Rare Old
Posted March 31, 2009
By admin
How could the two crates of rare old whiskey found in Antarctica be intact? Isn't it frozen?
Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team made a journey to the South Pole more than 100 years ago.
The weather conditions forced the crew to be rescued and they left some crates of whiskey behind under a hut (I assume buried underground).
It was discovered in 2006, but the ice pack was too dense for a retrieval.
Now, the beverage company Whyte & Mackay has requested a team fetch the two crates of Rare Old brand of McKinlay and Co. whiskey. They want to bring it home to Scotland.
Ethanol freezes at -117C, vs. water at 0C (zero Celsius) . Since water and ethyl alcohol are miscible, they do not separate, i.e. the water will not "freeze out" before the alcohol. A 40/60 mix, or 80 Proof should freeze around -40C which, coincidentally is also -40F, depending on what the other flavorings in the whiskey are. My guess is a little higher than -40, but not much.
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