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World’s Largest Whisky Bottle Sells For Over £1,000,000 To Anonymous Buyer

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3 years ago

Jun 6, 2022.

Yinka Akanbi

Parties from all over the globe were interested in the whisky bottle but the final payment is worth the equivalent of almost £92 per dram
The bottle’s name is in tribute to the drive and achievements of 11 of the world’s most pioneering explorers who are featured on the bottle

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the world’s largest bottle of whisky has sold for more than £1 million.

The 32-year-old, 311 litre bottle of Macallan single malt, was bought at an auction earlier today.

Called The Intrepid, the vessel stands at an impressive 5ft 11 inches tall and holds enough liquid to fill 444 standard bottles.

An anonymous foreign buyer purchased the whisky at Edinburgh-based auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull for £1.1 million.

Parties from all over the globe were interested in the whiskey bottle but the final payment is worth the equivalent of almost £92 per dram.

Daniel Monk, of Fah Mai and Rosewin Holdings, came up with the concept and claimed it had ‘always been about more than money’.

‘This is a passion project to celebrate the life of my late father, Captain Stanley Monk, who was himself an explorer and achieved many amazing things during his life,’ he said.

‘Today would have been his birthday so it was a perfect date to put The Intrepid up for auction.’

The bottle’s name is in tribute to the drive and achievements of 11 of the world’s most pioneering explorers who are featured on the bottle, its makers say.

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That include Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Jamie Ramsay and Karen Darke.

The project is also supporting the explorers’ chosen environmental, physical and mental well-being charities.

Monk continued: ‘The Intrepid project has been an adventure from the start.

‘I started contacting explorers during lockdown to get them on board and found people who could make and fill the largest bottle of Scotch whisky and together we have achieved the dream.’

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The Intrepid was officially certified by Guinness World Records as the largest when it was bottled last year and, before the auction, there were hopes that it might sell for as much as £1.5 million and become the most expensive ever sold.

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