Only Earl Would Go To Antarctica to Find a Bottle of Whiskey ...
So that wasn't just a myth that I used to read on the back of that bottle of Yukon Jack ! Yes, back in the old days, one of the staples of expeditions - aside from gunpowder, ham hocks and guitar strings - was whiskey. Like the bottle of Pukon Jack reads ...... 'A taste born of hoary nights. Where men fought to keep their fires lit, and their bodies warm.' I can't remember the Lord's Prayer, but I remember some BS scribbled on a Whiskey label 25 years later - bad priorities, man......
Anyway, there is an interesting mission set to happen in Antartica to retieve some bottles of Mackinlay's Scotch Whiskey from the ice under a 100 year old encampment on the frozen continent. Why you ask? Because someone somewhere is thirsty.... No, becuase Mackinlay's is now defunct, and no one has the recipe. The current owners of the Mackinlay brand think if they can get back a few bottles, they can figure out the recie, and reintroduce the legendary brand once again. Sounds like they can mix it with New Coke, and we'll have the Frankenstein version of Jack & Coke's again!
Apparently, there are cases of the stuff under the floorboards of the hut, but they are only allowed to take a few bottles, lest they violate any tribal land provisions. No one said it would be easy... Here's a link to the article:
and here's a little motivational video for the expedition crew......
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4 comments:
I want one of those bottles, Reino! Pull in your markers! Use those photos! Kill a man if need be. But for God's sake...let us wet our beak, eh...
Mike, Corona for me. Remember your famous words about me and beer?
This gives new meaning to drill baby drill...teg
I want a bottle also and TEG you bet. Earl and Mike I was staying at a hotel in Texas this week that they had free beer for the guest's yep Blue Moon and Corona. Several wines and no whiskey. What is coming of this country.
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