gillmang wrote:Very impressive collection, thanks for sharing. Have you tried any of the bottles that had whiskey in them, e.g. the one pictured above? Curious on your impressions. Is the taste similar to straight rye today, to bourbon, to the new craft ones, etc.? If different, how so?
Gary
I've only tried one pre-prohibition whiskey and it was quite a bit more aromatic and tasty than any of today's whiskeys I've tried. After opening the bottle that was sealed for over 100 years, we poured it out into another bottle and it filled the whole room with a buttery caramel/toffee kind of smell. I've never experienced anything like that with any of today's whiskey. People say whiskey doesn't change once it's bottled, but I swear I can taste the age. I can only describe it like how you can smell the age in an antique book. New books just don't smell the same as antique books and I believe it's the same with pre-prohibition whiskey.