Midleton Very Rare: What a $45,000 Irish whiskey tastes like �� By: CNN By Maureen O'Hare, CNN (CNN) -- The second batch of Ireland's oldest ever whiskey collection will be released this May -- and a single bottle costs $45,000. Presented in a hand blown Waterford Crystal decanter and displayed in a wooden cabinet made from reclaimed whiskey vats, there are just 70 bottles of Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery Collection Chapter Two in the world. When the Old Midleton Distillery in County Cork closed its doors in 1975, after 150 years in business, several casks of trial whiskey innovations disappeared with it. They slumbered deep within their barrels for close to half a century -- until their resurrection last year.