Distilled alcohol does not go bad, teenagers add water to it to hide their depredations.
I have close to 30 various 1.5 liter bottles, a bunch of fifths and liqueur bottles, a dozen pints, some airline bottles, it would be useful in a period of national emergency.
A “life-changing cocktail”?
That would almost always be a bad thing.
We can’t seem to keep liquor in our house for any length of time, so this article, while informative, is totally useless in my situation. 🤣
My grandad never worried about vodka going off, it never lasted that long with him.
C2H5OH in comestible substances is bad from the get-go, IMHO.
What I have learned as an octogenarian is that ethanol is a toxin, a deadly poison, and those who ingest it are fools, as I had been. People find excuses to use it as a recreational substance, but any amount of it drunken makes one in-toxic-ated. It kills living cells in direct contact with this chemical.
Under certain controlled circumstances when administered medically it can be beneficial enough to temporarily offset its life-killing properties, but over the long haul its use kills not only one's living cellular tissues, but also afflicts relationships with animals, other humans, as well as with the Creator of both flesh and spirit, The One Who advises otherwise.
One needs no excuse to exclude it or the people who use it (as I once did, regrettably) from one's life experiences. But the reasons are plentiful, as a truly wise person completely understands and agrees.
Sealed bottles last long enough.
Once opened, they loose their zip.
Those last few pops of a long-lived shelf queen taste nasty.
Any Bartender worth his Spirits will agree.
Buy volumes that fit your consumption.
Pints, Fiths etc for you teetotalers.
My experience is that alcohol goes bad between my stomach and my brain causing stupid sh!t.
Not a concern in m6 household...hiccup
Hey Headline-Writer!
How do you know what I “need to know”, you ignorant slut? How about you learn to write a headline that accurately summarizes the article? Does that take too many neurons?
I remember hearing you have to be careful when storing spirits in crystal decanters because I believe crystal is made of lead and it can leach into the spirit over time. Not sure if this is still the case or now.
I had the opportunity to taste goat milk vodka in Mongolia. My host gave me a large glass (probably 3 shots worth) and I took a small sip to be polite. It tasted like any other vodka... that is, it had very little flavor at all.
Alcohol (by fermentation) was one of the earliest forms of food preservation. The ancients grew barley and made beer from it, but this beer wasn’t a recreational beverage, it was syrupy and soup-like.
The first great era of exploration was fueled by this beer because with pack animals (or ships) carrying clay jars of beer, they could spend weeks traveling and exploring without having to forage for food or water. The standard pay ration for the workers on the pyramids of the Giza plateau included a gallon of beer per day.
Beer or wine was essential to survival in Medieval Europe. There were few great civilizations that could manage to manage large civic projects like fresh water and sewage disposal (as classical Rome had), so cities were heavily polluted and water anywhere near a large settlement was always foul. People who drank water were almost certain to get sick from it. People who shunned water for wine, beer or ale were far less likely to contract environmental diseases.
The “grog” you so often hear spoken of in period sailing movies was watered-down gin. A spot of gin in the water kept it from going bad. And there also was a weak beer referred to as “ship’s beer” that served to the same effect. Even children traveling on these vessels drank ship’s beer.
The Mayflower’s original destination was the Virginia colony but by the time they sighted the Massachusetts coastline, they already were low on critical supplies, including ship’s beer, so they decided Plymouth was good enough.
I had two bottles of unopened prewar scotch. A ceramic jug of Red Hackle and a bottle of Pinch.
The experts told me to go ahead and drink them before the corks went bad or something happened, so this last Easter I opened the Red Hackle. The cork was light and offered no resistance, crumbled, so I decanted the scotch into another bottle. It was dark and a bit thick but tasted fine. The family, being scotch lovers, enjoyed the treat.
This Christmas, the Haig and Haig Pinch will be the main attraction!
my understanding is that the robust character of box wine makes it the least sensitive of all the wines to the vagaries of delicate handling and storage conditions. I therefore conclude that box wine is the ideal wine ...
a lot of times, fine distilled spirits only SEEM to lose their punch because teenage offspring siphon small amounts periodically replacing such pilferages with ordinary tap water ...
What is the one food item that never spoils or goes bad?
I’ve had alcohol go bad...very bad..in my stomach overnight!😎