Rare $50,000 bottle of scotch stolen from Montreal store
Claudia Berthiaume, QMI Agency
First posted: Saturday, January 17, 2015 01:07 PM EST | Updated: Saturday, January 17, 2015 04:11 PM EST
MONTREAL - A thief pulled off some whiskey business by stealing a bottle valued at $50,000, the last of its kind in Canada, from a Montreal liquor store Thursday.
The bottle of 1962 Balvenie scotch was the most expensive product in the store. Only 88 bottles were ever made.
In an interview with QMI Agency's sister newspaper the Journal de Montreal last March, Christian Marier-Pilon, the director of the store where the bottle was on display, talked about the Balvenie's uniqueness.
"Only 50 bottles exist in the world," said Marier-Pilon.
According to the company's website, it is an "exceptional single malt" produced in a barrel of European sherry oak. It's sold in a brown blown-glass bottle in a box made by a Scottish artisan made from the wood of seven trees from the land on which the Balvenie distillery sits.
The thief showed up at the government-run liquor store at about 10:25 a.m. on Thursday, "possibly armed with a handgun," according to a Montreal police spokesman.
He threatened customers and an employee with his weapon, according to a witness.
"Luckily, nobody was hurt during the robbery," said liquor commission spokesperson Renaud Dugas.
To get to the bottle of Balvenie, the burglar had to smash a barred window.
He also stole three other bottles of lesser value and various other goods were damaged.
The suspect is still at large.
"There were several witnesses at the scene who will be interviewed by investigators," said Manuel Couture of the Montreal police. "Surveillance footage will also be ana‹lyzed."
Bottle of 1962 Balvenie scotch. Ghyslain Lavoie/QMI Agency
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Claudia Berthiaume, QMI Agency
First posted: Saturday, January 17, 2015 01:07 PM EST | Updated: Saturday, January 17, 2015 04:11 PM EST
MONTREAL - A thief pulled off some whiskey business by stealing a bottle valued at $50,000, the last of its kind in Canada, from a Montreal liquor store Thursday.
The bottle of 1962 Balvenie scotch was the most expensive product in the store. Only 88 bottles were ever made.
In an interview with QMI Agency's sister newspaper the Journal de Montreal last March, Christian Marier-Pilon, the director of the store where the bottle was on display, talked about the Balvenie's uniqueness.
"Only 50 bottles exist in the world," said Marier-Pilon.
According to the company's website, it is an "exceptional single malt" produced in a barrel of European sherry oak. It's sold in a brown blown-glass bottle in a box made by a Scottish artisan made from the wood of seven trees from the land on which the Balvenie distillery sits.
The thief showed up at the government-run liquor store at about 10:25 a.m. on Thursday, "possibly armed with a handgun," according to a Montreal police spokesman.
He threatened customers and an employee with his weapon, according to a witness.
"Luckily, nobody was hurt during the robbery," said liquor commission spokesperson Renaud Dugas.
To get to the bottle of Balvenie, the burglar had to smash a barred window.
He also stole three other bottles of lesser value and various other goods were damaged.
The suspect is still at large.
"There were several witnesses at the scene who will be interviewed by investigators," said Manuel Couture of the Montreal police. "Surveillance footage will also be ana‹lyzed."
Bottle of 1962 Balvenie scotch. Ghyslain Lavoie/QMI Agency
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