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The most expensive Whisky in the world
The project is supporting the explorers chosen environmental, physical and mental well-being charities. Marie Curie was selected by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) by Jamie Ramsay.
Make yours a large one. In fact, the largest.
The world’s biggest bottle of Scotch whisky is up for auction at Lyon & Turnbull’s Edinburgh HQ an saleroom on May 25th at noon.
A range of charities will benefit from the sale of the 5’ 11” tall bottle containing 311 litres of The Macallan Intrepid 32-year-old single malt whisky.
The bottle could break the world record for the most...
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