Team Drills for Scotch Whiskey Left in Antarctic Ice From 1909 Expedition - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News - FOXNews.com
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On the lighter side, if they need someone to sip a wee dram of the whisky I'd be happy to oblige! I should note that the story makes reference to the whisky being "100-years old" but that is somewhat misleading.
Whisky only ages in the cask and as this was bottled it hasn't "aged" as a whisky since that point. If it was a 12 year-old whisky when bottled it is still a 12 year-old whisky. It may taste very good, but clearly won't be a 100 year-old whisky in the sense of maturing in a cask for that length of time. Not that 12 years-old is at all bad. I've sipped, and still sample, some mighty fine 12 year-old whisky. But I do admit that, generally speaking, the older the whisky the more refined, smoother and tastier it is.
Still, it is chronologically 100 years-old since it was bottled and that counts for something. Any other volunteers?
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