Dunno, this is long before the Single Malt era. Scotch doesn't age once it's bottled. I'd venture to say it tastes today just like it did 100 years ago, average at best.
Scotty would drink anything that didn't walk. Although this does allow me to bring up an oldie but a goodie. LINK
Speaking of which, does anybody know what that might have been? Kind of looks like a Chivas label from the 60s era.
So they travelled all the way to the south pole just to get a few crates of hootch and get blitzed I'm liking these guys already!
Its an awesome discovery. I hope they can revive the recipe. Would love a taste of that original stuff. I have read lots about Antarctica, even considered "wintering over" down there one time. The pay is good but you are shut in for 4 months or more, just keeping up the equipment and vehicles. I would just love to see the beauty of that frozen desert in person.
Well, yes around here, but that would be different. Its a dry cold Plus they got all kinds of vehicles to deal with that. Plus its dark in the winter there and there are 100 or so buildings in MacTown Mcmurdo sound station and about 10 or them are bars They do throw one hell of a 4th of July party.
1) Whiskey doesn't age in bottles; 2) Original recipes generally sucked ass compared to more recent recipes. Anyone ever try Bowmore Legend? Now if they'd found hundred year old casks sealed in carbonite so that all the alcohol didn't evaporate off over the years and sent back in time from our distant future . . .
Whiskey does age in bottles, it just does not get the flavor that it would get in wooden barrels but it does continue to age and settle out over time. Same for wine and beer that still has the yeast on it. I have some nearly 12 year old beer that has changed significantly for the better over the years.
True. I don't know about the first (and its doubtful anyone knows in this specific case, as the original recipe has been lost) and I've never had Bowmore (but it seems to be highly rated in glancing at a quick googling). Of course, tastes change over the years, so while someone from that time period might find it appealing, the rest of us might be going, [Scotty] Laddie, I was drinking scotch a hundred years before you were born. And I can tell you that whatever this is, it is definitely not scotch. [/Scotty]
I don't think this is right unless you consider aging only getting the flavor from the barrels. The molecular structure changes over time. This change is going to occur whether its sealed up in a wooden barrel, glass jug, or whatever.
