The whiskey had been given to Liao Jinping by Sun Yat-sen during a 1913 visit to Taiwan for secret meetings with the Taiwan Revolutionary Alliance. Prior to his execution, Liao had managed to have the key to his safe delivered to his family along with instructions that they were to treasure the whiskey inside it.
這瓶威士忌，是 1913 年中山先生避居日本、途經台灣與同盟會成員密會時送給廖進平的；228 事件爆發、廖進平在遇害前，還不忘託人帶回金庫鑰匙，囑咐家人將金庫裡的威士忌取出珍藏。