Yamazaki 55-Year-Old Smashes Record for Priciest Japanese Whiskey

Anyone who's paid attention to the world of whiskey knows the auction market has been going bonkers.In the past two years, we've seen the record for the most expensive bottle nearly double.Many of those bottles were Scotch, but Japanese whiskey has also seen its value soar.Now, Japanese whiskey is back with a new, eye-popping record that could signal an unprecedented run on the trendy spirit.A single 700-milliliter bottle sold for a new record-high price of $795,000, smashing the old record of $475,000.The bottle—a Yamazaki 55-Year-Old single malt—was released this past June for a limited-edition 100-bottle run.We can only assume about 99 other bottle owners were carefully watching the result of this sale