How Long Does Whisky Last?
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- How quickly should you try to drink your whisky? Is your 2 year old Scotch still going to taste any good? Find out how long your whisk(e)y can last.
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In my experience a bottle usually lasts 3-4 days ;)
+theshaunmeister Slow poke
theshaunmeister If i had a fifth it MIGHT last 2 days. A pint 1 day. That is when i drank. Haven't drank any alcohol in 22 years.
By the way,i didn't mix it,i drank it out of the bottle. Including moonshine.
+John Young sounds like you made the right decision.
I haven't had fast food in about 13 years. Sometimes it's best to just cut out the bad habits.
Congrats
The Whiskey Dic Thank you and congrats to you on the fast food. That will be my next project.
I run a brew pub, my self control is tested daily ;)
It really depends on the person, a bottle of whiskey will last 5 months, because I only drink on the high holy feast days and once of month on the new moons, and when I do drink, it's a very small amount.
I had a bottle of jack Daniels it set in my garage in the cold and hot for 20 years and it was just fine
Don't get me wrong, it's not going to poison you... but I'd bet it wouldn't taste like a new bottle. The change in flavor is something that most try to avoid in expensive bottles.
Always decant whisky into smaller bottles as you use it to stop air saturation and internal evaporation omg this is common in Scotland .
Really interesting :) Well done video :) haha so much information :) Big Toes and thumbs up!! :) :)
+VictorWirus I'm glad you enjoyed it! Big toes up lol
what if you get yourself a 100-200ml glass bottle instead and used a silicone cork as well.
+ElectroSceptic Yup. That's a totally solid way to make your whiskey last if you're planning on storing it
So does it matter if the whiskey isn't corked, but has a screw on top? I know that wine corks actually suck, but they still cork them because people expect a cork because old ways blah blah blah.
If you still have 50% in your bottle, just fucking drink it and buy another one. That shit isn't expensive. I can afford 3 bottles every week with minimum wage.
If the bottles are sealed properly wine does not age , glass does not add taste or subtract taste , it's the barrels and the wood they are made from that do the aging not the glass !!!!
Do not store wine in any kind of plastic containers , they will change the taste of the wine guaranteed !!!!!
Fernando Bonanno actually, wine does age in the bottle. Slowly over time, oxygen does come into contact with the wine through the cork, which is why wine will peak.
Cheap whiskey last forever, but the good one, just one evening
A great way i make whiskey last when it gets below 50% of the bottle. I have about 20 of these small corked glass bottles. They each hold maybe 5 ounces. I just transfer over whatever is left in my bigger bottle. To the smaller ones. Keep it corked and its not exposed to as much air.
right after this video I drank my remaining whisky
+VR- S I don't know if I hope it was a lot or a little. Either, way, I hope it was good
The Whiskey Dic had 20% green label left over from 2017 st.patricks. Being near the window and sun, noticed a slight harsher note. Your video was spot on !
Whiskey never lasts long enough around my place to worry about it
Unopened, quality stuff, lasts. Also tastes awesome. My GOLD label Jim Beam, I was given on my 18th birthday,and left unopened, was the best thing I have ever tasted on my 38th birthday. Once you open a bottle though..DRINK IT.
I once received an opened bottle of Desmond & Duff Deluxe, likely opened 10-15 years prior, with probably about a dram or two gone. It was the best scotch I have ever tasted. I wish that I had savored it longer.
Back in the day a friend and i would purchase a bottle of whiskey.The first thing he did upon opening was to toss the lid away.Need i say more?
My oldest bottle of whiskey was bottled in 1929. I have others from the 40s, 50s, and 60s, all with unbroken seals that have never been opened. What is noticeable about some of these bottles is that there is evaporation over time, though unopened. I acquired these at estate sales I'd worked and these bottles had been kept in their cupboards for decades.
My whiskey usually lasts a couple hours, but i never seem to remember the moment it stopped lasting.
How the hell do you people make your whisky last months? I buy a bottle and I can guarantee it will all be gone in a week.
+Henry V of England Heir of France wow. Royalty!
easy put that special whiskey on the top back shelf. then reward your self for a job well done with 2 new bottles
That long?
