Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough

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You gotta like it when the selection at a liquor store is a "game changer."
Not only the selection, but the dude. There's a wall of scotch, most of which I've never heard of. He asked 3 questions...palate, scotches I like, and budget. Then went off and did an insane job explaining each.

If he wasn't there, I would have been overwhelmed, bought something at random that I'd never heard of in my price range and went with it maybe enjoying it, maybe not.
Incredibru.
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[user not found] wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:19 am Approaching 2k followers on Instagram. Notbad.
You getting any companies reaching out to you to promo their stuff?

Make bank off it, dude.
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[user not found] wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:32 am
Johnny_P wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:29 am

You getting any companies reaching out to you to promo their stuff?

Make bank off it, dude.
I've gotten some free stuff. Right now my policy is that I will accept free bottles, but I will do an honest review or post AND say I got it for free.

The wife is plotting. She has some ideas on how to make some money that she hasn't told me yet so for now I keep doing it as is haha
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[user not found] wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:32 am
Johnny_P wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:29 am

You getting any companies reaching out to you to promo their stuff?

Make bank off it, dude.
I've gotten some free stuff. Right now my policy is that I will accept free bottles, but I will do an honest review or post AND say I got it for free.

The wife is plotting. She has some ideas on how to make some money that she hasn't told me yet so for now I keep doing it as is haha
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One of these days I'm showing up at Bricktopia for a tasting.
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:notbad:

One of these days I'm showing up at Bricktopia for a tasting.
I love hosting tastings. I'd love to do a formal one.
Formal, informal... :doit:
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[user not found] wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:32 am
Johnny_P wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:29 am

You getting any companies reaching out to you to promo their stuff?

Make bank off it, dude.
I've gotten some free stuff. Right now my policy is that I will accept free bottles, but I will do an honest review or post AND say I got it for free.

The wife is plotting. She has some ideas on how to make some money that she hasn't told me yet so for now I keep doing it as is haha
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:wap: Where are these mangos?
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[user not found] wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:32 am
Johnny_P wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:29 am

You getting any companies reaching out to you to promo their stuff?

Make bank off it, dude.
I've gotten some free stuff. Right now my policy is that I will accept free bottles, but I will do an honest review or post AND say I got it for free.

The wife is plotting. She has some ideas on how to make some money that she hasn't told me yet so for now I keep doing it as is haha
Nice man! You grew your following pretty quick! I get free stuff every once in a while from doing posts too. It's pretty cool.
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[user not found] wrote: Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:04 pm It was a slow roll at first but I added about 100 in the past week which should continue for a bit.
Drinking Boubon for pay. That's not making a living. That's living, brother.
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Poured a glass of Elijah Craig small batch, then poured another.
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[user not found] wrote: Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:03 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Wed Feb 20, 2019 5:52 pm Poured a glass of Elijah Craig small batch, then poured another.
Holy balls... Dats what I'm drinking
Great minds, and all that.. :like:
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Enjoyed some Glenfiddich 12 year that I literally found in the back of a cabinet last fall and have no recollection of where it came from. My only guess is that it was a gift for my 40th birthday that I forgot about, which would make it much, much older than 12 years now.
Almost had caramel-y undertones to me. :megusta:
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wap wrote: Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:27 pm Enjoyed some Glenfiddich 12 year that I literally found in the back of a cabinet last fall and have no recollection of where it came from. My only guess is that it was a gift for my 40th birthday that I forgot about, which would make it much, much older than 12 years now.
Almost had caramel-y undertones to me. :megusta:
Does it really matter if it ages in a glass bottle? Real question.
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:09 am Along with that, NEVER store whisky on its side. Upright with no contact with the cork, only.
Wouldn't this allow the cork to dry out, letting air in?

I thought that was why wine bottles were stored with a slight downward tilt. :iono: I am no sommelier.
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:19 am
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Wouldn't this allow the cork to dry out, letting air in?

I thought that was why wine bottles were stored with a slight downward tilt. :iono: I am no sommelier.
The alcohol content of whiskey is too high and will eat the cork. I have one that was stored on its side for a couple years before I got it and you can see the cork is starting to degrade. The wax or plastic seal should keep the cork in good condition for several decades.

Wine, side.
Whisk(e)y, upright.
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Apex wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:17 am
[user not found] wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:09 am Along with that, NEVER store whisky on its side. Upright with no contact with the cork, only.
Wouldn't this allow the cork to dry out, letting air in?

