76 yr old Canadian Club...

[fetterjohn]

I was just gifted a bottle of 76 year old Canadian Club (label still on it says 1936). It's a 6 year aged bottle, still full with intact tax labels. What would this thing be worth?

-Fetter

 

[jabba]

most of the guys that drink that stuff in Canada aren't your typical collectors but my guess would be a lot.

 

[cigarsarge]

I think it would be worth drinking. :thumbs:

 

[AVB]

No real secondary market to judge so ebay would be your best bet. Personally, if you get over $100 I think that would be pretty good.

 

[CoventryCat86]

It's still really only six year old scotch so I don't think it would be worth a whole lot.

 

[AVB]

It's not even Scotch, it's a Canadian blend.

 

[CoventryCat86]

It's not even Scotch, it's a Canadian blend.

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Whoooops :blush:

Sorry about that....

 

[Burnt Tongue]

Do alcohol based beverages continue to age once they have been bottled? When I say aged, I mean improve over time or does a 12 year old bottle taste the same if you've had it for 12 years.

 

[AVB]

Spirits, unlike some wine, don't improve once they have been bottled nor do they "age".

 

[CoventryCat86]

Spirits, unlike some wine, don't improve once they have been bottled nor do they "age".

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Exactly! :thumbs:

AVB, this reminds me of question #36 from that "Alcohol Knowledge" test thread you had a while back:

36. For Christmas a relative has given you a bottle of twelve year-old single malt scotch. You let it sit in your closet for four years before you open it. Essentially, what have you opened?
A. A sixteen year-old scotch
B. A fourteen year-old scotch (it ages slower in the bottle)
C. A twelve year-old scotch that was collecting dust
D. A ruined bottle of scotch

The correct answer is "C"

 

[Burnt Tongue]

That's what I thought, thanks guys.