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Rare Bottle Of Beer Sells For $707
Six-Pack Of Hair Of The Dog Beer Would Cost $4,242
POSTED: 3:08 pm EDT May 14,
2008
UPDATED: 3:39 pm EDT May 14,
2008
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The price of beer went up sharply over the weekend in Oregon, hitting $707 a bottle -- for medical research. Portland brewer Alan Sprints donated five 12-ounce bottles of his 1994 Hair of the Dog Dave to a charity auction to benefit Parkinson's disease research and support patients of Parkinson's disease. That's $4,242 a six-pack or around $58 an ounce. The bottles sold for prices ranging from $478 to $707 during the rare beer auction, which corresponded with a beer festival and silent auction. The events combined raised $15,000 in honor of British writer and journalist Michael Jackson, who died last year of a heart attack after suffering from Parkinson's.
Jackson, known as The Beer Hunter, was the author of several books on beer and whiskey.Another bottle of beer sold in the auction for $444. It was a special commemorative bottle by Anchor Brewing in San Francisco honoring Jackson's 60th birthday.
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