Shackletons 100 year old Scotch whiskey recovered from South Pole

[robbie]

a link to the story in todays USA today

 

[DNW]

We can put all our money together for a bottle.

 

[Alter]

Originally Posted by DNW

We can put all our money together for a bottle.

I'm in.

 

[LabelKing]

Is that a good whiskey?

 

[montecristo#4]

Shackleton knew how to roll. Had his priorities straight.

 

[robin]

Probably tastes horrible, though those bottles would not be something one would drink.

Originally Posted by montecristo#4

Shackleton knew how to roll. Had his priorities straight.
Indeed.

 

[IUtoSLU]

The brand is "Macinlay's Rare Old Scotch".

 

[PiperInAlberta]

Imagine the conversation piece a bottle of that would make...

Hopefully they manage to replicate it, a far better use of scientific resources and know-how replicating a long-lost scotch then putting together the fossilized phallic remains of some prehistoric forefather to the modern chipmunk.

 

[Tangfastic]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

Is that a good whiskey?
According to the BBC it's a blend. It was probably taken so Shackleton could boast at his club how tough things were on expedition" the worst of it was we couldn't get a decent drink"...

 

[ysc]

Not quite as old, but I had some whiskey from the "whiskey galore" boat and it was still pretty good. Depending on the conditions the Shakelton stuff might still be drinkable.

 

[HORNS]

If there's any good natural environmental way of storing Scotch, I would think it's Antartica. This is a find to whiskey lovers as was the sunken Russian reindeer skins to shoe lovers.

 

[robin]

I just skimmed through Shackleton's journal and he doesn't make much mention of any alcohol. It seems the stuff they brought along was mostly used during celebrations and for cooking (there was one entry where he described that it made the stringy meat from one of ponies named "********" more palatable).

 

[Concordia]

Whisky or other hard spirits shouldn't age out of the barrel-- once bottled, it's more or less what it is. Unless it somehow evaporates or otherwise gets tampered with. The main interest now, I think, would be to find out what the style of making (or blending) was back then.