Inspired by the whisky left behind by Antarctica by Sir Ernest Shackleton in the early 1900s and discovered frozen but intact over 100 years later, this blended malt continues in the footsteps of The Discovery and The Journey. It's created once again by Master Blender Richard Patterson based on the flavour profile of Shackleton's favourite tipple, though now more accessible than the aforementioned limited edition releases.
Golden Grahams and crunchy brown sugar. A hint of cinnamon-dusted malt.
Juicy apple and orange, with contained honey richness.
Lingering butterscotch and waxy orange.
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Great name, but Shackleton the Explorer would turn in his grave if he knew this bottle carried his name. The worst our whisky society has tasted in the last 2 years! Simply Dreadful!
A real "Marmite" whisky. A sniff from the opened bottle reminded me of Jeyes fluid. Undiluted I thought it tasted like the same Diluted to almost 50:50 is a revelation. It is amazingly subtle - smokey sweet - I love it. My usual tipple would be Old Pultney, Scapa or Aberlour.
I really wanted to like this, I love the story and so on, but the flavors are so brittle and bland. It has what I a young whisky hotness, a slight burn in the mid palette that ruins the development of flavour. I am not a snob that demands non CF, natural colour, 46 plus 18 plus age statement for every dram but this is disappointing. It will be fine a scotch and soda but never buying again. I just hope they are giving 50 percent of purchase price to Antarctic trust to justify the cost
This scotch is so bad no wonder Shackleton left it behind in Antartica. The last thing he would have needed is to carry this bottled depression around in the extreme circumstances he was facing at the time. Not knowing the original recipe could have been a golden opportunity for Mackinlay to correct their original mediocrity.
Very easy drinking with some complexity. Nicer than many single malts. Comes in a pretty bottle and must buy if you're in to the Heroic Age of exploration (like me!). Not a total gimmick: I have brought it twice now. Often on offer for £25 or so, so shop around.