Buy alot more of it keep the lower end stuff for gettin drunk and the higher end stuff for a casual drink thats how you lol my liquor cabinet is like a fully stocked bar of just whiskey, bourbon and a few higher end scotches for my pops when he comes and visits
i have no clue ... maybe its because we have lots of alcool .
Congratulations on having RUclips's most creative name. I have no interest in whiskey but I couldn't pass up on subscribing to the man behind that wordplay.
EightyNinthKey Hah! That's awesome, thanks. I saw you sub earlier and wondered about your name.
The Whiskey Dic Full disclosure sir, a detective I am not. However, it would appear that the honourable gentleman is tapping into the ludicrous notion that when Saturn aligns toward Venus, which happens every 4th moon cycle, lasting exactly 11 days... There are 88 keys on a piano, dude...
Just found your channel. A good dozen vids in and hooked.. Can't drink whiskey cuz I'm a pussy with a little bitch mouth. BUT I am a barman, when not being a smart arse :P
How did I miss this comment?! Hilarious, ya jerk ;)
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+omt07 No way man. Whiskey Dic is hilarious to tell people about
Whiskey doesn't last long around here!!!! Thanks for the video anyway!
+Timothy Jones you'll just need to buy more
Did it last as long as the video?
Now question, why is it I can buy a bottle of Jack Daniel's Honey or Crown Apple & that shit last for years??? I also bought a Glenmorangie 12yr Quinta Ruban & it last a good year before finishing it off & I had that in a decanter the entire time?
Is Glenlivet just a lesser product then Glenmorangie???
i dont buy this for a second, the depreciation of the spirit will be tiny in an open bottle, are you trying to tell me the 50% air in a 40 year old cask depreciates the whiskys quality. why is it different in an opened ( with cork in) bottle
TWD, my mom has one bottle of Chivas Regal 12 years, she use it only in Christmas and the bottle has 4 year since open, so I don't think anything will happen to your bottle.
Cool vid! I used to drink with this guy years ago, that would often open a brand new bottle of whatever, usually whiskey, and the first thing he would do is throw the cap away! Then he would say, "Oops! Now we have to drink it all." We had a lot of good times that I don't quite remember, LOL!
I love those kinds of friends... oddly enough, they often make poor life decisions
LOL! Now that I think about it, that guy became a police officer! So yeah, kind of a poor decision depending on how you look at it, LOL! Actually, he's always been a pretty level headed guy, but I think he's the exception that proves the rule. I don't think he drinks like we used to...neither do I, or I wouldn't be here to tell the story.
Most of us don't. Me? I drink often but not heavily.
Christmas Eve, 1953 my dad and a friend retrieve a barrel of bourbon they had made in 1933. They had buried the barrel and contents in a cave on the Ohio River (Kentucky). The barrel was charred oak. My first taste of bourbon ever. I was six years old! Today they'd call that child abuse. I call it fond memories of a taste that I've only found in pre-prohibition whiskeys these days. I'd give a fortune for that barrel and contents!
Whiskey never lasts long around me. Didn't need to watch the video.
**Runs off to invent bottles that shrink with usage... mwuahahaha..
+Cymon Cyrado I want in
Should've stored the Glennlivit in a smaller sample bottle
*The moral of the story is:*
You better drink your whiskey fast, don't drink tomorrow what you can drink today!
+ogarzabello That's a great perspective
What if you put it in a smaller sealable glass container?
+TheTarrMan That's a very viable way to make less whiskey last considerably longer
this is definitely my suggestion for the "good stuff" you wanna save some of. Maybe even do it when you first open the bottle!
I will do that with some better whisky, putting it into 2-3 smaller bottles on opening. That way I can enjoy one small bottle first and save the others for a later time. It stays just as fresh as it did when it was bottled.
mjanovec they sell these balloons that you put into the bottle and pump out air with. Check them out
Aye, but then you introduce a plastic into alcohol which has the potential to leach out the chemicals. The multiple bottles is more viable. I don't even like buying liquor in plastic containers... heck, I'm not exactly keen about buying anything is plastic containers.
