[TChad]

For article non-readers:

The liquor is a brand of Scottish whiskey labeled Old Smuggler Gaelic whiskey, which is still made today.

Some of the bottles are still full, some have failed seals and are empty.

[fhayek]

Here is the problem. If it was scotch, they should have spelled it “whisky”. And they said it was bootleg, which connotates bathtub hooch. So, misunderstandings are eminently understandable...