Found my grandfather's old bourbon bottles, would like input

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Found my grandfather's old bourbon bottles, would like input

Unread postby Matthew_KY » Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:50 pm

He got these bottles over many years at work. If you'd like, I can get better pictures. Some of the bottles are really neat. As far as I can tell, they are all from the '50s and '60s.
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Re: Found my grandfather's old bourbon bottles, would like i

Unread postby Bourbon Joe » Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:22 am

You have an array of some very fine whiskies there. Put them in a cool, dark place and give them to your Grandchildren.
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Re: Found my grandfather's old bourbon bottles, would like i

Unread postby Matthew_KY » Fri Oct 11, 2013 12:24 am

Thanks! I hate the evaporation on some of them, but I'll just make sure to do what you said and also to keep them standing straight up.
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Re: Found my grandfather's old bourbon bottles, would like i

Unread postby Bourbon Joe » Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:18 am

Matthew_KY wrote:Thanks! I hate the evaporation on some of them, but I'll just make sure to do what you said and also to keep them standing straight up.


You can stop the evaporation using Parafilm (google it). It works very well.
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Re: Found my grandfather's old bourbon bottles, would like i

Unread postby Kyle689425 » Fri Nov 08, 2013 2:23 am

KORBEL is my favorite.
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Re: Found my grandfather's old bourbon bottles, would like i

Unread postby gillmang » Fri Nov 08, 2013 4:58 pm

I would open them and post tasting notes here against current versions of the same stuff. Everyone is different I know but I just can't figure keeping all this, parafilm or no they will continue to evaporate until worthless. If you don't drink bourbon I'd give them to someone who can appreciate them. That's what I think.

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