How long does whisky last? A couple of days in my house!
Great. Now I gotta "get to work" on the 30 bottles I have open.
Ooh rah, Semper Fi !
I have a similar problem. The key is just to go one at a time so you can knock them out a little faster.
Thanks for the advice! I was gifted a bottle of Lagavulin 16 and even though I've already opened it I want to hold on to it until the weather cools a bit. As delicious as it is, the incredibly hot summer we're having makes it hard to fully appreciate the deep, robust taste. Good to know I can let it sit for a rainy day with no qualms!
+Rosemonatti Happy to help!
Argon Gas sure works!
Instructions clear! drinking last of bottle now.
I have a bottle of 54 percent . Had it half empty for four years. Just had a shot of it. If anything it has improved.
In my personal experience: A bottle of Lagavuline 16 I bought 15 years ago did not taste the same at the recent ones; the same goes for the JW green. It's very disappointed to see distilleries change formulas to make it cheaper for the mass.
That's because when Diageo bought Lagavulin off White Horse, they reduced it from 50 ppm down to 35 ppm, and reduced the fermentation time. They're also notorious for using tired old third and even forth fill casks..
The quality has gone down, and the price has skyrocketed. I hate Diageo.
I personally gas my whisky once it gets below half full. So far it has worked great.
I really good idea. Have you ever found that gas to affect the flavor?
The Whiskey Dic I used it on Ardbeg Ten, let it sit for almost a year. I found that it tasted better after the has. Not sure if the gas had anything to do with it though. As for my other whiskys, i've never noticed a flavor change.
Very cool information. Thanks. That was the only downside to this video. I wasn't quite willing to record it over a year.
Johnny Dominguez I use Wine Preserver inert gas. It creates a barrier between the liquor and the oxygen thus halting any oxidation.
Johnny Dominguez simply blow an inert gas into the bottle. The gas will displace the oxygen or air. I thing that’s a great idea. I use mixed gasses to breath when diving deep. So; a gas like argon, helium, nitrogen or carbon dioxide should be fine.
I have a bottle of gentleman jack I have not opened since 2010 it’s been sitting up right would it be worth something
Nope. Only whiskies that are worth selling are extremely rare limited editions. Even then it's not going to make you that much
Hello. I just discovered your channel and I'm really liking it so far.
On the topic I suggest decanting a whisky you want to preserve into a smaller bottle to minimize air contact. This method has worked well for me over the years.
Matures in the cask. Ages in the bottle due to contact with oxygen.
Not really "aging" at that point. More evaporating
Great informative review. I wish I would have known of your channel when i was first starting out with whisky. Slainte!
Thank you for letting me know my 2500 USD bottle of Port Ellen 1978 is now completely worthless, might as well pour it down the drain...
+Emil .Beckman Gonna guess you're being sarcastic. If it still tastes good, who cares?
Exactly! I should have used "quotations marks" or a wink emoji to emote sarcasm better... The Port Ellen is just as good as the day I bought it :) However a word of warning considering storing unopened whisky bottles upright: the corks tend to get very dry/brittle, so if you want to open a bottle, store it laying down for a couple of hours to dampen the cork.
True words indeed, and it was a lame attempt of sarcasm from me. Thanks for the good advice in this youtube clip! I can add that laying a bottle, that has been stored upright for a long time, flat for an hour or two before opening it makes the cork moist and less likely to brake. :)
Glad to hear it wasn't that. Glad you enjoyed the video :) And I don't know that I'd ever let a bottle hang around since the 70s!
You can minimize corks becoming brittle by applying paraffin over their tops when still new.
Thanks Men, id worried no more.
I disagree. I've never noticed my whiskey changing taste as long as it's kept cool and out of sunlight.
For me...monkey shoulder skot
From what I've tasted, whiskeys tends to degrade pretty fast if exposed to air. It's not quite as fast as wine, but at the end of a month (about how long it takes me to go through a bottle), the whiskey tastes significantly worse than before. A lot of the more subtle flavors have given way to a more pronounced alcohol flavor. I've started using VacuVins (usually used for preserving wine) on my whiskeys that I want to keep at top quality. VacuVins aren't a perfect vacuum, but there was a noticeable difference for me using one than not even in a short time period of consumption. Alternatively, you could fill the bottles with an inert gas (like nitrogen), which sounds like a pain, but isn't so bad.
