Shackleton Blended Malt Scotch Whisky Review 

Ladies, Trying it for the first time just now….agree with your review

Love your video reviews ladies. I just want to correct you about Shackleton. He did not die on his expedition; in fact he rescued his entire crew after 2 years stranded on the ice. You are probably thinking of Scott who died before he could return from the south pole.

Great review of my favourite blend! Here’s a bit of the history… the whisky was found relatively recently (a decade or two back) under the floorboards of the “hut” that Shackleton and his team built on their first expedition to Antarctica. Their team lived there during their initial exploration and all returned safety from that expedition. Some years later, Shackleton attempted a second expedition, but never made it to the continent. Instead, their ship was frozen in ice for months and eventually crushed. Shackleton and his crew made an epic journey across the ice back to the sea in a converted lifeboat, aimed for an inhabited island (South Georgia) but missed it due to horrendous weather and landed on an uninhabited island (Elephant Island). A small crew then made another epic journey, sailing to the uninhabited side of South Georgia, crossing glacier covered mountains with no cold weather or mountain equipment, and somehow reached the whaling station on the other side of the island. A few weeks later, after several attempts, they rescued the Shackleton’s remaining crew on Elephant Island. It was remarkable that they all survived. Ironically, upon return to England, most of the crew signed up to fight in WW1 (even though they were exempt) and many didn’t survive. After several military appointments and the lecture circuit, Shackleton attempted a third journey to Antarctica but died of heart failure in early 1922 on South Georgie Island, where he was buried. There is some great reading around these expeditions and Shackleton’s life… which goes very well with Shackleton scotch!!

Excellent review. I bought the Shackleton blend last time being in the UK (before Coivid 19 entered the world) I really enjoyed the blend. I was tasty and yummy too me. Cheers from Germany

"Better than entry level single malts" that makes it good value for money, I'll have to give it a try now.

The story of this whisky is extremely interesting. It should be tasted for this reason alone!

Great breakdown, history and with the whisky. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

That's a great pick-up on the smell and taste, Jen. There is a tiny bit of smoke buried in it (deep down). Rachel's faces are always entertaining. Just so you know Rachel - both poles are cold 🙂 Great review, both of you.

Woohooo ! First one here 🥳

This is now on my list. Thanks ladies.

"Wrong expidition" is still kind of wrong, I'm afraid...😊 Anyways, another entertaining video!

Wonderful review and nice whisky!

Lemon but not honey is also something I love in scotch, this one I think the fizzy/effervescence you mentioned adds to it. Also I def. get smoke in here too, but I also get it in famous grouse

Wonderful entertainment. The whisky comments are quite interesting too. You should do something at the Fringe each year...

great fun one again ;; i was given a bottle of this = as yet untried ;;

The etymology for "Arctic" comes from Greek arktos, meaning bear. This is probably akin to the Latin name for the two northern constellations, Ursa Major (Big Bear or Big Dipper) and Ursa Minor (Little Bear or Little Dipper). Antarctica comes from the Greek ante which mean opposite, i.e. on the opposite side of the globe from the Arctic. (Interestingly, arktos is Greek for bear and ursa is Latin for bear, so the binomial nomenclature for the brown bear being Ursa Arctos literally translates to bear bear. ) I believe the legendary nose himself, Richard Paterson, had a hand in formulating Shackleton's blend for Whyte & Mackay. One of the things I teach people in whiskey tastings is that whiskey was called the Water of Life because it brought so much more to the table than just intoxication. Our ancestors used it as a critical disinfectant and purifier, de-icer, solvent, thermometer, tool (e.g. spirit level), pain killer, medicine, tincture base, ingredient in food and drink and as a health tonic. It had so much value due not only to its many and varied uses but also to its extended shelf-life, unlike wine and beer which would spoil on extended journeys. In many instances, rum would serve similar uses depending on its availability. For Rachel, Justin Wilson used to tell this story he claimed was true. Where he lived in Louisiana, American Football was like a religion and people were very passionate about it, to say the least. He bragged to his friend that he got tickets to Sunday's game and his friend said he got two tickets as well. He asked his friend who he was bringing and his friend said he was going alone. He asked him, if he was going by himself, why would he buy two tickets. His friend told, him matter of factly, that he was going to get into a fight with the other team's fans, get thrown out and was going to use the second ticket to get back in.

Refused entry yep been there a few times

Fizz ? It's brown lemonade. This was on sale in our Morrison's last week

More whisky history please, maybe leave the actual history facts to someone else, still enjoyed the review!

This whisky is really bad.I had higher expectations towards it after watching a few reviews, even though they said it is not great. The history of this whisky was interesting to me so I wanted to find out how it taste. The smokiness is too intense, it makes it unbearable to drink. Im not sure if this was intentional and it is close to what the whiskey found on the ship tasted like or they just messed it up. I had to put some lemon in it and lots of ice to make it drinkable.

Better whisky for similar money is out there. Avoid it.

Jane... are you married?