World’s largest bottle of whisky sells for £1.1m at auction

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world’s largest bottle of whisky, containing 311 litres of 32-year-old Macallan single malt, has sold at auction for more than £1 million. I wanted to do something positive over lockdown and the whole team has worked extremely hard with me to make it happen.” He added: “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. “I’d like to thank everyone involved in The Intrepid project, which is dedicated to the spirit and experience of exploration and adventure.” The Intrepid was officially certified by Guinness World Records as the largest when it was bottled last year and, before the auction, it had been hoped it might go for as much as £1.5 million and become the most expensive ever sold. After maturing in two sister casks in Macallan’s Speyside warehouse for 32 years, the exclusive liquid was bottled last year by Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky, one of the leading independent whisky bottling companies.