Not sure what you’re doing with the whisky. No way it goes off in one month, or even 6. No way.
@@utoobia Just drinking it straight. But sensory analysis was literally my job for a long time. The more volatile flavors, like the chamomile notes in Dalwhinnie fade more quickly. I found that in roughly a month those flavors would be less intense. But less volatile flavor notes like chocolate dissipate less quickly and can hang around at full strength for a long time.
@@OwlScowling Thanks. I can’t argue with your own personal experience, but that’s not how it goes for me or anyone else I know. Say I bought a bottle, had some friends over, opened it and shared 75% of the bottle that first day, then corked it up for two months. When I go back to it, that quarter bottle will be even better as the whisky will open up. How much better varies. Some a little, some a lot, but they all improve. I’ve had peated whiskies that lose their peat/smoke pretty quickly, but that’s usually a 3-4 month process.
Id better get to it !! New year resolution !! ..EMPTY liquor cabinet!!
Interesting. I found a bottle of cognac that my grandparents brought back from the Soviet Union in 1976 for my parents that only my mom and dad had tried. It had a plastic stopper for a cork and after not having been touched for almost 40 years my mom's reaction was "Oh my god, this is not the same thing we had 40 years ago. This is much smoother."
+geoffreyr7 that could totally just be her experience with alcohol or her tastebuds dullong over time... although 40 years would inevitably alter something
I'm not 100% sure in hindsight, but I like to think that for example the famous champagne from Crimea back in the day had plastic stoppers as well; maybe the commies couldn't source cork easily during the cold war. Or I could be wrong all together :) We used to shlepp that over from Hungary back then.
7 or 8 years after my dads passing my brothers and i found a bottle of glenfiddich that my father had been drinking ,we poured the contents into 3 glasses and drunk them. none of us were bothered by the taste and didnt know what to expect but each of us considered that scotch a gift from the old man and we all still remember that day fondly .
+ross private That's an awesome story. I'm sorry about your dad, but happy you have a cool memory with your brothers
Namasthe(🙏) Sir, I'm from India,
My grand father Bought shivasRegal two whisky Bottle's in 1985Year. Since from the year we were not opened one bottle, Even cap seal also. And one bottle is opend and served 50% of liquor in 1989year. Now my question is can I have to drink that opend and seal bottle's whisky..? Is it safe to halth..?
Plz reply me..thank you...🙏
Yup, you'll be totally fine. It may not taste great but there's nothing in there that will hurt you.
Enjoy!
@@TheWhiskeyDictionary thank you.. 🙏
in my house whiskey does not last long...I take it for my health, doctors' orders you know.
A good idea is to get some relatively cheap small 4-8 oz bottles off of amazon, and to store them in smaller bottles when they get low if you think that they arent going to get consumed quickly.
In 2017, a friend gave me a still sealed 1974 One Litre (sic) of Seagram’s V.O. Canadian Whisky that his father had purchased back then and the whisky tasted fine, very smooth and still had an alcohol effect and we saved the empty bottle!
No problem with it being 49 years old! My friend didn't drink whisky, but saved it all those years, till he moved.
(The whisky had matured in a oak cask for 6 years before being bottled by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons in 1974)
Oh no, gotta go and finish up some whisky before it goes bad!
Better hurry
It lasts about a week in my place, evaporation is a real problem
I hear ya! Sometimes I think I can see it evaporating right before my eyes!
