TWO rare casks of Scotch whisky are set to sell for up to £1.2million each.
Both are ghost casks of drams left over from two now closed distilleries.
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One is a 1982 vintage from Brora, Sutherland, in the Scottish Highlands.
The other is from 1979 and Port Ellen on Islay.
They are up for auction on Tuesday at Sotheby’s in London with guides of £700,000 to £1.2million.
The sale is a team-up with drinks giant Diageo, which describes the casks as “the rarest and most valuable in existence”.
The company will donate five per cent of the final price to support the Ukraine crisis.
Jonny Fowle, Sotheby’s head of whisky, said the sale should attract “the world’s top collectors”.
Brora Distillery first opened in 1820.
