Website/Catalog  (2013)  
 
Whisky Mac, ('Tanky', 'Whisky'), HT, yb, 1969, Tantau, Math.; bud ovoid; flowers bronze-yellow, well-formed, large, 30 petals, urn-shaped, borne mostly singly, intense, sweet fragrance; free-flowering; foliage dark green, glossy; vigorous, upright, bushy growth

Book  (2004)  Page(s) 242.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Whisky' Hybrid Tea. syns TANky, 'Whisky Mac'. This well-named rose was bred by Tantau (Germany) and introduced in 1967. It produces rich, apricot to orange-yellow flowers freely through the season. Foliage is dark green and prone to mildew, making it happier in warm climates. The color is better in cooler weather. (seedling x 'Dr. A. J. Verhage'). Zones 6-10.

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 624.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Whisky Mac’/’Whisky’/TANky: Hybride de Thé - tons jaunes, remontant. .. superbe jaune ambré, nuancé d’or et d’abricot.. Un beau feuillage luisant et coriace camoufle une armée d’aiguillons, mais la résistance aux maladies n’est que moyenne, et mieux vaut rester vigilant durant les mois frais. C’est pourtant en climat frais que les fleurs sont les plus belles, la couleur s’intensifie quand la corolle se forme lentement...

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 624.  Includes photo(s).
 
Whisky Mac (TANky, 'Whisky') Large-flowered/Hybrid Tea. Tantau (Germany) 1967... rich apricot-yellow blooms...

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 86.  
 
Whisky Mac (TANky) Large-flowered (Hybrid Tea) bush. Tantau 1967. Description... rounded double 4 in (10 cm) amber yellow blooms...

Book  (1995)  Page(s) 104.  
 
[At Mount Stewart there is] a bed of standard and bush yellow roses. 'Whisky Mac' and 'Yellow Pages' is underplanted with scarlet Potentilla 'Gibson's Scarlet and edged with a 45 cm (18 in) hedge of clipped Erica erigena 'W.T. Rackliff'.

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 409.  Includes photo(s).
 
Whisky Mac (TANky, 'Whisky') Large-flowered... One famous rosarian has described 'Whisky Mac' as the triumph of beauty over commonsense... deep gold, burnt orange or the color of a fine malt whisky? Even given the best of everything, the bushes are short lived...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 635.  
 
Whisky Mac Hybrid Tea, bronze-yellow, 1967, (TANky; 'Whisky'); Tantau, Math. Description.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 216-217.  Includes photo(s).
 
Whisky Mac Large-flowered hybrid tea. Parentage: Seedling x 'Golden Wave'. (aka 'Whisky', TANky) Germany 1967. Description and cultivation... flowers: golden amber with orange tints... Rather prone to mildew and may die back during cold winters...

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 151.  Includes photo(s).
 
Hybrid Tea. Tantau (Germany) 1967. Flowers continuously. Susceptible to some mildew and frost damage.