My parents are about to give away a bottle of Dewar's White Label Scotch Whisky, and while I know that it is an inexpensive whisky, I am curious to figure out how old is it and what the value may be. I can't find a date, I found a similar but not exact photo of a label that said about the 1960s. There is a number "382012630" on the seal on the top and the other side of the seal says "schenley import company New York, NY"
Any clues? Am I looking at the right place? Thanks
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Susan
I'm not sure what you want to know.
If you're talking about the age of the *whisky*, well since the minimum time a Scotch whisky must be matured in an oak cask in order to be allowed to be called scotch whisky is three years, my guess is that the whiskies mixed in an "inexpensive" blend with no age statement is: three years.
You see, whisky doesn't mature in bottles, only in casks. So a three year old scotch bottled and sitting on a shelf for ten years is still three years old. This is explained in another, slightly inflamed, thread.
But a whisky with no age statement is a whisky with no age statement (that was deep ;-).
If yoy're talking about the age of the *bottle* I'm afraid I can't help you.
Cheers! Ingemar
Susan, there may be a way to tell the age of the White Label but I doubt it. It is a blended scotch and sold in mass quantities. In specific terms the age is determined by how long it has been in a cask, not the bottle. Normally speaking the "age" of a scotch is only used when referring to a single malt scotch and W.L. isn't one of those. The scotch has a value equal to what it would cost today in any liquor store in your area.
Dave
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