WhiskyCast Episode 227: November 22, 2009

Published: Nov. 22, 2009, 4:26 a.m.

b'McKinlay\'s Rare Old Scotch Whisky was one of the many brands destined to be part of the history books...until two cases of McKinlay\'s were discovered in 2006 beneath a hut used by Sir Ernest Shackleton\'s Antarctic expedition from 1907 to 1909. Now, whisky lovers all over the world want to know what a whisky stored in ice for a century would taste like. We\'ll hear from Al Fastier of the New Zealand \\nAntarctic Heritage Trust and Richard Paterson of Whyte & Mackay on plans to recover the whisky from its icy home in February...and what should happen to it. In the news, Edrington Group plans to mothball Tamdhu Distillery, a new master distiller for The Glenlivet, and Whisky Magazine presents its U.S. Icons of Whisky Awards.



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