Rare whiskeys offered through lottery

A lottery to purchase close to 4,000 bottles of rare whiskeys is open through May 5. 

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB), through its Limited-Release Lottery, will award lottery registrants the opportunity to purchase 3,919 bottles of rare whiskeys. 

This lottery will feature 11 products. Participants may opt in to one, several, or all of these drawings. If a participant wins a bottle in a drawing, they will be removed from subsequent drawings, and purchase is limited to one bottle per participant. Entries can be made at the Limited-Release Lottery web page at FWGS.com until 5 p.m. 

Drawings will be held, in the following order, to award the opportunity to purchase individual bottles as follows: 

• Van Winkle Special Reserve Straight Bourbon 12 Year Old, $99.99 each – 1 bottle for individual consumers 
• Old Rip Van Winkle Handmade Straight Bourbon 10 Year Old, $89.99 each – 2 bottles for individual consumers 
• Caribou Crossing Single Barrel Canadian Whisky, $49.99 each – 75 bottles for individual consumers, 24 bottles for licensees 

• W.L. Weller C.Y.P.B. Straight Bourbon, $49.99 each – 90 bottles for individual consumers, 30 bottles for licensees 
• W.L. Weller Single Barrel Straight Bourbon, $49.99 each – 90 bottles for individual consumers, 30 bottles for licensees 
• Parker’s Heritage Collection Straight Whiskey Double Barreled Blend 16th Edition, $174.99 each – 133 bottles for individual consumers, 44 bottles for licensees 
• Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. Straight Bourbon Barrel Proof, $74.99 each – 135 bottles for individual consumers, 45 bottles for licensees 
• Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. Straight Rye Whiskey Bottled-in-Bond, $69.99 each – 185 bottles for individual consumers, 61 bottles for licensees 

• W.L. Weller Full Proof Straight Bourbon, $49.99 each – 270 bottles for individual consumers, 90 bottles for licensees 
• Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel Straight Bourbon, $39.99 each – 432 bottles for individual consumers, 144 bottles for licensees 
• Stagg Straight Bourbon Barrel Proof, $54.99 each – 1,529 bottles for individual consumers, 509 bottles for licensees. 

 PLCB said both retail and licensee entrants should carefully review the lottery Terms and Conditions, as failure to comply will result in disqualification. 

Individual consumers and licensees interested in entering one or more drawings must have an active account with FWGS.com with billing information on file. Once the Limited-Release Lottery registration period closes, entrants will not be able to update payment information.  

All lottery item(s) purchased will be delivered to the physical Fine Wine & Good Spirits (FW&GS) location chosen by the entrant at the time of entry. Valid photo ID is required, PLCB said. 

Limited-Release Lotteries are open to Pennsylvania residents and licensees age 21 or older who provide both a verifiable Pennsylvania billing address and a FW&GS store address at registration. Any registrant with a billing address that cannot be verified as a Pennsylvania address will be removed from the lottery. Entries will be vetted for duplicative names, addresses, and other information, and duplicates will be deleted from the lottery pool. 

 Lottery drawings will be witnessed by an independent third party. Winners will be selected at random by computer program. Participants will be notified by email when the lottery process is complete.