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I found some very old Canadian Club whiskey in my liquor cabinet (the house and its contents was left to my family after a close friend passed away years ago). There are several unopened bottles (smallest size...looks like there are about 1-2 shots per tiny bottle). Guess what the date says on each bottle?

1965. Each bottle is also aged 6 years prior to the date that is printed on the seal! Is this stuff worth anything? I'm not a whiskey connoisseur by any means, but this stuff sure tastes wonderful!

BTW, We also have an unopened bottle of Jack Daniels dating back to the 60's as well

So...what's the oldest alcoholic beverage you have?

Scotch that was bought in the early 1980s that was bottled in 1963 and had been in barrels aging for 13 years prior to that. I think that makes that Scotch 56 years old.

BTW, as I'm sure you know real alcohol like whiskey doesn't go bad, especially if it is in a sealed container.

Originally posted by Nate S:
So...what's the oldest alcoholic beverage you have?

Uhhhh stuff that was bought tonight. Jim beam and jack daniels.

It will be cool if what you have is worth a dime. Keep this thread updated as to what happens with it.

Originally posted by red99sesport:

BTW, as I'm sure you know real alcohol like whiskey doesn't go bad, especially if it is in a sealed container.

Wait, really?! I just spent the last half hour pouring it all out to make room for my Barton's vodka!

Originally posted by Nate S:

Originally posted by red99sesport:

BTW, as I'm sure you know real alcohol like whiskey doesn't go bad, especially if it is in a sealed container.

Wait, really?! I just spent the last half hour pouring it all out to make room for my Barton's vodka!

into a glass to drink

Originally posted by Nate S:

Originally posted by red99sesport:

BTW, as I'm sure you know real alcohol like whiskey doesn't go bad, especially if it is in a sealed container.

Wait, really?! I just spent the last half hour pouring it all out to make room for my Barton's vodka!

The 56 year old Scotch is still good. We have other alcohol that has been opened and then moved from one house to another for a grand total of 4 times and it is still good too. Sorry about your loss.

Haha, it was a joke...of course I'm gonna save it

I actually just drank 2 of the bottles with some dr. pepper. Yummy

You find 50 year old whiskey and you mix it with Dr. Pepper?

Now I love some Dr. Pepper as much as any good Texan should but what a waste of good whiskey.

Tell me about it! I feel like a crimminal...

Haha, I assure you, I drank a couple of shots of it on the rocks, straight.

I had to mix the rest with Dr. Pepper though...I have work at 8 am!

I have two bottles that I believe date from Prohibition.

They have "bottled in Bond" and "Under U.S. Government Supervision" all over them. The bottles themselves say Illegal for sale. Company is J.W. Dant out of Kentucky.

According to whiskeyportal.com, the distillery closed around 1950. According to straightbourbon.com, the brand was kept but the name of the actual distillery changed after that.

I took them from my grandma's for decoration/collection purposes. I'm NOT going to even TRY drinking them.

Originally posted by Nate S:
BTW, We also have an unopened bottle of Jack Daniels dating back to the 60's as well

Now that could be worth something. I guess you couldn't put it on Ebay though.

Originally posted by sigma:
You find 50 year old whiskey and you mix it with Dr. Pepper?

Now I love some Dr. Pepper as much as any good Texan should but what a waste of good whiskey.

I was going to say that was a waste of good Dr. Pepper!

Dr. Pepper = Nectar of the Gods : as I proved by saying so in the Creationism Museum thread!

Yech! Dr. Pepper is nasty! Maybe the piss water of the gods.

Originally posted by ZoomZoom Diva:
Yech! Dr. Pepper is nasty! Maybe the piss water of the gods.

HOW DARE YOU!

It was also proven that beer is god, therefore beer>Dr. Pepper. However, It is written that prohibition wiskey is the king of the gods, Zeus if you will. Therefore, prohibition wiskey>beer>Dr. Pepper. So it is written, so it shall be.

Great find Nate! I would keep an unopened bottle for myself and then try and sell the rest. You may be able to sell them to an antique dealer...

Great find Nate! I would keep an unopened bottle for myself and then try and sell the rest. In the spirit of things I would naturally buy more alcohol with the cash! You may be able to sell them to an antique dealer...

Originally posted by ZoomZoom Diva:
Yech! Dr. Pepper is nasty! Maybe the piss water of the gods.

AMEN! i hate dr. pepper. *gags*

~Andrew

Originally posted by Pimpalicious316:

Originally posted by ZoomZoom Diva:
Yech! Dr. Pepper is nasty! Maybe the piss water of the gods.

AMEN! i hate dr. pepper. *gags*

~Andrew

Must not be enough fruit in it!

Originally posted by The Spelling Nazi:

Originally posted by Pimpalicious316:

Originally posted by ZoomZoom Diva:
Yech! Dr. Pepper is nasty! Maybe the piss water of the gods.

AMEN! i hate dr. pepper. *gags*

~Andrew

Must not be enough fruit in it!

shut it, einstein

~Andrew

It's too bad ya'll don't get the "real" Dr. Pepper up north. Down here it is made by Coca-Cola, up there it is made by Pepsi. Figure it out.

That's why TEXAS Dr. Pepper is God.

E-mail a collector

Whiskey and scotch, unlike wine, essentially stop "aging" once the cask has been opened and the contents bottled.

Still, I'd love to try a glass. =] Nice find though.

--JamesT

Originally posted by chemguru:
Whiskey and scotch, unlike wine, essentially stop "aging" once the cask has been opened and the contents bottled.

Still, I'd love to try a glass. =] Nice find though.

Correct. However, there is some collector value in the bottles/labels - especially if un-opened.

Jack Daniels seems very interested in preserving their history, so they may be interested in the un-opened bottles.

Originally posted by MadMerc97:
It's too bad ya'll don't get the "real" Dr. Pepper up north. Down here it is made by Coca-Cola, up there it is made by Pepsi. Figure it out.

That's why TEXAS Dr. Pepper is God.

Distributed by, not made by. If Coca-Cola made Dr. Pepper, they'd have no need for Mr. Pibb.

I've got a sealed bottle of Hennessy Cognac from the 40's (specifically from sometime between 1942 and 1946).

Originally posted by The Spelling Nazi:

Originally posted by Pimpalicious316:

Originally posted by ZoomZoom Diva:
Yech! Dr. Pepper is nasty! Maybe the piss water of the gods.

AMEN! i hate dr. pepper. *gags*

~Andrew

Must not be enough fruit in it!

I'm sure there's plenty, I mean 23 flavors? 23!!

I've got some 1968 Jim Beam that was 10 years old (so distilled in 1958) Tastey.

-C

when i was 16 (now 27) we skipped school and had a party at my house. my dad bought rolling rock beer from when he lived in san diego and kept it. this made the beer roughly 17-18 years old. so this chic cracked one open and started to chug before i could say anything. she got about two gulps before she stopped, looked at everyone, turned pale white and bolted for the bathroom. that was the oldest alcohol i ever had.