Whisky Galore shipwreck whisky sold for £12,050!

The shipwrecked Whisky that inspired the book & film, Whisky Galore, sold for an impressive £12,050 via an online whisky auction!

Special bottles they are, a part of history, but some might say, rather expensive, considering it's thought that they won't be suitable for human consumption! If you had a spare 12k to spend on any whisky (whiskey) that's ever graced the whisky world with its presence , what would you choose? We have attached the full article reported on the BBC news website, you can read the full article via the following link... Two bottles of whisky salvaged from the shipwreck that inspired the book and film Whisky Galore have been sold for £12,050 after an online auction. They were part of the cargo on the SS Politician, which sank off Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides in 1941. Scotch Whisky Auctions, which sold the bottles, said they had gone to a buyer in the UK after worldwide interest. They were among eight bottles recovered from the wreck in 1987 by Donald MacPhee, from South Uist. The whisky is not thought to be fit for human consumption. The SS Politician was headed for Jamaica with 28,000 cases of whisky when it ran aground on the northern side of Eriskay in bad weather. Islanders recovered hundreds of cases of whisky from the wreck and some of the bottles were buried to keep them hidden from customs officers. Other bottles have since been found washed up on the island's shores and also recovered by divers. Scottish author Compton Mackenzie, published the novel Whisky Galore in 1947, which was loosely based on the SS Politician wreck. It was adapted for the cinema in a 1949 Ealing comedy starring Basil Radford.