Man opens whiskey saved 17 years—instantly learns hard lesson

[F4R/T]

I also really like the Sinatra select! I also got a bottle of barrel proof JD for my bday and it’s a warm one around 130-140 proof lol.

 

[69conv]

Nice! Put a tingle on your tongue!

 

[F4R/T]

Taking it and some others to Moparty to enjoy with friends!

 

[Detective D]

Sorry to disappoint ....but whisky stops aging once it is removed from the barrel and put into a bottle.

Only wine ages in the bottle.

Wine gets better with age...to a degree, then it reverts to vinegar.

Whisky gets no worse or better with time spent in the bottle. The worst that can happen is that the Angels get more than their fair share of the contents if the owner doesn't drink it first.

I know this. I am just saying it just sits there and gets older.
Also, that 1990's jack, while it is still jack, is better than current Jack.

I am not trying to increase value and age anything in my cupboard. It's just in there.

Also, i would disagree with things not changing in the bottle. When I was a youth I tried (stupidly) some whisky I found from somewhere around the 1930's stashed on top of a wooden structure beam in a machine shed on the farm. Either it got better, or we are too stupid in modern times to make whisky that tastes 1/4 as good as that stuff did. I suspect alcohol content can reduce over time once a bottle has been opened and air allowed inside. In a sealed up bottle, so long as it isn't parked in the sunlight I would agree not much way for it to change.

 

[Demonic]

Sometimes, if there's more air space in the bottle than whiskey, it can oxidize once it's opened and the taste will change. Usually the cheaper stuff though.