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How well does unopened old alcohol keep itself?
I got two old bottles of Czech Becherovka and hungarian Vilmos from the 70s or 80s I bought years ago at a yard sale, from both of which visibly have gotten a small bit emptier.
Would they still be safe to drink?
The bottles are 38% and 40% abv respectively.

>> No.18024747

>>18024736
depends on the conditions it's been kept in. just try them you pansy

>> No.18024755

>>18024736
>unopened
>38% and 40%

they're fine

>> No.18024764

>>18024736
They lost some alcohol but should still be above 35% or so and safe to drink.
I got some brandies and metaxa from my grandparents from that era they had in their cellar from that era and they are still good. Theyeven taste much better than the contemporary stuff they sell.

>> No.18024775

>>18024736
>Becherovka
Holy shit, I haven't heard that name for twenty years. Someone at boarding school got a bottle of it and it got passed around for ages because no one liked the smell of all the spices. We called it Christmas drink, I still remember where I was sitting when I finished the bottle.

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18024779

NIGGER

>> No.18024786

Yeah nah yeah you'll be sweet as cunt. Happy drinking.

>> No.18026386

>>18024736
I have consumed 40 year old Crown Royal. Still alive

>> No.18026441

>>18024779
B-B-B-BASED
BASED
B-B-BASED

>> No.18027176

OP here.
Just tasted the vintage Becherovka and it appears fine.
Mainly tasted remarkably strongly (as probably expectable from Becherovka) of cinnamon.
>>18024775
>Holy shit, I haven't heard that name for twenty years. Someone at boarding school got a bottle of it and it got passed around for ages because no one liked the smell of all the spices. We called it Christmas drink, I still remember where I was sitting when I finished the bottle.
Let me guess, besides the christmas spice flavor, it was also remarkable for the sugar and spices covering up near completely the alcohol taste not unlike Southern Comfort?

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18027349

0srr0

>> No.18028244

>>18027176
Yeah, from what I remember it was perfectly pleasant, we just didn't like it because it was too overpowering to drink as a "get drunk" drink.

>> No.18028271

>>18024736
Bechovovka is great
kinda like lighter, less sickly cough sirupy Jaeger

I don't think these can ever go bad