Who is going to get to drink it? They claim no one is going to taste it.Not Taste it? Yeah right!
On 22 July 2010 11:00, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The crate of whisky was recovered earlier this year - along with four > other crates containing whisky and brandy - beneath the floor of a hut > built by British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton during his 1908 > Antarctic expedition. > > Four of the crates were left in the ice, but one labeled Mackinlay's > whisky was brought to the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch on New > Zealand's South Island, where officials said Wednesday it was being > thawed in a controlled environment. > > Nigel Watson, executive director of the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage > Trust, said the whisky might still be liquid. > > "When the guys were lifting it, they reported the sound of sloshing > and there was a smell of whisky in the freezer, so it is all boding > pretty well," he said. > > Drinks group Whyte & Mackay, the Scottish distillery that now owns the > Mackinlay's brand, launched the bid to recover the whisky for samples > to test and potentially use to relaunch the defunct Scotch. > > Watson said the whisky may still be drinkable but would probably not be > tasted. > > "This was a blend so they are hopeful if there is enough alcohol left > and it is in good condition they may be able to analyze and hopefully > replicate the liquid so in fact everyone could partake in this," he > said. > > "It has been put on ice for 100 years so I don't think it is too > unromantic a suggestion. The reality is that it is very limited > quantities and our focus is on the conservation and not the drinking." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323428 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
