Comments on: Shackleton's Antarctic whisky found http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 08:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: mo-seph http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645418 mo-seph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645418 Unfortunately, whisky stops maturing once it's bottled, unlike wine. Whisky aging is all about the interaction between the spirit and the wood. Unfortunately, whisky stops maturing once it’s bottled, unlike wine. Whisky aging is all about the interaction between the spirit and the wood.

]]> By: apoxia http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645186 apoxia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645186 Oh no, your link to the news article at the bottom says "Arctic" instead of Antarctic!! Oh no, your link to the news article at the bottom says “Arctic” instead of Antarctic!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645188 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645188 I would like to drink this whiskey. I would like to drink this whiskey.

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645957 ROSSINDETROIT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645957 My step brother is in Antarctica for 6 months repairing heating boilers*. When he gets back I'll ask him if word of this reached him. * Yes, the jobs situation in MI - highest unemployment in the country - really is so bad that he took a job in Antarctica. My step brother is in Antarctica for 6 months repairing heating boilers*. When he gets back I’ll ask him if word of this reached him.

* Yes, the jobs situation in MI – highest unemployment in the country – really is so bad that he took a job in Antarctica.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645191 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645191 Fixed. Fixed.

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645192 dragonfrog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645192 The bottles were buried very deep, apoxia. Veeeery deep. The bottles were buried very deep, apoxia. Veeeery deep.

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645193 nixiebunny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645193 Drilling in the Antarctic to get it out will make this the most expensive whiskey around. Imagine what it will fetch on eBay! Drilling in the Antarctic to get it out will make this the most expensive whiskey around. Imagine what it will fetch on eBay!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645197 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645197 Simply put, that is awesome. Simply put, that is awesome.

]]> By: RitchG http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645200 RitchG Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645200 That is awesome. I wonder what the conversation following the ...discovery, consisted of. That is awesome. I wonder what the conversation following the …discovery, consisted of.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645203 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645203 First they want to drill for oil in ANWR, now they want to drill for whiskey in Antarctica! Sheesh, what's next?!?! First they want to drill for oil in ANWR, now they want to drill for whiskey in Antarctica! Sheesh, what’s next?!?!

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645205 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645205 This made me think of William Sokolin's bottle of Chateau Margaux, allegedly from Thomas Jefferson's cellar.* He broke it while showing it off (<i>Look at my Ridiculously Expensive Thing, you peons!</i>), and, tasting a remnant of it, pronounced it "flinty and unsatisfying." Whiskey keeps better than wine...as long as the corks are intact. But, from the article: <blockquote>[Expedition leader] Fastier said he did not want to sample the contents. "It's better to imagine it than to taste it," he said. "That way it keeps its mystery."</blockquote> I think there might be something wrong with that man. _____________________ *It was a fake, 18th-century but not from Jefferson's cellar...he still collected $200K from the insurance company. This made me think of William Sokolin’s bottle of Chateau Margaux, allegedly from Thomas Jefferson’s cellar.* He broke it while showing it off (Look at my Ridiculously Expensive Thing, you peons!), and, tasting a remnant of it, pronounced it “flinty and unsatisfying.”

Whiskey keeps better than wine…as long as the corks are intact. But, from the article:

[Expedition leader] Fastier said he did not want to sample the contents.

“It’s better to imagine it than to taste it,” he said. “That way it keeps its mystery.”

I think there might be something wrong with that man.
_____________________

*It was a fake, 18th-century but not from Jefferson’s cellar…he still collected $200K from the insurance company.

]]> By: jackie31337 http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645207 jackie31337 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645207 It's not Boing Boing's goof. The article itself is titled "Company Wants To Drill For Whiskey Lost In Arctic", despite the fact that the very first sentence starts out "A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice...." It’s not Boing Boing’s goof. The article itself is titled “Company Wants To Drill For Whiskey Lost In Arctic”, despite the fact that the very first sentence starts out “A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica’s ice….”

]]> By: Jerril http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645467 Jerril Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645467 Or is that "fortunately"? The final result of maturation is vinegar, after all. Or is that “fortunately”? The final result of maturation is vinegar, after all.

]]> By: apoxia http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645212 apoxia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645212 Us in the Southern Hemisphere are pretty used to be marginalised by those in the Northern Hemisphere. Us in the Southern Hemisphere are pretty used to be marginalised by those in the Northern Hemisphere.

]]> By: metalck http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645222 metalck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645222 Jackie31337..... I love that idea. And I bet it is some ohhhh buy this new product crap. And if it is not any co reading this blog is totally gonna steal this idea. lol :P Jackie31337….. I love that idea. And I bet it is some ohhhh buy this new product crap.

And if it is not any co reading this blog is totally gonna steal this idea. lol

:P

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645992 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645992 Anyone wanting to keep up with this story should follow the master blender mentioned in it via Twitter at @the_nose or www.themasterblender.com. Anyone wanting to keep up with this story should follow the master blender mentioned in it via Twitter at @the_nose or http://www.themasterblender.com.

