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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:34:57 AM EDT
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Retro Red Eye!
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:35:13 AM EDT
[#2]
Meh. Century old cheap whiskey, while an interesting story, isn't going to be any better than the day it was bottled
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:37:42 AM EDT
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Meh. Century old cheap whiskey, while an interesting story, isn't going to be any better than the day it was bottled True, but if the brand is dead and the time period is interesting it could be worth something and the taste could be neat. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:40:58 AM EDT
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I can't imagine the heat in the attic did the taste any favors.
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:41:57 AM EDT
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I can't imagine the heat in the attic did the taste any favors. This. Would it still be good? |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:46:18 AM EDT
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The condition of the one paper-wrapped bottle shown is very, very nice. It's a shame to not put them into the hands of collectors.
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:49:35 AM EDT
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Mix it with some cola to flavor it.
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:50:00 AM EDT
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I'm sure its fine to drink...but probably wouldnt taste good. Booz from the 1800s and early 1900s was made VERY strong. Thats when the flask was actually used . Most are about equal to 2 to 3 shots which wouldn't even give a guy a buzz today, but if you took 3 shots of 190 proof alochol you sure would. I dont think taste was the issue back then
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:50:28 AM EDT
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.Gov will step in and seize alcohol for " historical " reasons.
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:54:06 AM EDT
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One thing notable to those wondering about the actual condition of the booze...
Bottles of wine sell for thousands of dollars, even long after everyone involved agrees that the wine inside has turned to garbage. The guy who would buy those bottles at a collector's price would likely think the ownership of a dozen identical rifles was inexplicably odd as well. 
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:56:05 AM EDT
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I can't imagine the heat in the attic did the taste any favors. This. Would it still be good? Depends. Click the link. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:56:11 AM EDT
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I can't imagine the heat in the attic did the taste any favors. This. 
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:00:37 AM EDT
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I'd drink it, get drunk, send a bunch of drunk text messages to chicks I know and then pass out...just like they would have done in the 1800's.
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:02:04 AM EDT
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It would be terrible for drinking, but I imagine a collector would be all over it.
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:04:44 AM EDT
[#15]
Aging and heat would make the whiskey smoother if anything, but only if there is a cork in the top. Didn't you guys ever notice that the smoother whiskys are always aged longer?
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:05:14 AM EDT
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It would be terrible for drinking, but I imagine a collector would be all over it. This is the correct answer. Leave them intact and sell them off. Then go buy some Lagavulin and sip away. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:05:28 AM EDT
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Nearby in Weston is a local still..
McCormick Distilling, located in historic Weston, Missouri, is the oldest continuously operating distillery in the U.S. McCormick is stronger than ever with an exciting new mix of innovative products, exceptional quality and remarkable value. It's an unrivaled combination ––– based on nearly 150 years of experience and an ongoing commitment to the future. 
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:06:08 AM EDT
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Damn. All I found when I remodeled my house was half a 6 pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon from the 1970's.
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:06:39 AM EDT
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One thing notable to those wondering about the actual condition of the booze... Bottles of wine sell for thousands of dollars, even long after everyone involved agrees that the wine inside has turned to garbage. The guy who would buy those bottles at a collector's price would likely think the ownership of a dozen identical rifles was inexplicably odd as well. I have a small amount of Jim Beam that was given during the 1960 Presidential Race in WV and it tastes just fine. My neighbor and I drank a half pint of it a few weeks ago and it tastes just like the stuff you buy in the store today. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:07:29 AM EDT
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I think it is funny that the expert who wanted to buy one said they were worth several hundred dollars, but a bottle not nearly as old recently sold for $100K.
Even if didn't mean to come off like he was lowballing them, he did. 
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:07:39 AM EDT
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I can't imagine the heat in the attic did the taste any favors. Thee best whiskey is aged in the barrel houses with the most drastic weather changes. That may or may not apply once the whiskey is bottled. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:10:19 AM EDT
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Geez, the production of that story is soooo stupid. Good job ABC
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:11:31 AM EDT
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I can't imagine the heat in the attic did the taste any favors. Thee best whiskey is aged in the barrel houses with the most drastic weather changes. That may or may not apply once the whiskey is bottled. It doesn't apply, after it's been bottled. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:11:33 AM EDT
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Damn. All I found when I remodeled my house was half a 6 pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon from the 1970's. I wish I could find my six pack of autographed Billy Beer. But I think my mom threw it away while I was in the Air Force in Germany. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:14:15 AM EDT
[#25]
Quoted: I'm sure its fine to drink...but probably wouldnt taste good. Booz from the 1800s and early 1900s was made VERY strong. Thats when the flask was actually used . Most are about equal to 2 to 3 shots which wouldn't even give a guy a buzz today, but if you took 3 shots of 190 proof alochol you sure would. I dont think taste was the issue back then Where are you getting this crap? |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:18:31 AM EDT
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Too bad he didn't find a Thompson!
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:21:47 AM EDT
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Quoted: Too bad he didn't find a Thompson! Whats saying he didn't? OPSEC and all that |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:24:59 AM EDT
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If there was a market for them as the article suggests, and I could get $200+ a bottle, I'd sell all that in a heartbeat and buy some guns or suppressors.
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Posted: 7/6/2012 6:31:21 AM EDT
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They'd look great sitting on a shelf in the living room aside some period weapons and stuff
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Too bad he didn't find a Thompson! Whats saying he didn't? OPSEC and all that
That would be an incredible find 
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Posted: 7/6/2012 8:07:49 AM EDT
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I'm sure its fine to drink...but probably wouldnt taste good. Booz from the 1800s and early 1900s was made VERY strong. Thats when the flask was actually used . Most are about equal to 2 to 3 shots which wouldn't even give a guy a buzz today, but if you took 3 shots of 190 proof alochol you sure would. I dont think taste was the issue back then Where are you getting this crap? He's been drinking...... 