Perhaps a way to store a really good whiskey (like the 18 year you mentioned) would be to transfer it to a smaller bottle proportionate to the remaining amount? Would that help lengthen its shelf life? The amount of air in the smaller bottle could be made proportionate to the amount of the original, unopened bottle. Maybe that would work?
yep thats the correct way
You bring up some valid points, especially regarding the effect of content to air ratio inside the bottle which is very important. But it also depends on the whisky itself, believe it or not. Whisky is a more or less rich mixture of chemicals which make up the taste. Some of them are more stable at room temperature (i.e. not only as a compound which is exposed to oxygen but also in terms of volatility) than others. Smoky whiskys for instance have a much shorter lifetime after opening the bottle because the compounds which make up the rich smoky flavours are less stable when exposed to air and rather volatile. The latter is easily observed when opening a bottle of smoky Scotch. Sometimes the entire room smells like smoky bacon. In my experience the flavours of non-smoky whiskys are much more stable and therefore the whisky's quality doesn't change as quickly. My recommendation is to finish a bottle of smoky whisky within 4-6 months. The non-smoky ones should last about a year - I think you've mentioned that, so I agree.
Luv the shirt. Great video!
Interesting info. Thx.
Switching to a smaller bottle is also an option if you would like to keep a small amount for a large time..
Nah, Anything less then a 1/2 gal is just a waste of gas for me. I can make it last a week if I stick to tequila and beer for lunch and save the good shit for after work!
2 days
--[1] When I open a bottle of whisky at any point, on the same or next day, I squirt CO2 into the bottle filling it until I smell that sharp CO2 odor with my nose right near the bottle opening. Then I wrap a length of white electrical tape, which covers the joint between the bottle & the cork/bottle top. On the tape, I write the date on which I put CO2 into the bottle. --[2] The CO2 flushes nearly all of the air & oxygen out of the bottle & replaces the air/oxygen with CO2. The CO2 prevents the whisky from oxidizing. --[3] I have a CO2 tank from my beer homebrewing days. --[4] Alternatively, get a can of "Wine Preserver" & squirt that into your bottles. Richard 👍
how long does whiskey last? in my experience. until time to go to bed
Some whiskey i actually like a bit better after air have entered the bottle and they stand for 6 months, it can almost have some of the effects as adding a bit of water. It all depends on the whiskey i guess.
From my experience an evening, helping out on saturday as well from time to time
The only whisky i drink these daye (wednesday friday and saturday nights) is old forester 100 and jameson black barrel.
I'll buy one of these every two weeks. Already have 14 jameson black barrel and 15 bottles of old forester 100. I'll go through a bottle 1 every 2 months or so. I just love these two. Why build up a collection, no need if something is great. Gonna buy a bottle of signet though on my birthday, but that's a 170 euro bottle, so.
So you’re saying the ~10 oz of crown left in the bottle my wife has been holding onto for as long as I’ve known her (12 years) because “it’s still good” is, indeed, not still good? Finally! Maybe now I can dump that and make room for something halfway decent in the cabinet!
+Tom Whitworth You can show her my video. You can trust me. I'm on the internet!
The best whiskey I ever tasted was Crown Royal decanted into a decanter with a glass stopper that sat for 20+ years in a kitchen cabinet.
Just go ahead and drink the damn stuff!
This is good content
This was great i usualy pop a bottle up dring a glass wendsdays and saturdays n usualy enn bottle between 2 months depending on how much i pour in the glass ofcs but im inn the safe zone ty im leaving a like on this was helpfull
So my family went through some of my great grandparents things after they past away and my grandfather knows i love whiskey so he gave me something awesome idk if its good or not any more but it was a bottle of crown royal still in the box and bag from 1986 still has the paper seal on it and everything im not planning on opening it but its cool to have i was just wondering if it was still good
If it's unopened and was still in the bag the whole time it should totally be fine :)
🤣……… ahhhh soooofunny ….. Irish ☘️ whiskey 🥃 doesn’t last a week in my house 🏡 my daughter & my self thought this is very funny… I get a bottle every week … not the same one , going through all the Irish ☘️ then the Scottish single molts & no I don’t put water 💧 or ice 🧊 in any, only thing to put in a whiskey 🥃 glass is another whiskey 🥃
So your saying the guy's in Austin with the whiskey vault. That has over 700 bottles. Some of which are thousands of dollars each. Would have to restock every bottle that is half gone every two years. Bullshit. Please provide a link to the scientific study that gave you this information. Because I'm incredibly sceptical.