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645226 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645226 Would've helped Shackleton's hoosh through the greybeards. Would’ve helped Shackleton’s hoosh through the greybeards.

]]> By: philarama http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645241 philarama Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645241 If it's from Scotland, it's whisky. If it's from Ireland or the US it's whiskey. If it’s from Scotland, it’s whisky. If it’s from Ireland or the US it’s whiskey.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645251 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645251 Shackleton was Irish - born in Athy, Co. Kildare Shackleton was Irish – born in Athy, Co. Kildare

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645259 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645259 and so near to Christmas too, how convenient. and so near to Christmas too, how convenient.

]]> By: smonkey http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645528 smonkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645528 FAKE!!!! well, kinda. I read this a few weeks ago and thought it sounded too good to be true, and it is..kind of. The whisky has been found. It was frozen under the shack they stayed in. The cases were found while removing ice from under the expedition's "shack". But there is no "drilling for whiskey" No high tech adventure. The cases are already removed. Here's an earlier version of the article without the "high-tech drill" bullshit added by some crap reporter along the line. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-439841/Preserved-ice-100-years-whisky-Shackleton-used-cold.html FAKE!!!!

well, kinda.

I read this a few weeks ago and thought it sounded too good to be true, and it is..kind of.

The whisky has been found.

It was frozen under the shack they stayed in.

The cases were found while removing ice from under the expedition’s “shack”.

But there is no “drilling for whiskey” No high tech adventure. The cases are already removed.

Here’s an earlier version of the article without the “high-tech drill” bullshit added by some crap reporter along the line.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-439841/Preserved-ice-100-years-whisky-Shackleton-used-cold.html

]]> By: Ted8305 http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645284 Ted8305 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645284 Well they could reach it eventually starting drilling from the Arctic.... it would just take a really really really long hole. Well they could reach it eventually starting drilling from the Arctic…. it would just take a really really really long hole.

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645286 Moriarty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645286 NPR knows the difference between the Arctic and the Antarctic, and how to spell whisky: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120661991 NPR knows the difference between the Arctic and the Antarctic, and how to spell whisky:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120661991

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645296 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645296 In the U.S., we drink (and write about) whiskey with an E regardless of origin. Canadian whiskey, Scotch whiskey, Irish whiskey. Same with cheese: we don't call it fromage just because it cam from France, it's still called cheese here. We drink and write about wine and not vin or vino even though it goes by those different (but similar) names in other countries where it is produced. In the U.S., we drink (and write about) whiskey with an E regardless of origin. Canadian whiskey, Scotch whiskey, Irish whiskey. Same with cheese: we don’t call it fromage just because it cam from France, it’s still called cheese here. We drink and write about wine and not vin or vino even though it goes by those different (but similar) names in other countries where it is produced.

]]> By: Lady Katey http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645298 Lady Katey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645298 Wasn't there some kind of competition going on for a while in regards to finding this stuff? Wasn’t there some kind of competition going on for a while in regards to finding this stuff?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-646068 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-646068 I for one welcome our new Whiskey overlords. I for one welcome our new Whiskey overlords.

]]> By: DavindeK http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-646331 DavindeK Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-646331 In 1909, the most common spelling of whiskey in Scotland was with an 'e'. The first definition of Scotch Whiskey, published in 1909 by the Royal Commission on Whiskey and Other Potable Spirits also used the 'e' spelling. Neither spelling is incorrect in any country. Here is a link to an article I published a few years ago on the nonsense of the whisky spelling gestapo. http://www.maltmaniacs.org/malt-109.html#0810 Davin In 1909, the most common spelling of whiskey in Scotland was with an ‘e’. The first definition of Scotch Whiskey, published in 1909 by the Royal Commission on Whiskey and Other Potable Spirits also used the ‘e’ spelling. Neither spelling is incorrect in any country. Here is a link to an article I published a few years ago on the nonsense of the whisky spelling gestapo.
http://www.maltmaniacs.org/malt-109.html#0810
Davin

]]> By: nanuq http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645314 nanuq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645314 Wouldn't you need a seance to raise spirits? Wouldn’t you need a seance to raise spirits?

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645316 franko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645316 well, *that* didn't take very long. didn't they just start looking for it recently? well, *that* didn’t take very long. didn’t they just start looking for it recently?

]]> By: John Napsterista http://boingboing.net/2009/11/22/shackletons-antarcti.html#comment-645829 John Napsterista Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645829 Ladey Katey, I believe this is the contest to which you refer: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/175/in-those-old-canadian-club-ads-did-anyone-find-the-hidden-cases-of-whiskey http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/29/hidden-booze-treasur.html#comments Ladey Katey, I believe this is the contest to which you refer:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/175/in-those-old-canadian-club-ads-did-anyone-find-the-hidden-cases-of-whiskey

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/29/hidden-booze-treasur.html#comments

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