ARCHIVED A FEW YEARS AGO:
DID FEATURE THEN: http://www.ss-tregenna.co.uk/Pdf/SS%...PART%20ONE.pdf
K.
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ARCHIVED A FEW YEARS AGO:
DID FEATURE THEN: http://www.ss-tregenna.co.uk/Pdf/SS%...PART%20ONE.pdf
K.
RE: All that's left of Whisky Galore: Remaining bottles of single malt salvaged from film -inspiring WWII shipwreck go up for auction:
Part 2:
Latest news:
Two rare bottles of ‘Whisky Galore’ salvaged from a 1941 shipwreck sell for £12,000… even though they are undrinkable
UK collector buys two bottles of probable undrinkable whisky for £12,050
The auctioned whisky drew bids from collectors from around the world
They made up part of8,000-ton cargo ship 'SS Politician' that sank in 1941
Many of 264,000 bottles were salvaged by islanders before customs arrived
Up until this point, whisky on the island had dried up due to war rationing
Film Whisky Galore was a 1949 Ealing comedy based on these events
Read more: Bottles of single malt salvaged from World War Two shipwreck which inspired the film Whisky Galore sell for £12,000 at auction | Mail Online
a bottle of whiskey from the wreck of ss politician which went ashore in bad weather on the island of eriskay in 1941 has been sold for £12,000, its reckoned to be undrinkable. !
Bleedin heck mate
I thought Whiskey was good forever haha!
I will have a drop of that after which i reckon i will be Unsinkable LOL!
Good find though isnt it!
Its wonder it never broke! Gos 12,000 Nicker is a hellova price !
Cheers
Regret duplicating the post, I can see that now as the posts have been merged.
Thought I was replying to a different thread:
Sorry Keith.
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Originally Posted by stevesherratt
now i have got a single malt its about 45 years old is it still good enough to drink? i am a non drinker as well.jp
Send it to me John
I will give it a road test.
Cheers
Brian.
John galore is from the Gaelic go leor and means "enough", sounds the same in both languages but a wee bit of Irish for you, "good enough" would be
"maith go leor" pronounced.... ma galore.
My profile on Skype reads; Single Malt, Cigars, Girlfriend (82), Summer on the balcony...HEAVEN. Cheers, Eric