Oldest whisky still in the world dating back to 1494 is discovered at a medieval abbey in [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | November 28, 2018 | Phoebe Weston

[C19fan]

The oldest whisky still in the world has been uncovered at a medieval abbey where William Wallace took refuge after defeating the English in battle.

Archaeologists found what they believe to be an installation used for the distillation process at Lindores Abbey in Fife.

The first ever written record of Scotch whisky distillation took place in the abbey in 1494, according to the exchequer rolls of King James IV.

[pepsi_junkie]

This looked really cool until I went to the headline and saw it was a hole in the ground where a still would have been. Cool to learn the history but I was somehow hoping to see an actual still.

[a fool in paradise]

see the hole in the ground!

[\/\/ayne]

[Cowboy Bob]

I’ve always wanted to see that...

[libertylover]

Well, at least they didn’t call it bourbon.

[Ueriah]

If they are selling the 20 year stuff for a hundred bucks a bottle, I shrudder to see what they will sell the 450 year stuff for.

[yarddog]

My Nephew’s Daughter is attending college in Fife Scotland. I wonder if she will see it?

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[Rurudyne]

The title is poorly worded.

Unless you count residue they didn’t find actual whisky. The Scott’s drank all that ages ago.

[crz]

The water of life. Drink enough and you dont give a s*&t if your alive or not.

[10mm]

Unlike wine, whisky and Scotch stop aging once they are bottled. if you bought a bottle of 20-year-old whisky 50 years ago, you do not have 70-year-old whisky. You have a 50-year-old bottle of 20-year-old whisky.

[sphinx]

“Kind Edward I.” An autocomplete/spell check classic.

[AppyPappy]

Whiskey doesn’t get any better after about 20 years. It may even get worse.

[Buckeye McFrog]

World's Oldest Whisky? Aisle five.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Bourbon Ping

[Pontiac]

Thanks for the ping.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The hidden importance of whiskey is its value as *money*.

That is, rural or wilderness farmers have a hard time getting their crops to market before they spoil. And they did so unaware if other farmers had good or bad harvests, so they could not predict the value of their crops.

Converting any surplus or late crop to whiskey solves that problem. Easy to transport, doesn’t spoil, maintains its value.

[allwrong57]

Yep!

[Paladin2]

"Easy to transport, doesn’t spoil, maintains its value."

And VERY Taxable, if found....