It has been stored in a box in a dark closet for all of this time. It is in a glass bottle.
2007-07-13 09:27:15 · 11 answers · asked by vaydasauntie 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
You should be good... the alcohol should prevent any bacterial growth. The dark closet keeps out any light, especially UV, which can degrade the whiskey.
That's assuming the Fleismans whiskey was good to start out with.
2007-07-13 09:31:03 · answer #1 · answered by Dave C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The whisky should be little changed from its original condition. depending on storage conditions. For example: If the seal was damaged, or improperly closed some of the alcohol could have evaporated. Extreme heat or direct sunlight could also have had damaging effects mostly affecting flavor not safety. My guess is however that the bottle was placed on a shelf or stored unopened in a cabinet in a heated and air conditioned room and forgotten in which case it will be fine. It might not taste exactly like a recently purchased bottle of Pipers but it should be both safe to drink and satisfying. You might actually like it better, and if you don't like it, don't drink it. It is a misconception that spirits like whisky improve with age in the bottle. Aged whisky gets its characterists by being stored for years in wood casks! When the whisky is bottled it will stay pretty much in the same condition it was when it was bottled! In this regard whisky is not like fine wine! It doesn't have the same kinds of sublte flavors and tanins that will slowly but significantly change in the bottle as they do in a Cabernet or a Bourdeaux. A $10 bottle of whisky kept for 35 years does not make it compare in quality to a $200 bottle of 35 year old scotch! It is simply a 35 year old $10 scotch. A special edition bottle or a bottle from a rare possibly defunct distiller might fetch a high price as a collectable, but an ordinary bottle of Seagrams won't be antique Road Show material till the 22nd or 23rd centuries, and even then the liquid inside will still be a $10 scotch.
2016-05-17 05:15:45 · answer #2 · answered by josefina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It won't kill you, if that's what you are worried about. Well, unless you chug the whole bottle at once.
Aging whiskey in a bottle doesn't really help it, but if it is stored properly and not exposed to extreme temperatures and light, it won't hurt it either.
2007-07-13 09:35:48 · answer #3 · answered by Chef 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get it into yaaaaaa! lol
I knew someone who drank white spirit, vodka, bacardi, and whatever else one nite, that was 21 years ago, i had a sip, i didnt like it, but he did lol, and he`s still living....least as far as i know hes not dead lol
2007-07-13 10:03:39 · answer #4 · answered by KatsLoveBug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is good, probably better than when it was bottled.
2007-07-13 10:13:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's good. Only light or broken cap would have messed it up. You know liquor is bad when you see cloudiness or strings of white.
2007-07-13 09:56:11 · answer #6 · answered by RSJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
open it and find out. if it is good, enjoy. if it is bad, drink other stuff first, get drunk, open the whiskey and, enjoy.
2007-07-13 09:34:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's prob not good, you need to ship it to me ASAP! I will dispose of it right away.
2007-07-13 09:50:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
even better than ten years ago
2007-07-13 09:45:10 · answer #9 · answered by Evan I 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O yeah.. put that on the rocks and you will be set
2007-07-13 09:30:29 · answer #10 · answered by iamjustbored10 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