Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board hosting limited-release lottery of rare whiskey

If you enjoy rare whiskey, you have until Friday to register for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s limited-release lottery.

Registrants will have the opportunity to buy one of the 814 bottles of rare whiskey.

Three separate lotteries will be conducted for each of the limited-release whiskeys. You can opt in to one, two or all of the drawings.

The first lottery will feature the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection. Winning entries are limited to one bottle per participant, and if a participant wins a bottle in a drawing within this lottery, they will be removed from subsequent drawings in the lottery.

The retail price for each 750 milliliter bottle in this collection is $109.99:

  • Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey 18 Year Old – 14 for individual consumers, four for licensees

  • Eagle Rare Straight Bourbon 17 Year Old – 16 for individual consumers, five for licensees

  • William Larue Weller Straight Bourbon Barrel Proof – 72 for individual consumers, 24 for licensees

  • George T. Stagg Straight Bourbon Barrel Proof – 111 for individual consumers, 36 for licensees

  • Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey Barrel Proof – 149 for individual consumers, 49 for licensees

There will also be two bourbon lotteries which include:

  • Michter’s Straight Bourbon Limited Release 20 Year Old, $1,149.99 – eight for individual consumers, two for licensees

  • Blanton Straight From The Barrel Bourbon, $149.99 – 243 for individual consumers, 81 for licensees

The deadline to register is Friday, Feb. 17 at 5 p.m. You can register at the Limited-Release Lottery web page at FWGS.com.

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