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Old 02-06-2010, 12:35 AM   #1
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Default I'd take a sip of this..

100-year-old whisky found under Ernest Shackleton's hut

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7016136.ece
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Old 02-06-2010, 10:02 AM   #2
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He drinks a whiskey, he drinks a lager drink, he drinks a vodka drink, he drinks a cider drink....
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Old 02-06-2010, 10:12 AM   #3
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I saw that yesterday and thought that sounded right up your alley Greg.
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I'd try it too. Hell, I had 20 year old gibsons at x-mas, and it was yummmmmmmmmmmmmy! 100 year old whisky should be 5x yummier!!!
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Those old school Antarctic Explorers were hardcore. They make Bear Grylls look like Queen Elizabeth.
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Wow, that shit just made my Mcallan Lalique weaksauce.

http://www.luxury-insider.com/Curren...-Decanter.aspx
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Those old school Antarctic Explorers were hardcore.
No kidding! I can hardly imagine the kind of stones it took to undertake a trek like that.

I wonder how much the bottles will fetch if they're auctioned off?
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Old 02-06-2010, 07:11 PM   #8
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I wonder how much the bottles will fetch if they're auctioned off?
Was wondering the same thing myself. But man I'd like to try some of the whiskey.
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Old 02-06-2010, 09:47 PM   #9
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I wonder how much the bottles will fetch if they're auctioned off?
Good question... a little research turns up several instances where scotch produced in the 1920's-40's and bottled in more recent decades sells for 10's of thousands.
In this case, it's a blended whisky that was produced God knows when and has been aging in the bottle for ~100 years.
It would probably be more valuable to connoisseurs if it had been cask-aging all this time, but I'm sure that between the history and rarity, it would fetch a similar price.
I'm pleased that (if I read the article correctly) they're sending some of it back to Whyte & Mackay to be analyzed. Apparently the original recipe was lost at some point and this might give them the opportunity to rediscover it.
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This has whiskey value and historic value so it will bring some coin...
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