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A LOT OF BOTTLE
The world’s largest bottle of Scotch whisky, The Intrepid, standing at 5ft 11 inches tall and filled with a record-breaking 311 litres of 32-yearold The Macallan, will be auctioned by leading international auction house Lyon & Turnbull on from bidders across the globe. It is hoped the bottle may break the world record for the most expensive bottle of whisky ever sold, which is $1.9m. For any amount the sale achieves above £1.3m, 25 per cent will be donated to the Marie Curie charity. The Intrepid was officially certified by Guinness World Records when it was bottled last year. The bottle contains the equivalent of 444 standard bottles of whisky. To find out more visit www.lyonandturnbull.com
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25 May. The auction is set to attract interest
LITTLEMILL, BIG PRICE
Scotland’s oldest licensed distillery, Littlemill, has sold the final bottle of its oldest liquid to date, Testament Special Edition, for approximately £20,000 in Singapore. With only four produced worldwide, the special edition is a whisky collectors’ must-have due to its unique case and liquid which was taken from a single distillation dating back to October 1976, making it the oldest release to date from the now-closed Littlemill distillery, once of Bowling on Scotland’s west coast. The distillery closed its doors in the 1990s and was further lost to fire in 2004. The remaining casks are owned and cared for by Loch Lomond Group which is located a short distance from where Littlemill distillery once stood.
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LOCAL HERO
Lagavulin has appointed an Islay local as the
Douglas Laing & Co has released its first ever
new manager of its iconic island distillery. A
ready-to-drink cocktail in a can: Rock Island
former pupil of Islay High School, Jordan Paisley
Whisky & Tonic. Presented in a slimline, 250ml
travelled the world before returning to the island
can, the packaging highlights the fact that
with Diageo. He has been working with the team
it is less than 100 calories per can, and 5%
at Lagavulin alongside Diageo’s portfolio of other
alcohol by volume (ABV). The Rock Island brand,
Islay distilleries as performance improvement
launched in 2015, uniquely combines single
lead since 2019 and will now step up. Jordan
malts from some of the family firm’s preferred
will take the reins from Pierrick Guillaume who
island distilleries, including those distilled on
joined Lagavulin in 2020, but is returning to
Islay, Jura, Orkney and Arran.
his native France after a decade with Diageo.
www.douglaslaing.com
www.diageo.com
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