Mackinlay's Shackleton 2nd Edition

[William]

Whyte & Mackay yesterday launched a new version of its world famous Mackinlay's malt at Whisky Fest in New York - the Mackinlay's Shackleton 2nd Edition is called Mackinlay's The Journey

The first run of the replica Mackinlay's sold out within a year and that success raised close to £250,000 for the Antarctic Heritage Trust. The funds will be used for conservation and research, and a web based education programme about the great explorer.

The release of the new Mackinlay's Shackleton 2nd edition recreation is expected to raise a further £500,000 for the Antarctic Heritage Trust

More info here:
www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/mackinlaysshackletonthejourney.htm
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[Big Mac]

I have gotten through a couple of bottles of the Mackinlay's Shackleton whisky, good to hear they have done a 2nd edition. It will be interesting to see how it compares to the 1st one which is excellent IMO.

I wonder if they will ever release a cheaper blended Mackinlay's

[William]

Mac i havent tasted the new Mackinlays The Journey but i thought this spidergraph comparing the flavour profile of the Mackinlays original 1907, Mackinlays Shackleton recreation and the new Mackinlays The Journey would be of interest to you.

www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/mackinlays-shackleton-spidergraph.pdf

According Whyte & Mackays graph there isnt much between all 3 expressions.
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[Acker]

A bit off the subject, looking at the spidegraph i see the flavour descriptor "Feinty", to be honest i have never understood what this is describing, what does it mean, can anyone explain it.

I know you have the foreshots, the middle cut which is what they take to mature to become whisky, and the feints at the end of the distillation process. But is feinty really a flavour

[William]

Acker, feinty refers to the flavour group plastic sweaty, tobacco, leathery, honey.

It is a difficult group to describe. Feints give whisky some of its essential character. As you say:

[Acker]

Cheers William, i get it now, so a certain amount of feints can be good depending on what flavour profile you require in the whisky you being produced.

[jcarrick]

Just watched the video here http://www.intrepidtravel.com/shackleton

I would love to go on the journey aboard the support vessel TS Pelican, unfortunately having to take 56 days off work and a price tag of £12685 is stopping me.