If the freezer smelled like Whisky, that would lead you to believe that the bottle ain't sealed so well, right? I'm guessing that the product can't taste that good if that was the case.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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:323438 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
