Is 44 year-old whisky drinkable?

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"mhicaoidh" wrote

No, the whisky will not be good, because 6yr Seagram's VO is not good, period, no matter how long it has had a chance to spoil.

To the OP: (a) it should not be a health concern, and (b) whisky does not age once bottled. At best, this is a preserved 6yr whisky. At best. My suggestion is that you try to attain a 40 year old can of ginger ale or Coke.

John

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J Derby

The whisky will be fine. As blends go, Seagram's is pretty good. I would try and sell it.

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cheeny weeny

Is Seagrams VO the same as Seagram's 7 or something different?

Have to say I've not been a Seagrams fan since I was about 18, or at least Seagram's 7, if it differs from VO. Makes me cringe & reminds of my adolescent drinking. In fact, over the years I've concluded there are

5 major cocktails on which people cut their teeth, one of which uses Seagrams, although I know there are others. Not surprisingly, most have one thing in common - sweetness, except for the last:

Seven & Seven (mainly guys) Sex on the Beach (mainly girls) Rum & Coke (both) Screwdriver (both) Gin & tonic (both)

For the record, I'm a 43 y.o. man, so other age groups likely have different perspectives on this.

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*BFB* NYC
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BFB

Is Seagrams VO the same as Seagram's 7 or something different?

Have to say I've not been a Seagrams fan since I was about 18, or at least Seagram's 7, if it differs from VO. Makes me cringe & reminds of my adolescent drinking. In fact, over the years I've concluded there are

5 major cocktails on which people cut their teeth, one of which uses Seagrams, although I know there are others. Not surprisingly, most have one thing in common - sweetness, except for the last:

Seven & Seven (mainly guys) Sex on the Beach (mainly girls) Rum & Coke (both) Screwdriver (both) Gin & tonic (both)

For the record, I'm a 43 y.o. man, so other age groups likely have different perspectives on this.

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*BFB* NYC
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BFB

"J Derby" schreef in bericht news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com...

Maybe you shouldn't open it, but try and find a whisky collector. A 6 yo Seagram's is "nothing" but a 44 year old, full whisky bottle (with the label hopefully intact) might be "something".

Frans

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woutje

BFB ( snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com) wrote: : Have to say I've not been a Seagrams fan since I was about 18, or at : least Seagram's 7, if it differs from VO. Makes me cringe & reminds of : my adolescent drinking. In fact, over the years I've concluded there are : 5 major cocktails on which people cut their teeth, one of which uses : Seagrams, although I know there are others. Not surprisingly, most have : one thing in common - sweetness, except for the last:

: Seven & Seven (mainly guys) : Sex on the Beach (mainly girls) : Rum & Coke (both) : Screwdriver (both) : Gin & tonic (both)

Pretty close to my experience. My first alcoholic beverage was beer, but over at a school party one night at a girl's apartment she offered me my first mixed drink, a "rye & ginger" (actually Canadian Club and Canada Dry). I liked it. After that when I felt like having a drink on my own I would go to the liquor store and buy a 12 ounce Seagram's VO. Not sure why I went with that except I thought Seagram's was a classy name and VO seemed something of a classy brand. I remember when I was buying it the price was under $5.00. I stayed with it for a while until I overindulged once and the results were not pretty. Haven't had it since.

-- Greg Beaulieu snipped-for-privacy@chebucto.ns.ca Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Greg Beaulieu

Afraid I don't know. Thing is, I'm from the UK so Seagram's VO is a bit of a novelty and was first drunk by me on the back off a lot of Scotch and Bourbon experience. Jim Murray gives it some crazy score in his book.

Cheers,

C.

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cheeny weeny

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, cheeny weeny vociferated:

Yeah, put it on eBay -- *somebody* will pay you at least twice what it's worth. :-)

Dr H

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Dr H

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