Pa. caretaker charged with drinking old whiskey

yahoo.com ^ | 3/22/13 | AP

[ColdOne]

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Fifty-two bottles of well-aged whiskey disappeared between his lips, police said, and now it's time for a western Pennsylvania man to settle up.

John Saunders, the former live-in caretaker of a Pittsburgh-area mansion, faces criminal charges for allegedly drinking more than $100,000 worth of the owner's whiskey.

Owner Patricia Hill found nine cases of whiskey hidden in the walls and stairwell of the century-old Georgian mansion built by coal and coke industrialist J.P. Brennan after she bought it in 2012. The Old Farm Pure Rye Whiskey was produced in the early 1900s by the nearby West Overton Distilling Co.

[Fiji Hill]

Several years ago, I was having breakfast at my friend’s grandmother’s house. He suggested that we spice up our coffee with a shot of rum, so we grabbed a bottle of Bacardi from the shelf.

However, I noticed that the bottle looked different from the usual Bacardi bottles.And when I read the label, it contained an address in Cuba. Looking further, I noticed that the bottle was dated 1953.

The rum was still good, and my friend kept it around for special occasions.

[martin_fierro]

"Brown spice notes." Hmmmmm.

PITTSBURGH PING 'N'AT

[smoothsailing]

"Owner Patricia Hill found nine cases of whiskey hidden in the walls and stairwell of the century-old Georgian mansion built by coal and coke industrialist J.P. Brennan after she bought it in 2012. The Old Farm Pure Rye Whiskey was produced in the early 1900s by the nearby West Overton Distilling Co."