Calgarians revisit Antarctic expeditions through reproduced whisky: Scottish distillery painstakingly remakes a whisky that has languished in Antarctica for a century. Only 50,000 bottles were produced and a mere 50 cases have landed in Calgary.
Researcher in Christ Church, New Zealand, examines 100-year-old bottles of Mackinlay's Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky
Sir Ernest Shackleton probably hadn't planned on leaving three crates of Scotch whisky in Antarctica, and I certainly never imagined drinking it in Calgary, one hundred years later. But thanks to the 2007 discovery of the 19th century liquor under the floor boards of Shackleton's abandoned Antarctic hut, whisky aficionados in Calgary recently raised a toast to the polar explorer. We weren't tasting the original golden malt, however, but a precise recreation - Mackinlay's Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky. << MORE >>
Richard Paterson, Whyte and Mackay's master blender, using his 'nose' to blend the recreation of Mackinlay's Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky
Categories: Calgary Herald, Susan R. Eaton, Antarctica, Shackleton
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