Days after its sale brought one corner of Moray to a standstill, a bottle of the Macallan Genesis Limited Edition has been put up for auction.
Connoisseurs and investors alike dashed to Speyside on Tuesday, blocking roads in the process, as they sought to secure one of just 360 examples.
Each and every bottle was snapped up within an hour, leaving anyone else with an interest in the rare Macallan disappointed.
Now an Aberdeenshire whisky auction site, Whisky Hammer, has been given a bottle to put under the virtual hammer.
Bids will be accepted until Sunday, with the lot expected to fetch far more than the £495 originally paid at the distillery.
The auction site is run by two brothers from Ellon, Daniel and Craig Milne, who hold monthly auctions selling a variety of rare whiskies.
From humble beginnings in 2015 they now sell about 800 bottles every month to buyers as far flung as Beverly Hills and the Middle East.
Daniel said he was excited Whisky Hammer was to be first auction site in the world to offer the limited edition tipple.
“We are quite excited about this, as the whisky has been in the news in the wake of the chaos at the distillery on Tuesday,” he said.
“We think it will make a huge profit.
“I don’t want to speculate on how much exactly it will go for, but we expect the sellers to achieve a significant profit on their investment.”
Bids began to be accepted for the Macallan last night as it was revealed one of the most sought after single malts in the world was auctioned off yesterday, selling for £34,000.
The Private Collection Glenlivet 1943 was made at the height of the Second World War when only a handful of distilleries were producing whisky.
For the next 70 years it was matured at the Glenlivet distillery and then at Gordon and MacPhail’s warehouses in Elgin.
It went under the hammer at McTear’s Auctioneers in Glasgow yesterday and sold for within its pre-auction estimate of £30,000-£40,000.
To bid on the Genesis, visit whiskyhammer.co.uk.