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i just moved into my new house and i found an unopend bottle, it has two stickers one says 1962 the other 1975, aged 8 years,(40 yrs now), does anybody know what it is worth? and is it safe to drink( i would imagine it would just be very strong)?

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Originally posted by umba
i just moved into my new house and i found an unopend bottle, it has two stickers one says 1962 the other 1975, aged 8 years,(40 yrs now), does anybody know what it is worth? and is it safe to drink( i would imagine it would just be very strong)?
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http://www.theartofdrink.com/blog/2006/12/old-unopened-bottles-of-whiskey.php#more

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Originally posted by leisurelysloth
http://www.theartofdrink.com/blog/2006/12/old-unopened-bottles-of-whiskey.php#more
yeah, i found that site before i came here, it didnt help much, well i guess something is only worth how much somebody is willing to spend on it... so ill start the bidding at $100, do i hear $150?

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Originally posted by umba
i just moved into my new house and i found an unopend bottle, it has two stickers one says 1962 the other 1975, aged 8 years,(40 yrs now), does anybody know what it is worth? and is it safe to drink( i would imagine it would just be very strong)?
Aging doesn't take place in the bottle. The 8 years refers to how long it was soaking up flavours from the wooden cask.

EDIT: Oops, just checked the article posted earlier and my point was already made. Found out some interesting stuff about wine though!

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Originally posted by umba
i just moved into my new house and i found an unopend bottle, it has two stickers one says 1962 the other 1975, aged 8 years,(40 yrs now), does anybody know what it is worth? and is it safe to drink( i would imagine it would just be very strong)?
the age refers to how long it's been in a cask, once it is bottled, it will always be an 8 year old whiskey, etc...

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Originally posted by umba
i just moved into my new house and i found an unopend bottle, it has two stickers one says 1962 the other 1975, aged 8 years,(40 yrs now), does anybody know what it is worth? and is it safe to drink( i would imagine it would just be very strong)?
In case you didn't hear it the first three times:

8 years is how long the whiskey is aged in its cask. It doesn't "mature" in the bottle.

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Originally posted by darvlay
In case you didn't hear it the first three times:

8 years is how long the whiskey is aged in its cask. It doesn't "mature" in the bottle.
Whaddya gettin' at here Darv?

But it was an interesting article. Good post Leisurely

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Originally posted by umba
yeah, i found that site before i came here, it didnt help much, well i guess something is only worth how much somebody is willing to spend on it... so ill start the bidding at $100, do i hear $150?
It certainly seems to answer your second question regarding the safety of drinking this stuff. For me, it answers the first as well. If aging isn't significantly going to change it then I wouldn't be interested in paying a premium.

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Originally posted by Frank Burns
Whaddya gettin' at here Darv?

But it was an interesting article. Good post Leisurely
Thanks. I thought it was valuable information.

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Originally posted by Frank Burns
Whaddya gettin' at here Darv?

But it was an interesting article. Good post Leisurely
Yes, it was an interesting article. I was just trying to be funny. Looks like I failed again. Sorry Frank.

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Originally posted by darvlay
Yes, it was an interesting article. I was just trying to be funny. Looks like I failed again. Sorry Frank.
No you didn't, I got it. I was just kidding the crowd with you.

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surely somebody knows something about this that can help, are there any appraisal websites that anybody knows of?