Shackleton's Whisky - Mackinlay's Rare Old Highland Malt

Shackleton's Whisky - Mackinlay's Rare Old Highland Malt

A lot has already been written about the original whisky Ernest Shackleton left on the South Pole in 1909, which was then found in 2007. Whyte & Mackay’s Richard Paterson – aka The Nose – created a replica, including Glen Mhor from 1983 (the year the distillery closed). No less than 50.000 bottles were produced and are being sold for £100 each...

Score 81/100

Shackleton's Whisky - Mackinlay's Rare Old Highland Malt

The story is pretty widely known by now about Ernest Shackleton and the whisky he took with him all those years ago on his expedition. And if you're reading this review, there is a good chance you know about this bottle and why/how it was recreated. So I won't waste time going into that! Anyway as with previous reviews, I like to drink my whisky...

Score 86/100

Shackleton's Whisky - Mackinlay's Rare Old Highland Malt

This blend is a replica of the whisky left in Antarctica by Sir Ernest Shackleton during his South Pole expedition between 1907 and 1909. It was recreated by Whyte and Mackay’s master blender Richard “The Nose” Paterson and contains mostly Glen Mhor (apparently of the rare 1983 kind) and Dalmore, although other Speyside malts such as Longmorn,...

Score 84/100

Shackleton's Whisky - Mackinlay's Rare Old Highland Malt

The off-yellow color is more leathery than golden, as if to reflect a century of entombment in ice amid the tackle and truck of an Arctic expedition. The complaint among the smart drinkers regarding a manipulative tie-in to the Shackleton expedition seems rather hasty to me: in the end, you’ve got to admit, it’s a helluva story, and the sheer...

Score 88/100