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1926 Scotch bottle tipped to break booze record at $1mn plus

The Macallan, in Craigellachie, northern Scotland only ever produced 40 bottles from its 1926 vintage that had matured for 60 years [Courtesy]

A bottle of Scotch dating back to 1926 is tipped to set a new record in New York on Saturday for most expensive bottle of alcohol sold at auction, valued at up to $1.2 million by Sotheby's.

The whisky aged 60 years in a casket at Scottish distillery The Macallan before being bottled in 1986, its maturing process complete.

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