Refresh....

Missed this thread last year, as I was 'down', in more ways than one.

Many thanks all the above for adding to my knowledge of 'Whisky Galore' the centre of my life, both the book and the fluid. First, my serious contribution to the thread. Some years ago, I made contact with a computer programmer, "Jaf" (John A Fotheringham for long). He was born in Oban (Scotland). As I live in Oban (Stewart Island - NZ), the e-mails quickly turned to 'Whisky Galore'.

Jaf is the proud owner of two bottles of whisky that his grandad, a hardhat diver, salvaged from SS Politician, legitimately (well the salvage would have been, but I'm not too sure about him souveniring them). Anyway...

One is a bottle of "King's Ransom", blended by William Whiteley & Co, but primarily (I understand) single malt from Edradour Distillery, which is still going strong, though small.

From what I found a few years back, the whisky was designated for the American market. The big selling point was that kegs of the fine product were sent round the world by sea, before being bottled! Personally I can't see it doing Scotch any good, but those who drink 'whiskey' will drink anything I guess - provided there's a unique story behind it. Anyway....

In pre-WWII days, the contents of that 'Polly-bottle' would have passed close to my home, half a world away. 'Tis a crazy world, especially the way unrelated Mudcat threads eventually tie together.

My train of thought started with the Giant Squid Thread which led to a pearl-diver fighting an octopus, thence to Jaf's grandad, who taught himself hard-hat diving on a Pacific Island, while seeking pearls, thence to toughts of the bottles and a Forum search for 'Whisky Galore' - and THIS treasure trove.

Thanks Folk

Slainte - Sam