100 Years of Whiskey Was Buried in Ice
by Scotch had been buried a century.
Ever become an important part of the special provisions renowned polar explorer Ernest Shackleton. Now, five crates of Scotch Whisky and two brandy was found after nearly forgotten …
The expedition team whose task was to improve Antarctic explorers resting hut it managed to find and dig it out of the blocks of ice. Several bottles had broken due to crush ice confine liquor since 1909.
The team leader of New Sealand Antarctic Heritage Trust, Al Fastier, said that his team suspect there are only two crates of Scotch are buried in layers of ice, but was surprised when they discover there are 5 crates in there.
The owner of the company the largest share of alcoholic beverages from the group Whyte & Mackay, was deliberately sent a special team to rescue the legendary Scotch Whisky to be used as a sample and taste test. The company wants to revive the taste of beverages 100 years it was no longer produced to celebrate the spirit of McKinlay and Co.. (Brand of scotch production of these).
Fastier said, resting hut restoration workers in Antarctica reported finding several bottles of liquor that was buried under snow at the cabin site in 2006. But his position is too deep to be dug with simple equipment.
Scotch excavation expedition was then designed and deployed to the location. It turned out that the drink comes from the brand Chas. Mackinlay & Co
and another bottle labeled The Allandale Hunter Valley Distillery Limited (Australia).
Richard Paterson, master blender of Whyte and Mackay, the company that once supplied Mackinlay’s whiskey for Shackleton, describe the findings is like a “gift from heaven for lovers of Whisky!
“If it had been confirmed, extracted and analyzed, mixed original recipes (drinks), it would be possible for remanufacturing. Because the long-lost original recipe, (findings) is certainly going to open a door to history, “said Richard Paterson in a statement quoted by AP and quoted from Yahoo! News, Friday (5 / 1).
Shackleton expedition ran out of supplies in the long skiing trip that they did from the north coast to the point Antraktika
South Pole in 1907-1909. They decided to return in the course of 160 km. The expedition had sailed home in 1909 when the ice begins to form, leave all the stock that brought supplies, including whiskey and brandy are now found it.
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