Topic: 100 year old scotch...!

[flybox1]

I wonder where the 12th bottle went? 
It sure would be tasty!

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38686720/ns/technology_and_science-science/

[Bob Wessner]

Maybe Shackleton didn't freeze to death after all. 

[flybox1]

will we see a "Shackleton 7 Year" old in 2018, or will it be a 107 year old? 

[Duke McDukiedook]

Twelve, I mean eleven bottles!! 

[Uncle Ernie]

1)  Liquor stops aging when it's bottled, so the bottles may be really old, but the contents are only as old as when they were bottled.

2) To put this stuff away forever is such a sad waste.  May as well pour it in the ocean if it's not to be enjoyed. 

3) Wouldn't it be funny if he just got a case of cheap stuff for the trip?  It might taste like an old shoe.

[flybox1]

3) Wouldn't it be funny if he just got a case of cheap stuff for the trip?  It might taste like an old shoe.

DOH! 

[fasturd]

They are analyzing the contents and will be re-distilling a replica. Apparently the original recipe has been lost for some time. But regardless as stated before old whiskey is just old whisky all the "aging" is over as soon as its bottled. Sadly if it is not sealed properly the alcohol evaporates and basically leaves the same scum we often find in our gas tanks...

[gnarlycharlie4u]

They are analyzing the contents and will be re-distilling a replica. Apparently the original recipe has been lost for some time. But regardless as stated before old whiskey is just old whisky all the "aging" is over as soon as its bottled. Sadly if it is not sealed properly the alcohol evaporates and basically leaves the same scum we often find in our gas tanks...

if the alcohol had evaporated. the bottles would have frozen and broken. i think they were bottled just fine.

[scunny]

I'm off to analyse the scum in my petrol tank 

[johnyvilla]

How do you figure that liquor stops aging is glass. I'm no distiller, but the bottled wine and high gravity beer I've brewed have certainly mellowed over time. Some scotch ales I've made have been un-drinkable before sitting 8-9 months in capped bottles. Bottled scotch may not taste more like charred barrels every year, but in theory it should mellow. 

[BeSeeingYou]

Maybe Shackleton didn't freeze to death after all.  

You may be thinking about Robert Falcon Scott who froze to death on his return journey from the South Pole in 1912.  Shackleton died from a heart attack aboard his ship Quest at South Georgia island in 1922.  Ernest Shackleton is one of my heroes.  The story of the Shackleton Expedition of 1914-17 is one of the greatest survival stories of all time.

The scotch was also featured in the Abandoned thread a while back too.

[coldright]

As per usual, srust58, you continue to be a man after my own heart.

[BeSeeingYou]

As per usual, srust58, you continue to be a man after my own heart.

It's the cute kitty in my avatar isn't it.

[Bob Wessner]

Maybe Shackleton didn't freeze to death after all.  

You may be thinking about Robert Falcon Scott who froze to death on his return journey from the South Pole in 1912.  Shackleton died from a heart attack aboard his ship Quest at South Georgia island in 1922.  Ernest Shackleton is one of my heroes.  The story of the Shackleton Expedition of 1914-17 is one of the greatest survival stories of all time.

The scotch was also featured in the Abandoned thread a while back too.

You're right, forgive my lame attempt to rewrite history. 

[gmonkey]

Maybe Shackleton didn't freeze to death after all.  

You may be thinking about Robert Falcon Scott who froze to death on his return journey from the South Pole in 1912.  Shackleton died from a heart attack aboard his ship Quest at South Georgia island in 1922.  Ernest Shackleton is one of my heroes.  The story of the Shackleton Expedition of 1914-17 is one of the greatest survival stories of all time.

The scotch was also featured in the Abandoned thread a while back too.

You're right, forgive my lame attempt to rewrite history. 

Yeah, look, they even made a movie about it.  (unfortunately this clip cuts off the end of this bit and I can't find a better one)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVc0EZl3AfU

[Rocking-M]

How do you figure that liquor stops aging is glass. I'm no distiller, but the bottled wine and high gravity beer I've brewed have certainly mellowed over time. Some scotch ales I've made have been un-drinkable before sitting 8-9 months in capped bottles. Bottled scotch may not taste more like charred barrels every year, but in theory it should mellow. 

we make a bit of beer ourselves. Beer will continue to work a bit when bottled. But I think with whiskey the aging and all the mellowing occurs in the barrels. Once glassed it's done all it's going to do. I know for a fact that some of the straight moonshine I've run up on taste a lot like paint thinner when first bottled, then 10 years latter, it still taste like paint thinner.

[Duke McDukiedook]

Yum, moonshine. 

[wannabridin]

the aging process occurs in the barrels because of the organic nature of the wood that they're aged in.  this releases flavors and other chemicals as well as absorbing some of the "nasties" that will cause fresh whiskey to have it's "sharpness" tha makes it undesirable.  in addition, the air where it's aging can still seep into the barrels and help impart flavors, which is why genuine scotch whiskey will have a distinct taste to it because some of the flavors of Scotland are imparted to the drink.  once bottled (granted it's properly sealed and stored in shade) the aging process will effectively stop because glass isn't permeable. 

beer and wine however, have nature organic compounds suspended in the liquid, which allow the conversion of sugars to alcohol until it's effectively "used up."  i have some 3+ year old bottles of Dogfish Head 120-Minute that reach their peak aging at around 4 years.  they are bottled at 18% alcohol and will reach upwards of 25% after 4 years are so.  there's SO much fruits and natural sugars used to brew the beer that after awhile aging, the flavors start merging together and smoothing out because of this process.  i've had beer ranging from fresh out of the fermentation tanks to 7 year aging and everything in between and can tell you this happens for this reason. 

hope this helps!

[dave500]

if you have much fermentation once sealed,the bottle will burst.

[Rocking-M]

  i have some 3+ year old bottles of Dogfish Head 120-Minute that reach their peak aging at around 4 years.  they are bottled at 18% alcohol and will reach upwards of 25% after 4 years are so.  there's SO much fruits and natural sugars used to brew the beer that after awhile aging, the flavors start merging together and smoothing out because of this process.  i've had beer ranging from fresh out of the fermentation tanks to 7 year aging and everything in between and can tell you this happens for this reason. 

hope this helps!

which Dogfish?