Unfortunately not. Who knows, it would make a great fundraising tool - auctioning off several bottles from the case.
Its like some of the bottles of wine that were recovered from the north sea about 15 years ago. They were from a wreck that went down around 1820 or so. No idea what the wine tasted like, but the novelty of it had the bottles selling for thousands in auction. I hope that the distillery who sponsored the dig is able to duplicate the formula. I'd love to try Shackleton's brand of scotch. On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:323431 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
