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And i think what hes looking for is to do a more detailed scientific analysis to find out, you know, how whiskey was actually made a century go, the type of barley malt that was used, you know, what the blends were, perhaps even trace it back to a particular distillery. >> he thinks he can recreate mackinlays rare old island malt. >> hes been with the company 40 years, hes got a wealth of experience, knows whiskey inside out and got a great nose and a great palate. >> i know youre partial to an ...

>> well, the fact that you know, its a brand owned by whyte & mackay, which is part of my group, the fact the bottles have spent over 100 years in a natural freezer, i mean evokes a lot of interest and id love to be able to know what the results of the scientific analysis are and like to consider the possibilities of recreating the mac kinlays brand, shackleton edition perhaps. i think it would be a unique marketing story in itself. we have to do this in partnership with the antarctic heritage w...

The top of its time? >> i think we need to research it a lot more, find out what were the other brands available. i mean ive seen a letter signed by ernest shackleton where he ordered 25 cases of mackinlays whiskey, 12 cases of brandy and six cases of port and it said he received the consignment. >> there are 11 bottles in the crate which came out of the base in antarctica. you took three. what will happen? will you able to share them with your friends at some stage? >> absolutely not. we are co...