The record-setting bottle holds 311 liters—the equivalent of 444 normal-sized bottles of whisky.
As big as the bottle is, it wasn’t large enough to house all of the whisky from the two casks. The rest was used to make a limited number of 12-bottle sets,
. Four of these sets will also be auctioned off by Lyon & Turnbull, as well as two much smaller replicas of the record-setting bottle.“I’m sure there will be significant global interest in the auction of The Intrepid, a unique collection spearheaded by the record-breaking bottling standing at an incredible 5 feet 11 inches tall,” told the website. “Bidders will have the chance to buy a piece of Scotch whisky history.
The Intrepid will go up for bid on May 25. Lyon & Turnbull hasn’t announced a sales estimate, but some believe it could become the most expensive bottle of whisky sold at auction. That record currently belongs to a bottle of the Macallan that
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