100 year-old Scotch

**CMcG** · 13th August 10, 07:23 AM

A crate of whisky from the late 1800s was discovered in the Antarctic. Read the story here:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/1...tarctic_whisky

Now that is some aged Scotch!

**Riverkilt** · 13th August 10, 08:23 AM

How cool! Says its the doing of the Antarctic Heritage Trust who are the folks who sell the Antarctic tartan.

One more reason to buy the tartan cloth from them to sew up your own Antarctic tartan kilt.

http://www.ukaht.org/shop/tartan.html

Those of us who have already done so are proud the money we spent went for such a good cause....

One would think that, should they change their mind, owners of Antarctic tartan kilts should be first in line for tastes of the well aged whisky....really....that would be fair....right?

**mrtackytn** · 13th August 10, 08:28 AM

Thanks for sharing that story with the Rabble. I heard it on NPR radio this morning, and was hoping someone would pick it up and run it on the Forum. "Just a wee drab is all I'm askin', is that too much?"

**McClef** · 13th August 10, 09:47 AM

Whisky is only considered to age in the cask so it might be 10yo Whisky in 100 yo bottles.

**CMcG** · 13th August 10, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by McClef

Whisky is only considered to age in the cask so it might be 10yo Whisky in 100 yo bottles.

Probably true. But how often do you suppose whisky actually remains in a bottle for 100 years to test that hypothesis

**gordontaos** · 14th August 10, 06:44 PM

The story says that 11 bottles were in the case. It does not say that 12 bottles were in the case and one was broken.
Does a case of unopened Scotch not hold 12 bottles?
Hmmm.... I wonder if there might not be some very happy folks who are not talking?

**artificer** · 14th August 10, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

How cool! Says its the doing of the Antarctic Heritage Trust who are the folks who sell the Antarctic tartan.

One more reason to buy the tartan cloth from them to sew up your own Antarctic tartan kilt.

http://www.ukaht.org/shop/tartan.html

Those of us who have already done so are proud the money we spent went for such a good cause....

One would think that, should they change their mind, owners of Antarctic tartan kilts should be first in line for tastes of the well aged whisky....really....that would be fair....right?

Wow, Ron. I'm not normally a fan of white background tartans (or those with a very heavy white component), but that really makes up wonderfully as a kilt.

And if buying an Antarctic kilt meant even a miserly share of the Shackleton Whisky, I'd have our Matt Newsome busting out a box pleat of that faster than you can say "MAN it is cold here!"