Dusty River Whiskey

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The Buffalo News reports a story of a man who found a bottle of whiskey

while diving in the Niagara River:

"The bottom of the bottle is embossed with a brand, Gooderham & Worts,

and the cork has the word "Toronto" on it. A little bit of digging -- the

investigative kind -- later revealed that Gooderham & Worts was a

prominent Toronto-based distillery that went by that name between

1862 and 1923."

"As soon as he grabbed the bottle and began drifting away, Campbell

was sure of two things:

"I knew it was full, and I knew it wasn't full of water."

Later, as he came back toward the surface, the pressure of his ascent

led to a small hairline crack in the bottle.

"It was oozing a little liquid, so we were tasting it," he said Tuesday.

'It tasted like real smooth Black Velvet whiskey.'"