Liquor store smashes $50k of fine Scotch

A Canadian liquor store lost more than CAD$50,000 worth of spirits when one of its shelving units collapsed, smashing hundreds of bottles of high-end whisky.

A collapsed shelf lost Canadian liquor store Whitehorse CAD$50,000. Picture credit: CBC News

As reported by CBC News, the Whitehorse liquor shop in Yukon, Canada, experienced the loss last year, but CCTV footage has recently been released.

Bottles of Talisker, The Dalmore, The Glenlivet and Lagavulin were among the super-premium Scotch whiskies smashed in the wreck.

Representatives of the store said that while not all bottles on the shelving unit were completely destroyed, they would not be sold amid health and safety concerns.

However, CBC News reports that insurance only covered about half of the total CAD$50,873 loss since retailers’ mark-up on liquor is around double the wholesale price.

The store now features a new shelving unit approved by structural engineers.