Before Macallan M, the world record for being the most expensive whiskey was held by another 44-year-old Macallan scotch that was auctioned for $460,000 in New York. The bottle that holds the drink is a LaliqueCire Perdue decanter which is exquisite in every sense. To many a whiskey enthusiast, this Macallan is also is one of the greatest Macallans ever released, where the liquor is made of peated malt due to the high post-war (World War 2) prices of coal.