The Intrepid, World’s Largest Bottle of Scotch Whisky, Being Auctioned by Lyon & Turnbull
The world’s largest bottle of Scotch whisky, The Intrepid, will be auctioned by international auction house Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on May 25th.
The Intrepid stands at 5 feet 11 inches tall and is filled with a record-breaking 311 litres (equivalent of 444 standard bottles) of 32 year old single malt Scotch whisky from The Macallan Distillery. After maturing in two sister casks in The Macallan’s Speyside warehouse for 32 years, the liquid was bottled last year by independent bottler Duncan Taylor and officially certified by Guinness World Records.
Daniel Monk and the team behind The Intrepid, a partnership between Fah Mai and Rosewin Holdings, named The Intrepid in celebration of 11 of the world’s most pioneering explorers, who are featured on the bottle. These include such luminaries as Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Dr. Geoff Wilson, Karen Darke MBE, Olly Hicks, Sarah Outen MBE, Dwayne Fields FRGS, Levison Wood FRGS, Felicity Aston MBE and past Scottish Adventurers of the Year Jamie Ramsay and Will Copestake. The project is supporting the explorers chosen environmental, physical and mental well-being charities. These include Marie Curie, selected by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), chosen by Jamie Ramsay.
In addition to the 311 litre record-breaking bottle, a small number of 50 cL bottle sets and 5 cL miniatures were also produced, each filled with the remaining whisky from the same casks used to fill the record-breaking bottle. The 50 cL sets comprise a collection of 12 bottles and include a replica of the main bottle design along with individual versions dedicated to each of the explorers associated with the project.
The auction goes live online at 12:00 pm (GMT) on May 25th. To learn more and register for the auction, visit lyonandturnbull.com/the-intrepid-whisky.
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