World’s largest bottle of Scotch sold for £1.1m

The world’s largest bottle of whisky has been sold at auction for remarkable £1.1m.

Coming in at 5ft 11in, The Intrepid, contains 311 litres of 32-year-old Macallan single malt, enough whisky to fill 444 standard bottles.

It was sold to anonymous buyer at Edinburgh-based auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull.

The idea behind the Intrepid came from Daniel Monk, of Fah Mai and Rosewin Holdings, who said 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.”

It was named The Intrepid in honour of the drive and achievements of 11 of the world’s most pioneering explorers who are featured on the bottle, its makers said.

These include Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Jamie Ramsay and Karen Darke.

The makers said the project was supporting the explorers’ chosen environmental, physical and mental well-being charities, which included Marie Curie and the Campaign Against Living Miserably.

Mr Monk added: “The Intrepid project has been an adventure from the start. I wanted to do something positive over lockdown and the whole team has worked extremely hard with me to make it happen.

“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.