i just drank a bunch of whiskey and its about 20 years old or so. does it expire it tastes fine and all but does it???
2006-11-04 18:37:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Whisky does not expire. Once whisky is removed from the wooden casks that it is aged in and bottled, the aging process stops. This is because there is a lack of oxygen inside the bottle, and oxygenation is the main cause of whisky aging. Alcohol also has a preservative effect in that it kills bacteria. Whisky that is bottled and then drank 100 years later would still taste the same as it did the day it was bottled (as long as the bottle was kept in a dark cool place and the seal not tampered with). You can drink whisky that is old, even whisky thats been opened (but if its been opened it won't taste as good after a while).
In response to the first answer, only the most expensive and rare whiskys are aged for 30 years... most are aged for 2 or less before they are bottled. The age depends on the type of whisky - scotch by law must be at least 6 years old before it is bottled, for example... Aged whiskys are more expensive because they spend time aging in wooden casks for anywhere from 10 years to 30 years (the longest I have heard is 70 years, but this was a one-off batch). The time they spend in casks gives them flavours that cannot be created artificially.
The common misconception is that you can buy a bottle of whisky and age it to make it taste better - not the case... This is true for wine, but not whisky. Whisky only ages before it is bottled, so any whisky you "age" after buying the bottle doesn't actually change at all - the aging happens only at the distillery. If you buy a bottle of whisky, you may as well enjoy it now, becuase it will always taste the same!
2006-11-05 08:30:28 · answer #1 · answered by Occam's Pitbull 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whiskey is aged 30 years already before it is bottled. They age the whiskey in cedar barrels. Once bottled the taste will remain the same. You might notice that there might be some seperation of the whiskey if it's left undisturbed for 5 years or more but a quick swirl and your good to go!
2006-11-04 18:40:38 · answer #2 · answered by jls1znv9999 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not as long as you recap the bottle and the alcohol can't evaporate. Some people even decanter whiskey, where they put it into a fancy decanter instead of the original bottle. I mean, maybe after a few years it might get kind of funky. But, it lasts a surprisingly long time after it's opened.
2016-05-22 00:32:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's fine.
And Whiskey actually stops aging when it's bottled, unlike wine which continues to age in the bottle.
2006-11-05 02:23:34 · answer #4 · answered by Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it doesn't aging only comes from being in the barrel. Exposing the content to the air may cause a change in taste.
Rumboy
2006-11-05 02:40:26 · answer #5 · answered by Robert B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It never expires.
2006-11-05 01:59:28 · answer #6 · answered by Borat2® 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dont ppl use alcohol as a preservative?
i dont think it expires
2006-11-04 20:57:16 · answer #7 · answered by double d debbie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No But you might
2006-11-04 23:49:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOT AT MY HOUSE IT DOESN'T.
2006-11-06 06:45:44 · answer #9 · answered by LIPPS 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