The Highland Park 50 year old

Edinburgh’s Scotch Whisky Experience on site shop had its most successful week’s sales ever earlier this month.

The Scotsman newspaper reported that the store saw tills ring up more than £42,000-worth of sales, including 37 of their rarest bottles.

The sales included a £10,000 bottle of Highland Park 50 and a similarly-priced bottle of Ardbeg Double Barrel.

The newspaper quoted retail manager Keith Mackay as saying: “For half a dozen of these bottles to be sold would be special, but for 37 to disappear off the shelves is truly astonishing.”

The retail store at the five-star visitor attraction re-opened in April after a £1 million refurbishment.