Matthew Robson was given a bottle of 18-year-old whisky yearly for his birthday which is now price £40,000
A person whose father gave him 18-year-old whisky yearly for his birthday is promoting the gathering to buy a home.
Matthew Robson, from Taunton, was born in 1992 and over the course of his life his father Pete has spent about £5,000 on 28 bottles of Macallan single malt.
The gathering is now price greater than £40,000 and has been put up on the market.
The 28-year-old stated it “in all probability wasn’t” the most effective reward for a younger boy however with “strict directions by no means to open them” they’d grow to be a nest egg.
Pete Robson stated the whisky “wasn’t the one current” he gave his son Matthew for his birthday
Matthew stated he was below “strict directions, by no means, by no means to open” his whisky birthday presents
“Every year I obtained it as a birthday current,” Matthew stated. “I assumed it was fairly a unusual little current as I used to be barely too younger to begin ingesting.
“However I used to be below strict directions, by no means, by no means to open them and I attempted my hardest and succeeded and so they’re all intact.”
His father Pete, who’s from Milnathort in Scotland, stated the first bottle of 1974 whisky was purchased to “moist the child’s head”.
“I assumed it could be fascinating if I purchased one yearly and he’d find yourself with 18 bottles of 18-year-old whisky for his 18th birthday,” he stated.
“It wasn’t the one current he acquired from us. It was simply meant to be a novel current but it surely was a bit of bit of luck that we stored it going.”
Whisky dealer, Mark Littler, stated has been “lots of curiosity already” within the assortment
Since then, specialists say Macallan has grow to be collectable and Matthew is hoping to promote his assortment for £40,000 and use the cash for a home deposit.
It’s being bought by whisky dealer Mark Littler, who has described it as a “excellent set”.
“The worth of Macallan has risen massively over the past 5 to 10 years,” he stated. “To have such an enormous assortment of bottles is the actual promoting level of these.”
He stated there had been “lots of curiosity already” within the assortment, largely from consumers in New York and Asia.
