At least one bottle that is. I suspect that you're right. Repeated freezing and thawing would wreck the taste.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Ray Champagne <r...@raychampagne.com> wrote: > > 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 <larrycly...@gmail.com>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 <gel21...@gmail.com> 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 <larrycly...@gmail.com> 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:323443 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
