The 'world's oldest whisky' found hidden in a Scottish castle and once sipped by Queen Victoria is fetching 13K a bottle at auction.<br /><br />The collection of bottles were discovered behind a cellar door in Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland - distilled around 190 years ago in 1833.<br /><br />It is understood to be the oldest known Scotch whisky in existence with 24 bottles currently being sold via Perth based Whisky Auctioneer.<br /><br />The bottles are expected to sell for over £240,000 - and several bottles have already hit their £10,000 reserve price.<br /><br />The auction's leading lot has already attracted 27 bids of up to £13,000.<br /><br />The sale opened on Friday and is set to close on Monday (4 December).<br /><br />Whisky Auctioneer said: "When discovered, the bottles were found with a plaque that stated a distillation year of 1833, bottling year of 1841, and a subsequent rebottling year of 1932.<br /><br />"Should these dates be accurate, this would mean the bottles contain the oldest known, by vintage, Scotch whisky left in existence.''
