Hennessy Very Special Cognac KAWS Edition 1 Liter ( 100cl / 1000ml )

Good morning,

my first post for today.

Many do not know that the KAWS edition is also available in a 1 Liter version.

General information about the KAWS edition is given here : My post from back in the days

The Hennessy KAWS 1 liter edition is not that easy to find and it cost a lot more than the regular one sold online and in the states.

I will not let you guys know where to get all the editions anymore…

Some did not believe that this edition exists, i hope that this post is proof enough.

Enjoy the pictures.

100cl

750 ml and 1000ml

Hennessy KAWS 100cl
Release: February 2012
Retail: none
Quantity: 210000
Estimated value: 80,00 Euro ( 2012 )

My miniature liquor bottle collection Part 1 of 1000

Please excuse that i changed my worldfamous background to my luck shrine.

I got about 1600 + bottles from 1960 until today.

Enjoy

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Hennessy VSOP 50ml 90´s

Remy Martin Cointreau 50ml 70´s

Passport Scotch 50ml 70´s

Various Sex themed bottle 70´s ( i love those )

Ramazotti Fema Menta 50ml 90´s

Ramazotti 50ml 90´s

Amaretto 50ml 80´s

Jägermeister 100ml 70´s

Concorde Cognac 50ml 70´s

Captain John Rum 50ml 70´s

Old Smugglers Scotch 50ml 70´s

Camus VSOP Cognac was 50ml in the 70´s

Asbach Uralt Brandy 100ml 70´s

Various „Exotic booze“ 50ml 70´s

Various Cognac and Cherry 50ml 60´s

Bols Goldschalger Schnaps 50ml with gold 70´s

Finlandia Vodka 50ml 70 or 80´s

Bacardi Blanco 50ml 70´s

Hennessy VS 50ml 70´s

Remy Martin Cointreau 50ml 90´s

Jack Danile´s Whisky 50ml 90´s

Grand Marnier 50ml 80´s

The (in) complete Hennessy XO Cognac limited edition series 2008 until 2012

Ladies and gentlemen i am deeply sorry for not updating my blog on a day to day basis, but i am quiet busy.

Anyway enjoy this glimpse of my collection:

@thebronfmann thesophisticatedcollector.wordpress.com Hennessy XO Limited Edition 2008 – 2012

From left to right:

2008 Hennessy Magnificience

2009 The lost bottle

2010 Hennessy Opus

2011 Hennessy Odyessey

2012 Hennessy V

The decanters all have a volume of 700 ml, in about two years i will ad the Berluti one. As you can see a regular bottle sneaked its way in, just because i have not yet found the 2009 edition.

A complete review of the Odessey and the V will come sooon, hopefully.

If you need anything let me know.

Hennessy VS Cognac 44th president (Obama) Edition from 2009 – US exclusive release-

This post might be more interessting for all non us people. In 2009 Hennessy launched a limited edition in honor of the 44th president, also known as Barrak Hussein Obama. This was a very clever marketing coup from Hennessy, targeting all the proud people.

I got this bottle from a family living and selling bronf in the usa. I did not buy it, i did a trade, without ever seeing the persons living 10.000 miles away and it worked out…

The bottles look perfect, black and gold is one of the best colour matches from my point of view. it is an eye catcher and always a good starting point to discuss about american politics.

The bottle was released in 2009 and is numbered. US folks go crazy for numbers, i do not know why, but any numbered collection which has more than 10.000 units is not worth to be numbered.

Anyway the bottle is still available in 2 sizes:

750 ml

and 1000ml.

Mine is the 1000ml one.

I try to avoid the word beautiful, but it would match this bottle. It can keep up with the xo edition (but not my two new ones)

As i said these bottles are still available on ebay.com and you have to get them, if you do not got them yet. Sad thing is that they are way to overpriced. Maximum for the 750ml is 60 $ and the 1000ml is 90 $ if you live in the states.

For the lucky people around the world 70 Euro for the 750ml is okay and 120 Euro for the 1000ml one.

Stats:

Hennessy VS Cognac „Obama edition“

Release: 2009
Retailprice: 35 Euro
Quantity: 250.000 each size (500.000)
Value: join the club

SOLD OUT

Hennessy Fine de Cognac 1 Liter

This is the Hennessy Fine de Cognac in a 1 (!) Liter bottle. The size is the only reason for me to post this.

As you can see it already has the white label. Its a regular duty free travler item. I just liked to let you people know.

I got one up for sale.

Stats:

None – size matters.

Hennessy Fine de Cognac limited collector´s edition from 2009 with DVD mixing refined

I bought this edition 3 weeks ago in a retailstore in my hometown. You might recognize on the picture below, that something is missing:

THE DVD! Damn, just found out today when i took the pictures. I just bought one for 3 Euros…

Now, lets try to get serious:

The Hennessy Fine de Cognac mixing refined DVD edition was released in 2009. In some stores who do not sell that much Cognac you can still find them, no need to buy the bottles online and pay shippingcosts.

If you live outside of Germany, well, sorry but i guess your local liqeur store do not have these anymore. I discovered that the website from the great house of Hennessy varies depending from the country you visit it. On the German website you can watch the mixing refined DVD as a stream. Actually it is a DVD that shows you how to create nice Cocktails with Hennessy Fine de Cognac.

