Hello there people with knowledge!! was advised to look for user EllenJ hope I got it right !
Not really sure whether this is the right forum to be in for this question but here goes:
Whilst clearing out my recent desceased fathers house considering he never drunk in his life a number of wines dates 1921 and 1934 but fot this forum I found a bootle of rye whisky I believe was made in 1872. I have searched the net in research but the label is nothing like any i have seen most labels appear to be much later. The head line is
A.overholt & Co
Established 1810
Distillers of Monongahela Pure Rye Whisky
the finest rye whiskey in the world
Pittsburgh PA
the neck has a collar stuck on it it saying "Distilled in 1872 bottled by WM.J.Friday, Pittsburgh,PA"
The neck appears to have a lead seal over similar to a wine bottle with some sort of stamp impressed in on it at the very top. Once I cleared the half inch of dust of the bottle i havent had the guts to wash it in case i destroy the label the clarity appears very good a deep deddish brown with no sort of sediment at all. Any advice would be very helpful and any knowledge about it as a brand and the sort of taste it may have and whether its still drinkable would be graerfully received. Mctears the whisky auctioneers seemed very keen on it after an initial enquiry and though I put it up for sale I am now having second thoughts or what i should do with it to find out more about this bottle
Meanwhile i am going back to the 100% proof old grandad whiskey we found at the same time dated 1951 never been a bourbon drinker always been a malt man but its certainly growing on me
Thanks for your help Paul