Largest Whisky Bottle

Tomintoul Distillery has produced a bottle of whisky weighing in at 164kg and stands some 144cm tall (just under 5ft), filled by hand with 105 litres (the equivalent of 150 standard bottles) of 14-year-old Tomintoul Speyside Glenlivet Scotch-setting the world record for the Largest   Whisky Bottle. The 14 year-old Tomintoul Speyside Glenlivet single malt was chosen for this feat, with 105.3 litres required to fill the giant bottle, the equivalent to 150 standard bottles. Once filled, the total weight came to 164kg, with the bottle standing at just under 5ft tall.

The achievement was a result of collaboration between Dru  McPherson, owner of The Clock house restaurant in Tomintoul; Mike Drury, owner of the village's Whisky Castle shop; and the distillery itself. The monster bottle can be admired on permanent display at The Clock house.

Duncan Baldwin Brand Development Director said that  it was nerve  racking   to fill and label the large vessel  by hand  and especially  to seal the bottle  with the largest cork ever as it had to be hammered  in with a  mallet. But overall Baldwin felt that the exercise went on pretty well.

Much of the motivation was generated by the untimely retirement from Terry Wogan's early morning BBC Radio program of the famous Mrs McKay no longer to sweep the snow from the Lecht every Winter. With Terry Wogan not mentioning "Tomintoul", (Highest Village in the Highlands - possibly in Scotland), so often on his radio show, this tiny little village on the A939 between Deeside and the Spey  River needed a PR boost! The bottle seemed a perfect solution!

The pair of conspirators managed to convince the Tomintoul Distillery owned by Angus Dundee PLC to provide the malt whisky to fill it with and the very special bottle was commissioned.

6 months later, after many traumatic events similar to those found by any adventurer exploring the unknown, finally a bottle to specs was made by a British glassmaker. A massive cork was made and an oversized label was printed, based upon the superb 14 year, 46% alcohol by volume, non-chill filtered and naturally coloured, single malt whisky from the Tomintoul Distillery.

On the 27th August 2009 the bottle was installed in a specially made crate, furnished by Dennis Bulmer of Highland Hardwoods and placed in the casking hall of the Tomintoul Distillery. Here an Angus Dundee team of 14 under the leadership of Distilleries Director Robert Fleming , Sales Director Duncan Baldwin and Steven McNeil, Senior Production Manager filled and furbished the bottle under the judicious eyes of Gauger Bob Wilson, witnessed by Judge Alistair Sharpe and Solicitor at Law Catherine Hastings.

The Largest Whisky Bottle weighed 164 Kg and stood at 144 cm in height  , hand filled with 105 Liters  of whisky  was set by Tomintoul Whisky at Tomintoul, Banffshire, United  Kingdom on September 11, 2009.