It´s my favorite Cognac from Hennessy so far, a pretty femin one. Im going to show my favorite from Remy Martin in a few days by the way.

The box looks almost exactly like the regular edition. Only the disc and red writing tells you that it is a limited edition. Although it is not really limited compared to the 2008 edition.

The Bottle is dressed in the orange label and contains 0,7. To make sure that your set is complete here is a list:

Bottle 0,7 liter (orange label)
Box
Black paper tag without print
The DVD in a cardboard sheet (missing on the picture)

I do not like this one that much, but if you collect something you should be sure to have at least two of every kind.

Thank you for drinking.

Cheers

Stats:

Hennessy Fine de Cognac limited edition from 2009 with DVD
Release: 2009
Retailprice: 35,00 Euro
Quantity: unknown ( to much )
Value: 40,00 Euro ( and ad 1 € for each year since 2012)

Hennessy Fine de Cognac limited edition from 2008 with stopper designed by Thomas Bastide

After working 20 years with the fabulous house of Hennessy Thomas Bastide designed a really beautiful stopper. I saw on Daily Cognac that there was a VSOP edition also available, but do not own the VSOP series yet. VSOP is more likely for the guys in the united states.

The 2008 edition was sold, as always in the regular retailstores and is now available online in some stores. A funny fact: On ebay the price increased within 3 weeks from 36 Euro to 50 Euro, I guess inflation already sets in.

Anyway the cardboard box is almost 2 and a half times bigger than the regular box.

In gold and black colour with a little door to have a peak at the bottle.

The bottle has the regular orange tag. If you see some bottles with the orange tag you should buy them, because Hennessy changed the blend and in some time it will become a hard to find item, regardless of any collector´s edition..

The glas stopper has been designed by Thomas Bastide.

Thomas Bastide is a baccarat glas designer, I just checked some of his designs. Really beautiful but I guess I will never spend 1000 $ for one glas. Comparing his designs to the Lagerfeld glas collection, Karl´s collection look like stuff from Ikea.

The stopper is made out of glas. Inside is a little drop in Cognac coulour. On top is the famous Hennessy logo printed in gold foil. Although the price increased I just decided to get the last ones available. Please yahoo the Thomas Bastide Baccarat glas collection.

Get this as long it´s available for a fair price. It is a nice edition and not really expensive.

Stats:

Hennessy Fine de Cognac limited edition from 2008 with stopper designed by Thomas Bastide

Release: 2008
Retailprice: 35,00 Euro
Quantity: unknown
Value: 70,00 Euro ( and ad 5 € for each year since 2012)

Hennessy XO Cognac Odyssey 2011 exclusive limited edition

I searched over 1 year for that edition and i finally got it on monday.

more to come…

Hennessy VS Flask 0,2 Liter 2011 limited Edition silicone sleeve series

This is the second 0,2 Flask edition from Hennessy. I saw the first in 2010 on the way to Milano. Its sold in airport duty free shops.

The first edition had these colours: black , red , purple and oilve-green

The second and limited edition: yellow, orange, pink and poison green

The special of this edition is the couloured sleeve, inside is a regular bottle. Its a silicon sleeve that protects the bottle of any damage. It was created for people which travel a lot, small and strong.

Now with more people starting to collect Hennessy, they will release a new edition every year.

Stats:

Hennessy VS Flask o,2 L

Release: 2011

Retailprice: 14 Euros

I got two sets up for sale!

Quantity: too much

Hennessy extra old cognac or X.O. Cognac 140th Anniversary Edition

As i can see a lot of people are browsing the web looking for this one here:

 

This is the Hennessy XO OPUS edition. It was released in 2010 cellebrating the 140th birthday of extra old Cognac blended by Maurice Hennessy, grandson of the Hennessy empire´s founder. I was lucky enough to buy this one last year. I just tried to get some more last week, but it is completly sold out in Europe, there is one online store in the usa which has some left, but you have to find this one on your own.

On the picture above you can get a glimpse of the nice box, smelling like upper deck trading cards… The design is different compared to the other xo collector editions. The next picture shows the inside of this wonderful edition:

Placed in the right spot, on a sunny day, it illuminates your appartement. At least ist does look very precious.

The bottle itself has the typical xo shape, compared to the regular is that you do not see any fruits on the decanter. Instead some gold foilded mountains or something, please check the picture. I do not know how to call that. I read on some websites that is 18 or 24 carat gold, but i do not know and honestly do not care at all. It looks nice anyway.

There ia also a label on the decanters upper chest that identifies the bottle as the 140th edition. The decanter is also numbered. The number is engraved, not the cheap sticker you might be used to from the first Magnifisence edition.

I am not sure, but i think that two versions of the 140th edition do exist, i saw a bottle with gold painted fruits 2 years ago, but at that time i was not into cognac that much, it was dead cheap and i should have bought it. Maybe you guys can help me out on that one.

Taste
The blend of this opus XO is said to be different from the regular XO´s. I do not know and i might never find out, because for the next decades i will not open this baby.

Enjoy my pictures and please notice the stats at post´s end. As always anything is up for sale on this blog, but very expensive…

Stats

Hennessy XO 140th Anniversary Edition

Release: 2010
Retail: 120 to 180 Euros ( Now: about 350+ Euros)
Qantity: about 2000