Ridgetop Rich - SASS#42606 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Ran out of 12yr old Jameson tonight (only use the stuff for uh medicinal purposes, Jane is a bit under the weather) Sure like the 12yr old better than the regular. So time for another. Got me thinking though... what's the oldest whiskey you've ever drank, and was it that much better than the regular stuff. What say you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof. Fuller Bullspit Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I had some 'bottled in bond' 20 year old stuff once. It was ok, but no better than others I have had. For me it doesn't get much better than 10 year old Mcallan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 12 year old "Ezra Brooks" last year from a flintlock decanter dating to about 1970... so about 52-53 year old stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_of_Hearts Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Most of the stuff I drank in my younger days was aged for a day or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Balz, SASS#46599 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 18 year Jamison, whiskey stops aging once it's out of the barrel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Had some 13 day old stuff a roommate once made. Rates way up on the Richter (or is that Rictus?) scale. Never paid much attention to the age when I was still drinking and preferred Black Flag Jamaican rum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgetop Rich - SASS#42606 Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 It is my understanding that once whiskey is in the bottle, it stops aging. Didn't know if how long it had been in bottle affects things one way or the other. Saw an ad for a bottle of Jameson that was 112 yrs old, was mighty tempted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 White Grandpaw was a moonshiner and I had some of his still he made back in the early 1940's.......... I pulled the cork on it in the year 2010 and it sit my head on fire and made my kidneys scream ! Lord have mercy it was good ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriscoCounty Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Whiskey - 25 year old Glenfarclas & the Glenlivet 25 Brandy - Hennessy XO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 My brother is a fan of Bushmills and used to bring a bottle when he visited after business meetings. So whatever a half reasonable bottle of that is, that's the oldest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G #1840 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 50 yo Highland Park. At a relatives house for Thanksgiving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Well let me say first . I am a beer drinker. My wife's step dad has a 100 year old bottle of scotch . One day we we over to there house and I was having a beer. Roger said to me would you like some scotch . I said no thank you . I am a beer man . Roger said oh man this is good . Its a 100 year old bottle of scotch . Its so smooth . You will never have a chance again to have some thing like this. So I said OK I took a shot of scotch . It damned near made me PUKE I said Roger you was ripped off. Some one should have dumped this shit out a 100 years ago. I think he was offended. But I thought he gave me turpentine Sorry Pards but I will just stick to Beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I have a bottle of Apple Jack that was my wife's grandpa's from when he was younger. Should be 60 years old or so. I'll let you know how that turns out someday. I also have a quart of big Michigan cherries soaking in moonshine, aged about five years. Drinking it you would think you were tasting brandy. One shot and your ears start buzzing! Them cherries aint for the weak o' heart, I'm tellin ya what! The ones soaked in Everclear I may use in a Zippo...... Wow! Nasty stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 21 year old Bushmill's Single Malt Irish Whiskey. Very, very smooth. Wish I could justify buying a bottle more frequently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I let it age about a minute after I get it out of the jar. Coffinmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Three year old Breckenridge Bourbon is very nice, and wins awards. Makes me wonder about this aging stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 My wife brought me a bottle of 12 year year old Glenlivet scotch, from Scotland. Ok, but not the best I have tasted. My best remembered drink was from a bottle of cherry Brandy while sitting in the back of a deuce and a half, waiting to cross the Danube river on a cold dark January night. I have no idea how old it was, but it was smoooooth, warmed everything going down and sent a warm glow out from my belly. Remember it well, and I have never had another like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowCatcher Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Ran out of 12yr old Jameson tonight (only use the stuff for uh medicinal purposes, Jane is a bit under the weather) Sure like the 12yr old better than the regular. So time for another. Got me thinking though... what's the oldest whiskey you've ever drank, and was it that much better than the regular stuff. What say you? Had a few 25 yo scotches in the last few years, will probably try a few older still soon. Find the wood that they're aged/finished in makes more difference then the years in the wood, at least after 12 - 16 years . . . . Finishing a scotch in PJ sherry casks goes to a whole 'nother place . . . . SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 25+ yo Jack Daniels. Was helping aunt and uncle tear out cabinets. His dad left a partial half pint under the cabinet back in the 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Ray Hality, SASS# 37355 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Back in the 1990s when I was a drinkin' man, I was in a posse of husband and wifes that was a "dinner club" and we were quite extravagant about 4 times a year. One year we went to a high end French restaurant named "Deux Cheminees" in Philadelphia for Xmas dinner. We rented the Chefs private dining room and as an after dinner treat, several of us purchased a shot of Grand Mariner from the turn of the century. Smooth, but, not really worth the price paid. I have tried several older Scotch whiskies, and, my favorite is a 25 year old Laphroaig ... very smooth. In a heated brandy snifter. Good stuff! I do not drink anymore by choice. So, my last sip is in my basement, It is a bottle Bas Armagnac bottled the year I was born. That is preserved for a toast I shall have with my kids the year I die, God willing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Charlie, SASS # 48668L Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I'm with Dusty Balz on this one. We toured a Jamison Distillery in Cork,Ireland a couple of years ago. All Irish Whiskeys are triple distilled and, "Boy Howdy", what a difference that makes! I had a taste of the 18year old and it was like melting butter in your mouth...it was that smoothe. Sorry that I didn't buy a bottle while we were there. I can't seem to find it in any of my usual stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Mayo, SASS # 28961 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 18 year old Jameson, neat. Very smooth. I don't drink hardly at all any more, my choice but when I do have a drink it's 12 year old Jameson. I tried a number of Scotch whiskeys when I was stationed in Great Britain. I traveled with an Chief Master Sargent that was a scotch drinker. He told me that scotch is an acquired taste. I never was able to acquire a taste for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I'm with Dusty Balz on this one. We toured a Jamison Distillery in Cork,Ireland a couple of years ago. All Irish Whiskeys are triple distilled and, "Boy Howdy", what a difference that makes! I had a taste of the 18year old and it was like melting butter in your mouth...it was that smoothe. Sorry that I didn't buy a bottle while we were there. I can't seem to find it in any of my usual stores. +1. Nothing better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 18 year old Jameson, neat. Very smooth. I don't drink hardly at all any more, my choice but when I do have a drink it's 12 year old Jameson. I tried a number of Scotch whiskeys when I was stationed in Great Britain. I traveled with an Chief Master Sargent that was a scotch drinker. He told me that scotch is an acquired taste. I never was able to acquire a taste for it. It is an acquired taste, the problem is the most popular brands out there just aren't very good once you taste a good Irish whiskey or the better single malt scotches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Hacker, #60477 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I was given a 25 yr old bottle of McAllan fo a retirement present. IT was great, but probably not in proportion to the cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grouchy Greg, SASS#71981 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I don't believe in letting whiskey get old. It might get stale in the bottle or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Jack Hammer Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I dont know how it is yet because I haven't opened the bottle yet. When I turned 40 my brother gave me a 40 year old 1/2 gallon bottle Crown Royal bottled in 1965. I decided I'm going to crack it when we both turn 65 in 16 years....I'll let you know how it is then..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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