Anyone enjoying the drink tonight?

[Dave2512]

With all the amazing breweries in CO I expected a top 5.

[Buckeyebowman]

On 5/20/2016 at 0:14 PM, boogielicious said:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3596816/Bottoms-Appleton-Wisconsin-named-DRUNKEST-city-United-States.html#ixzz491fzLV30

I've been to Appleton a few times. I don't recall it being that boozy.

I'm sensing a theme here eh @cipher!

 

Has anyone beside me noticed that all of those are Northern U.S. cities?! That may be because the Winters are long and cold and dark!

[cipher]

On 5/20/2016 at 11:14 AM, boogielicious said:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3596816/Bottoms-Appleton-Wisconsin-named-DRUNKEST-city-United-States.html#ixzz491fzLV30

I've been to Appleton a few times. I don't recall it being that boozy.

I'm sensing a theme here eh @cipher!

 

A sad fact indeed about this area.  It is crazy how much drinking goes on here.  It does keep my shop full of cars though!  

[Papa Steve 55]

Usually drink Jack N Coke.....discovered Honey Jack this weekend, its a nice change of pace.

[colin007]

My friend's aunt passed away recently and they were clearing out her basement, came across some bottles of old stuff from the sixties. He doesn't drink so he told me to come take it. Are any of these any good or worth anything being this old?

 

[Ernest Jones]

On May 16, 2016 at 7:26 AM, Gator Hazard said:

Nice. My sister just moved there last month. I want to take the family up for a visit sometime. She loves it there so far. 

Your sister moved to a tap room?

On June 6, 2016 at 10:48 AM, cipher said:

A sad fact indeed about this area.  It is crazy how much drinking goes on here.  It does keep my shop full of cars though!  

 

2 hours ago, colin007 said:

My friend's aunt passed away recently and they were clearing out her basement, came across some bottles of old stuff from the sixties. He doesn't drink so he told me to come take it. Are any of these any good or worth anything being this old?

 

Nope. All pretty run of the mill, nothing special. 

[colin007]

58 minutes ago, Ernest Jones said:

Nope. All pretty run of the mill, nothing special. 

Even with the age?  There was a bottle of old rum that I tasted that was soooo smooth, the sugars had really developed nicely and mellowed.

[Gator Hazard]

1 hour ago, Ernest Jones said:

Your sister moved to a tap room?

 

Nope. All pretty run of the mill, nothing special. 

She does like to drink and mingle so maybe. I know it's down the street from one at a minimum. 

[Ernest Jones]

7 minutes ago, colin007 said:

Even with the age?  There was a bottle of old rum that I tasted that was soooo smooth, the sugars had really developed nicely and mellowed.

Distilled alcohol doesn't age once bottled like wine does. 10 year old scotch is still 10 year old scotch even if you keep for 50 years. 

[colin007]

9 hours ago, Ernest Jones said:

Distilled alcohol doesn't age once bottled like wine does. 10 year old scotch is still 10 year old scotch even if you keep for 50 years. 

Ok, that makes sense. But does anything else happen to it? My father in law found an old old bottle of Southern Comfort last year and it tasted incredible compared to a new bottle.

[boogielicious]

48 minutes ago, colin007 said:

Ok, that makes sense. But does anything else happen to it? My father in law found an old old bottle of Southern Comfort last year and it tasted incredible compared to a new bottle.

You'll just have to try them all and give us a report!!!

[colin007]

14 hours ago, boogielicious said:

You'll just have to try them all and give us a report!!!

That honestly would probably be the best course of action. If I were a wise man I would have thought of that myself... 

[Gator Hazard]

51 minutes ago, colin007 said:

That honestly would probably be the best course of action. If I were a wise man I would have thought of that myself... 

Keep that J&B bottle. That is an old label that they have not used in ages. Love it. 

[Ernest Jones]

1 hour ago, Gator Hazard said:

Keep that J&B bottle. That is an old label that they have not used in ages. Love it. 

Agreed, most of the labels, especially the Canadian Seagram's brands are classics that you don't see anymore. Hell, the Seagram distillery doesn't even exist anymore!

[colin007]

11 hours ago, Ernest Jones said:

Agreed, most of the labels, especially the Canadian Seagram's brands are classics that you don't see anymore. Hell, the Seagram distillery doesn't even exist anymore!

 

13 hours ago, Gator Hazard said:

Keep that J&B bottle. That is an old label that they have not used in ages. Love it. 

So can I drink them but just keep the labels? Are they valuable or just of a "cool" value?

[Dave2512]

I'd keep them unopened. You can't replace it and what you can get at the store is close enough. That J&B bottle is fantastic, would look really cool next to vintage barware.

[Gator Hazard]

1 hour ago, Dave2512 said:

I'd keep them unopened. You can't replace it and what you can get at the store is close enough. That J&B bottle is fantastic, would look really cool next to vintage barware.

Agreed. They are just cool bar pieces with more value as they are.  Not sure they are worth a lot but probably not that many unopened 50 year old bottles floating around anymore. Keep them on bar shelf for show with a more current version underneath for drinking. 

[DaveP043]

Tonight is a nip of connemara single malt irish whiskey and a half pint of Guinness in Eugene's Bar in Ennistymon, county Clare, my last night in Ireland.