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Posted: 10/27/2004 10:31:10 AM EDT
[#1]
Send it to me & I'll test it for you. Wouldn't want ya to get sick or anything.
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Posted: 10/27/2004 10:31:42 AM EDT
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There is one way to find out
 If they are unopened, they'll be fine. |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 10:32:14 AM EDT
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Its one of those things that gets better with age. As long as it didn't evaporate, its still good.
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Posted: 10/27/2004 10:32:26 AM EDT
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I've never know hard alchohol to go bad, though it can go kindof stale. Found a bottle of about 20 year old vodka sitting in the back of one of my parents cupboards (they pretty much stopped drinking about 20 years ago and forgot to empty their cabinet). It just needed to breath a bit. Was nasty tasting and smelling when I first opened it. About 20min with the cap off and it was just fine.
Not particularlly familiar with bourbon though. You might as well pop one open and see. To my knowledge wine and anything carbonated are the only things that can "lose it" in time. |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 10:33:16 AM EDT
[#5]
It will be fine. I just had some Crown Royal from 1956.
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Posted: 10/27/2004 10:33:54 AM EDT
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You are good to go. Enjoy it.
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Posted: 10/27/2004 10:34:50 AM EDT
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Good bourbon(or any spirit) will never go bad if stored properly. It may change, but it will never go 'bad'.
Main thing that may happen is a strengthening/change of the flavors due to evaporation, but thats not likely for unopened bottles only 30 years old. |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 10:34:50 AM EDT
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I've never had any sit around long enough to go bad...
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Posted: 10/27/2004 11:11:10 AM EDT
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Just about the only ways for it to go bad is if dirt, germs or bacteria got in during botteling, if it has a cork and it rots or if it has a screw top and it wasn't on tight. If it has a cork store it on it's side like wine( tilted up slightly so the liquid just hit's the cork). This keeps the cork moist so it doesn't rot but keeps it from leaking.
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Posted: 10/27/2004 11:14:28 AM EDT
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I've found it to go bad shortly after hitting my tummy. But then again when it comes to hard liquor I'm a pussy. Go figure.
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Posted: 10/27/2004 11:15:27 AM EDT
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The alcohol would kill anything living (bacteria, spores, etc). The only negative effect of having something foreign introduced during bottling would be on taste. |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 11:16:00 AM EDT
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Old bourbon ---- Does it ever go bad?
Only after you drink it. 
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Posted: 10/27/2004 11:17:36 AM EDT
[#13]
Just filter it through your kidneys!
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Posted: 10/27/2004 11:17:51 AM EDT
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You aught to sell it on Ebay, you might get a ton of money for it, if it's aged this long. Zen "This is my rifle, there are many like it, but this one is mine" |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 1:57:16 PM EDT
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Liquor doesn't "age' after it is removed from the barrels.
It just gets old. If un-opened, it should be good/okay. |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 2:19:55 PM EDT
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Share!
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Posted: 10/27/2004 2:30:49 PM EDT
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If it's unopened, it's fine. If it was opened before, let it breathe, the air trapped in the bottle will be horribly stale.
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Posted: 10/27/2004 2:33:18 PM EDT
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I thought that it didn't age unless in oak barrels?
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Posted: 10/27/2004 2:48:02 PM EDT
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Alcohol doesn't kill everything. If so we couldn't make it, bacteria makes the alcohol. If you get a contaminate in the bottle during botteling, it can "go bad". However how likely is that? Not very freaking likely. With the higher alcohol content liquor is very very unlikely to go bad, then wines and last and most likely is beer. |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 3:03:45 PM EDT
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YOU ARE CORRECT! |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 3:48:35 PM EDT
[#21]
+1
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Posted: 10/27/2004 4:35:46 PM EDT
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ive seen burbon for sale still in the barrel that was made shortly after the civil war. It was a steal at only 100k or so.
 im gonna go out on a limb and say your rot gut is still good |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 4:42:39 PM EDT
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When you all say liquor you do mean distilled beverages, correct? |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 5:03:59 PM EDT
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Yep. The aging process stops when the distillate is bottled. No more wood interaction, no more "breathing" through the wood, the flavors don't get any more concentrated....etc....etc. |
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Posted: 10/27/2004 5:51:11 PM EDT
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I've had bad corks before fresh from the store. the proof was way down. twist caps never seem to fail.
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Posted: 10/27/2004 5:52:30 PM EDT
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What is old bourbon??
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Posted: 10/27/2004 6:17:20 PM EDT
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I have some Crown Royal from 1962 and its fine. I found a partial bottle of whiskey in what was left of a severly delapitated cabin up in the mountains(god only knows how old) and had to try it.....Not something I would recommend
But if it has a screw lid go for it.
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