Infinity bottle is a good way to go past 10%
I'm trying my quarter whisky left in a bottle today it was opened about 20-30 days ago let's see 🙈 thanks for information
Haha. Just months ago I finished a bottle of Jack Daniel's no7 that a friend must've given me like 11-12 years ago. and slightly had been opened since then, I wasn't into whiskey back then, certainly not as much as I am now, but still not very fond of bourbon. However, I drank it, because I didn't let myself buy a better one before emptying. I don't recommend anyone to keep their bottle 11 years, sure tasted horrible like I knew it would
+janskia a man I wouldn't have minded trying that just to see how bad it would be I'm guessing it was open that whole time as in not sealed?
yup. as in not sealed! But it was an interesting experiment. Still had the affect of the booze.
Did you shake it before?
I keep My booze in the fridge
I purge my bottles after opening with argon if I don't plan on finishing in a couple of months. Can't tell any difference at over four years open, the oldest at this point since I started the argon purge.
Bottle usually lasts a night. I’m not joking either. Wow u keeping bottles for years because u enjoy it astounds me. Here in the highlands we got it all available all year round
If you want to save that last 10 or 25 percent, rebottle it into a much smaller bottle.
Great video👍🏻
My expensive ones i pour over to smaller bottles😄
remy martin whiskey 50years old the teast is good but after we drink it's too strong hahaha but we love it
Just put your whisky in smaller bottles if you drink half etc. and leave half etc.
Rebottle it in a smaller bottle so it is full and it will keep well. I'm Irish....
I better start drinking lol. 🤔 a whiskey party might help with that! Great video and explanation. Might I add people can also transfer it to smaller bottles to avoid having too much air content and preserve it a little longer. I would only do this imo to an expensive bottle that I know I won’t buy for a long time.
It should be added that a little oxidation can actually improve a whisky. I find there is a sweet spot at around the halfway mark in the bottle where the whisky still tastes "fresh," but has mellowed a little. Of course, it doesn't stay that way for a long time, so you either need to finish the bottle or transfer to a smaller bottle to slow further oxidation. Adding CO2 to the bottle is an option too.
They could only take 3 bottles, that had been frozen in ice below a shack that was a ruin, the remaining bottles are still there because the billionaire that financed the recovery had to get through many legal hoops because it is against world laws/treaties to remove artifacts from the Antarctica, his pitch was he wanted to recreate that blend of McKinley's that had been lost sometime after WW1, I haven't heard if this recreated Whiskey is available yet? Might make a good vid in the future?
I'm pretty sure that a bottle of whiskey lasts around 3 days. Ive tested this many times.
But isn’t harmful for your health if you drink an 50% less in 4-5 years right?
How long does whiskey Last depends on 2 factors 1 are you useing a shot glass or jigger 2 how many shots or jiggers you take a day
Damn this breaks my heart, I have a bottle of The Glenlivet 18 & I've had it for 2 months now, I have about 70% left, I was hoping to keep it for a few years.... i didn't transfer it to a decanter & I didn't cause I didn't want to kill it.
Doing some research, it sounds like decanters can kill your scotch...so why put them in one???
Now it sounds like I have to rush my Glenlivet 18 down before it goes bad 😫😫😫😔😔😔
That sucks!
So when I buy my next bottle of expensive scotch, I'm not opening it...which also sucks, cause I want to taste it, which is the whole point in buying a $350 bottle of Dalmore King Alexander III
I wouldn't worry about it too much it's not like it goes rotten the change is mostly in the taste and even then it's fairly mild I would not say that you have to crush your 18 it's just something to be aware of I have dozens of bottles that have been open for more than a year
I wonder if dropping in some nitrogen would help a sub 50% bottle last longer?
But you forgot to tell abaout realy old whiskeys. Realy old whiskeys wont so.
Thank you for the update brother 🙏 🍺
It all depends on how bad a day I've had...
The real answer is not long enough
Idk i found a bottle of white whiskey that i totally forgot about there was about 40 percent left must been sitting there for three years and it tasted fine
How Long Does Whiskey Last?.... not long in our house.