I thought that was why wine bottles were stored with a slight downward tilt. :iono: I am no sommelier.
Just about every whiskey in the last many years uses a synthetic cork. Should not be a problem.
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Wouldn't this allow the cork to dry out, letting air in?

I thought that was why wine bottles were stored with a slight downward tilt. :iono: I am no sommelier.
Just about every whiskey in the last many years uses a synthetic cork. Should not be a problem.
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Clearly, I don't drink whiskey. :lol:
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Desertbreh wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 12:40 am

Does it really matter if it ages in a glass bottle? Real question.
Whiskey can oxidize if it's been opened then left for years, but in a sealed bottle (assuming the cork doesn't go bad) it will be identical as to the day it comes out of the barrel.
:dat:

Once it is in the bottle there is no more charred wood, or previously used wood from the barrel in in contact with the whiskey, so it won't "age" anymore.
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:32 am Plus it takes way more air and time for whisky to oxidize than wine.
Yeah, some guys warn about keeping a bottle that has been opened for any amount of time as it will change the flavor. I haven't seen that happen and I've had a bottle of Macallan 25 that was opened and let sit in the cabinet for a couple years before killing the bottle. When I went back to it it was exactly as I remembered it.

Maybe if you had a bottle with a spout in it at a bar, yeah.. if it's corked though, I don't see a difference.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:36 am
[user not found] wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:32 am Plus it takes way more air and time for whisky to oxidize than wine.
Yeah, some guys warn about keeping a bottle that has been opened for any amount of time as it will change the flavor. I haven't seen that happen and I've had a bottle of Macallan 25 that was opened and let sit in the cabinet for a couple years before killing the bottle. When I went back to it it was exactly as I remembered it.

Maybe if you had a bottle with a spout in it at a bar, yeah.. if it's corked though, I don't see a difference.
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the :science: says sure there must be some change, but to us plebs its not noticeable.
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:43 am
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Yeah, some guys warn about keeping a bottle that has been opened for any amount of time as it will change the flavor. I haven't seen that happen and I've had a bottle of Macallan 25 that was opened and let sit in the cabinet for a couple years before killing the bottle. When I went back to it it was exactly as I remembered it.

Maybe if you had a bottle with a spout in it at a bar, yeah.. if it's corked though, I don't see a difference.
The guidelines I've heard that make sense to me are:
Glass corked decanter - one year
Corked bottle less than half full - two years
Corked bottle more than half full - three to five years

It will still be fine after those moments but you'll start to notice a change.
Yeah, seems completely reasonable.

I think the urgency some people put on the bottle once it is opened is a lot of FUD, or information passed to make us drink faster and buy more. Not that there's anything absolutely wrong with that.. :lol:
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:08 am
Desertbreh wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 12:40 am

Does it really matter if it ages in a glass bottle? Real question.
Whiskey can oxidize if it's been opened then left for years, but in a sealed bottle (assuming the cork doesn't go bad) it will be identical as to the day it comes out of the barrel.
I opened it for the first time just a couple months ago.
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:09 am Along with that, NEVER store whisky on its side. Upright with no contact with the cork, only.
It's been standing up the whole time it was in my possession. None of my booze bottles are on their side, except my wine.
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:09 am Along with that, NEVER store whisky on its side. Upright with no contact with the cork, only.
Wouldn't this allow the cork to dry out, letting air in?

I thought that was why wine bottles were stored with a slight downward tilt. :iono: I am no sommelier.
I believe that is true for wine. :notsure: about whiskey/scotch/bourbon, etc.
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But guyz, we're burying the lead here.

I found a full, never-opened bottle of Glenfiddich in the back of one of my a liqueur cabinets. Granted, it's not a terribly expensive bottle of scotch, but it was still a :fuckyeah: surprise and I really am :notsure: where it came from or how long I've had it, though it had to be several years at the very least.
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wap wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:07 am But guyz, we're burying the lead here.

I found a full, never-opened bottle of Glenfiddich in the back of one of my a liqueur cabinets. Granted, it's not a terribly expensive bottle of scotch, but it was still a :fuckyeah: surprise and I really am :notsure: where it came from or how long I've had it, though it had to be several years at the very least.
Even a bottle of Jack Daniels found that was not expected is a great surprise, so yeah, you definitely won with that find.
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