The largest bottle of whisky in the world was recently unveiled in Tomintoul, the highest village in the Highlands of Scotland.

It was filled by hand at Tomintoul Distillery on August 27th 2009 with 105.3 litres of Tomintoul Speyside Glenlivet Single Malt Scotch whisky aged 14 years. The giant bottle weighed 164 kg when full and contains the equivalent of 150 standard bottles. It stands some 144cm tall (just a tad under 5ft).

The Tomintoul Speyside Glenlivet monster whisky bottle will be on permanent display at the Clockhouse in the village square at Tomintoul village.

The idea was the brainchild of Dru McPherson and Whisky Castle shop owner, Mike Drury and led to a collaboration with Tomintoul Distillery to produce the world’s largest whisky bottle.

Duncan Baldwin, Brand Development Director at Tomintoul Distillery added: “We are delighted to have been successful in achieving this record as ratified by Guinness Book of World Records.

It was quite nerve-racking, filling and labelling such a large vessel by hand and especially so when sealing the bottle with the largest cork I have ever seen as it had to be hammered in with a mallet but the exercise went very well. It should be a great talking point for Tomintoul Distillery, the village and its visitors.”

Further information can be obtained at www.worldslargestscotchwhisky.com
or from:

Duncan Baldwin: dbaldwin@angusdundee.co.uk Tel: 0207 569 2019