Scotch Shelf Life

[morsecode]

Does the stuff go bad? I have a half bottle of Glen Breton resting in a kitchen cabinet for the past 3 years. Has it turned to gun solvent? Will it ever go bad?

I'm not much of a drinker (can you tell)

 

[OKFC05]

A loose cap and heat will cause the alcohol to evaporate. Other than that, it makes one heck of a preservative and lasts indefinitely.

 

[woodsltc]

Now that is something I will never know...................I don't let it set around long enough!!

Seriously, in a man's lifetime..........I doubt it would "go bad".....age seems to mellow and improve most alcoholic beverages (excluding beer).

Don

 

[Ed333]

no...

Have not heard of that brand, but it is undoubtedly as good as it ever was. I have bottles of rum which date back to 1967,not real big on Ron Rico. About 30 years ago, found a half pint bottle of Newfoundland Screech hidden away above a vault door in a law office, the building dates to 1866, we eyeballed it, cracked the top, tasted it, awful raw, we drank it...we are still here. Screech tends to be on teh raw side anyway, it is the from the bottom of the barrel, the leavings and scrapings. It is sort of rum on the wild side.
Three years is nothing. Almost all of my booze collection is older than that.

Contrary to the above poster, it does not improve with age once in the bottle.

 

[USAF385]

I usually treat it like it doesn't last a week!

 

[Gutpile Charlie]

Scotch has extremely short shelf life at my house!

 

[duckloads]

Scotch has extremely short shelf life at my house!


+1

 

[palmetto99]

Scotch (single malt) use to have a short shelf life at my house too. But, due to medication that I have to take, it (and any other adult beverage) now give me a bad hang-over. One good stiff one is all I can handle any more. So sad. It now lasts much longer than it should be allowed. Like the man says, keep the cap on tight, and it's good for a long time.

 

[zercool]

Since I tend to drink my scotch in small doses, it lasts a LONG time.

I still have about half a bottle of The MacAllan 18 I bought on my 21st birthday ... I'm turning 30 this winter.

I tend to keep a bottle of Glenlivet 12 floating around as my go-to. Drinkable, not too expensive, and impresses the plebes just because it is single malt.

 

[Dragonfly]

My wife and I stayed at the hotel at the Glenora Distillery where they make Glen Breton a few years ago--what a great trip! Regarding shelf life, I've got a bottle of Ardbeg I bought in 1997 that's still good--I don't think the Scotch can go bad but I've heard that the corks can rot and spoil the contents.