held for each of these limited-release whiskeys, and lottery participants may opt in to one, several, or all drawings. The right to purchase is limited to one bottle per participant for this lottery. If a participant wins the right to purchase a bottle in a
drawing.

State residents and licensees have until Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. to enter one or more of the drawings by visiting the limited-release lottery web site.

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