2006-12-09 05:42:11 · 6 answers · asked by tje 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Depending on where you are, the size of the bottle, and the version of Crown Royal, it will be worth more than the same bottle if it were purchased in the store today. The alcohol itself is not what has appreciated in value. Unlike vintage wines, fine whiskeys and scotches are aged in the cask. Once bottled they will taste the same no matter when you open it. Crown Royal drinkers, especially the nostalgic ones, will remember that Crown used to have a different label but most importantly came in a lovely crushed velvet bag. So the important question for you is whether or not you have those things. Especially the bag. A definitive price would be hard to pin down, as it would all depend on how much a collector would be willing to pay for those things.
2006-12-09 08:38:11 · answer #1 · answered by fleurpixie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The value in your bottle is actually in the label and bottle itself, not the alcohol. The whisky itself is identical to one you can go buy in a liquor store today. Because it has spent the last 53 years in a glass bottle instead of a wooden barrel, it has not aged or improved in flavor at all. This is a common myth, as wine can mellow out a bit in the bottle after it is done barrel aging. But liquor does not improve in a glass bottle, end of story. It is the same today as it was in 1956 and the same as a new bottle made today. So, if the design of the bottle and label are different than what you can get now it has some value. Still, its only worth as much as someone will pay for it. Working against you is the fact Crown Royal is a common brand, and there was no decrease in output for 1956. If you had, say, a 1942 bottle that would probably have been affected by WW2 so there wouldbe less of them produced, thus driving the price up.
2016-05-22 23:08:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Less than a brand new bottle of crown royal. Whiskey only improves with age when its in a barrel. In a bottle, the taste might get worse, since it might be expose to light and various temperatures.
2006-12-09 05:56:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm... It is worthless except for sentimental value. I'd pay $15 for it :). Don't drink it. Wiskey only improves over time, like wine, in the proper conditions. The bottle in your kitchen probably isn't good. If it were in a lightess cool place though...
2006-12-09 08:37:52 · answer #4 · answered by Robert R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont sell any thing like that. you sip it and enjoy it.
2006-12-09 06:10:54 · answer #5 · answered by waljac6108 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think it appreciated much in value, but would be mighty tastey drinking
2006-12-09 05:49:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anarchy99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