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Posted: 7/6/2012 8:12:03 AM EDT
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Meh. Century old cheap whiskey, while an interesting story, isn't going to be any better than the day it was bottled Yep. bottling stops the aging process for all but wine. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 8:23:38 AM EDT
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Meh. Century old cheap whiskey, while an interesting story, isn't going to be any better than the day it was bottled Yep. bottling stops the aging process for all but wine. It still ages slightly if it's in contact with the cork, it's just slowed way, way down. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 8:27:25 AM EDT
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Meh. Century old cheap whiskey, while an interesting story, isn't going to be any better than the day it was bottled Yep. bottling stops the aging process for all but wine. Yeah, but it shouldn't get any worse with age. Once it's bottled, so long as the bottle is sealed and full to prevent water absorption, the whiskey never becomes anything other than whiskey. From what I understand, anyway. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 9:50:58 AM EDT
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Meh. Century old cheap whiskey, while an interesting story, isn't going to be any better than the day it was bottled Yep. bottling stops the aging process for all but wine. Yeah, but it shouldn't get any worse with age. Once it's bottled, so long as the bottle is sealed and full to prevent water absorption, the whiskey never becomes anything other than whiskey. From what I understand, anyway. That's always been my assumption, but I think having it in a blazing hot (and sometimes freezing cold) attic might change things. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 9:59:48 AM EDT
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Wow...
Back in college, I was at a party at my neighbor's house and the neighbor's older brother told me that when he had gone to college there he had known a guy that used to live in MY house next door and that guy had gone to prison for selling dope (college town? no way, dude...) ANYHOO, he went on to tell me that local legend had it that the cops had only found a fraction of the dope that this guy had had when they busted him. A couple hours later (and a LOT more booze...) and we were headed back to my place with all the flashlights we could scrounge and, BE DAMNED, we found about 5 lbs of pot in the attic of that old house I shit you not, broken up into about 20 gallon-sized baggies of about 1/4 lb each. It had been in the attic of that old rent house for over 10-12 years of Oklahoma summertime 100*+ heat and mice had chewed through the baggies and looted all of the seeds (lots of empty seed hulls and copious amounts of mouse shit all through it. It was all garbage and we ended up throwing it all into the creek behind the house. That was my closest find to "hidden treasure" even if it was all complete garbage. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 11:06:09 AM EDT
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I'd drink them.
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Posted: 7/6/2012 11:10:29 AM EDT
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Kinda puts the 'old' in 'old crow'.
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Posted: 7/6/2012 1:26:22 PM EDT
[#38]
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Aging and heat would make the whiskey smoother if anything, but only if there is a cork in the top. Didn't you guys ever notice that the smoother whiskys are always aged longer? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Once you bottle it, aging pretty much stops. Even corked. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 1:50:59 PM EDT
[#39]
Slow news day? |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 3:57:13 PM EDT
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I'd bet the guy who flies the P-51 "Old Crow" would pay a decent sum for that one bottle...
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Posted: 7/6/2012 4:03:24 PM EDT
[#41]
Why did it have to be Old Crow?
Should be collectible, though. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 4:16:37 PM EDT
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There was a pretty interesting show on a few months back about finding the whiskey of some explorer...Shackleton, I think. They pulled it out, tested it, drank some and said it was still good.
It was interesting to see some of the work that went into the testing and the identification of the flavors. Sounds like a neat job. 
ETA: NY Times Article on Subject |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 4:22:44 PM EDT
[#43]
Pretty neat time capsule.
Only way it could be cooler would be if I found it |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 4:33:11 PM EDT
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Wow... Back in college, I was at a party at my neighbor's house and the neighbor's older brother told me that when he had gone to college there he had known a guy that used to live in MY house next door and that guy had gone to prison for selling dope (college town? no way, dude...) ANYHOO, he went on to tell me that local legend had it that the cops had only found a fraction of the dope that this guy had had when they busted him. A couple hours later (and a LOT more booze...) and we were headed back to my place with all the flashlights we could scrounge and, BE DAMNED, we found about 5 lbs of pot in the attic of that old house I shit you not, broken up into about 20 gallon-sized baggies of about 1/4 lb each. It had been in the attic of that old rent house for over 10-12 years of Oklahoma summertime 100*+ heat and mice had chewed through the baggies and looted all of the seeds (lots of empty seed hulls and copious amounts of mouse shit all through it. It was all garbage and we ended up throwing it all into the creek behind the house. That was my closest find to "hidden treasure" even if it was all complete garbage. A couple hours, really now! |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 4:35:59 PM EDT
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Old Crow? 13?
The final sign! The end is nigh!
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:07:44 PM EDT
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It is still going to be what it was when bottled-cheap, bottom level junk.
I would imagine that full whisky bottles that old are rare and most likely have a collector's value beyond the quality of the booze. I would sell them all, buy a quality aged bottle of Scotch and save the rest. |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:17:35 PM EDT
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I'd bet the guy who flies the P-51 "Old Crow" would pay a decent sum for that one bottle... Bud Anderson......see my sig line. I pick up a pint of Old Crow from time to time......my wife cooks with it...blackberry season and Old Crow gets me Cowboy Cobbler..
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:29:14 PM EDT
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My Dad remodeled our house when I was a kid, and before he closed up the walls, he put a sixpack of bottled beer in walls. Someone will find it someday when they tear the wall or the house down. They don't own that house anymore.
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:32:17 PM EDT
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Quoted: It would be terrible for drinking, but I imagine a collector would be all over it. ....but its not for sippin', its just fer lookin' at.  |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 5:47:06 PM EDT
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People dig up old outhouses to find whiskey bottles, some are worth thousands when empty.
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