“Why wouldn’t it be drinkable?”
Dude, “proabition era”....meaning its bootleg uncontrolled bathtub type hooch. Even if it was drinkable when it was distilled, no telling what its turned into in the time since. LOL
"Old Smuggler" is a Scotch Whiskey. There was a brisk trade in importing legal booze illegally from Canada, Mexico, Cuba, etc. during prohibition. Not everyone was drinking bathtub gin or moonshine!
Do you think it is impossible to make good whiskey without a government stamp on it? Or that a bootlegger wouldn’t know to properly store whiskey?
Chances are that most are ruined but in the walls of a brick house might provide an adequate environment.
I read an article about the whiskey they found under the house in Antarctica and it was still potable:
Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s century-old whisky has been retrieved. LONDON, Feb. 5, 2010 — Whisky bottles belonging to the antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, kept on ice for more than 100 years, have been found and retrieved from beneath the explorer’s abandoned hut.
Interesting story though... the bottles themselves are worth something to collectors.