100-year old scotch found in Antarctic!

**Jana Lewis** · 02-05-2010, 01:30 PM

February 2010

This Scotch has been on the rocks for a century.

Five crates of Scotch whisky and two of brandy have been recovered by a team restoring an Antarctic hut used more than 100 years ago by famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.

Ice cracked some of the bottles that had been left there in 1909, but the restorers said Friday they are confident the five crates contain intact bottles "given liquid can be heard when the crates are moved."

New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust team leader Al Fastier said the team thought there were two crates and were amazed to find five.

more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/0...h-scotch-fi...

WOW!!! :cheers:

**Judy Canty** · 02-05-2010, 01:44 PM

OOOOOO....Mine,Mine,Mine,Mine!!!!!!!!!

**For-Life** · 02-05-2010, 02:01 PM

This is tough to read on a Friday afternoon 3 hours before the weekend

**Fezz** · 02-05-2010, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by For-Life

This is tough to read on a Friday afternoon 3 hours before the weekend

Sucks to be you!!

My weekend started over an hour ago!!!!

Tee-Hee!!!!!!!!

**hcjilson** · 02-05-2010, 02:12 PM

The bad news is that scotch does not "age" in a bottle. If it was great scotch when it went into the bottle, it will be great scotch coming out....which is more good news. Please don't find out it was blended. That would be VERY bad news.....as my friend Ms Canty will tell you.

**kcount** · 02-05-2010, 02:24 PM

Can we all say --- LIBATION FRIDAY!!!

:cheers::cheers:

**Fezz** · 02-05-2010, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by kcount

Can we all say --- LIBATION FRIDAY!!!

:cheers::cheers:

I can!!!!!!

:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

**Jana Lewis** · 02-05-2010, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by hcjilson

The bad news is that scotch does not "age" in a bottle. If it was great scotch when it went into the bottle, it will be great scotch coming out....which is more good news. Please don't find out it was blended. That would be VERY bad news.....as my friend Ms Canty will tell you.

What a bummer!!! A good aged scotch is the best!!! :D

**Jana Lewis** · 02-05-2010, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by kcount

Can we all say --- LIBATION FRIDAY!!!

:cheers::cheers:

Still have 4.5 hours to go...and then YEAH! :cheers:

**kcount** · 02-05-2010, 02:54 PM

hmmm.. thee ol' wine rack doth calleth my name.

Better off with the tea though.

**For-Life** · 02-05-2010, 03:47 PM

an hour and 15 minutes left, but I think I may be here until 6pm (getting a lot of emails and phone calls)

**Jana Lewis** · 02-05-2010, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by For-Life

an hour and 15 minutes left, but I think I may be here until 6pm (getting a lot of emails and phone calls)

ARRRG! I wanna go home! This day has been too long already!!!

**For-Life** · 02-05-2010, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by Jana Lewis

ARRRG! I wanna go home! This day has been too long already!!!

You think that is bad. I am sitting here busy phoning people back because they could not follow simple instructions that I sent out in an email.

I think I should just go home. I find that when I do, people start to search for answers themselves and find it. Last quarter when the same reports were due, I got phone calls on Friday until 10pm (I stayed until 6pm and then let my voicemail deal with it). The funny thing is every phone call was followed up with 10 minutes later with another one telling me that they read the instructions and figured it out.

**kcount** · 02-05-2010, 05:55 PM

6 minutes to cocktails :cheers:

**hcjilson** · 02-05-2010, 06:04 PM

Yep, Now I KNOW it for sure............You guys ARE in the optical business!!!

**Judy Canty** · 02-05-2010, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by Jana Lewis

What a bummer!!! A good aged scotch is the best!!! :D

Yep, the UnExpo is gonna be just fine this year!

**FVCCHRIS** · 02-08-2010, 02:46 AM

How long will it be before that scotch shows up on Ebay?;)

**hcjilson** · 02-08-2010, 04:18 PM

"The New Zealanders agreed to drill the ice to try to retrieve some bottles, although the rest must stay under conservation guidelines agreed to by 12 Antarctic Treaty nations. Mr Fastier said: "The unexpected find of the brandy crates, one labeled Chas. Mackinlay & Co and the other labeled The Hunter Valley Distillery Limited Allandale (Australia) are a real bonus."

**kcount** · 02-08-2010, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by hcjilson

"The New Zealanders agreed to drill the ice to try to retrieve some bottles, although the rest must stay under conservation guidelines agreed to by 12 Antarctic Treaty nations. Mr Fastier said: "The unexpected find of the brandy crates, one labeled Chas. Mackinlay & Co and the other labeled The Hunter Valley Distillery Limited Allandale (Australia) are a real bonus."

Hmmm.. road trip?

**hcjilson** · 02-15-2010, 10:54 AM

Probably more than you ever wanted to know about Scotch Whiskey can be found here.
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.c...ay/whisky.html
There are some veiled references to "blended whiskey's" which is of supreme importance to the discriminating single malt consumer, and also this article could be subtitled "The Who's Who guide to Scotch. It is interesting but does ramble on, particularly if you are a bourbon drinker!