I know, some folks stop and buy a bottle on the way home. Its life expectancy is measured in hours. My bottle of Henke's Cherry Brandy, like so many things, wasn't new when I got it. That was when I left Schenley Distillers back in mid 1976. Never opened. It just sits.

A bottle of 1971 Knockando (bottled in 1982) given to me to celebrate the first flight of my amateur built LongEZ on 4th of July 1983. Might break the seal this New Year's eve.

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A bottle of 1971 Knockando (bottled in 1982) given to me to celebrate the first flight of my amateur built LongEZ on 4th of July 1983. Might break the seal this New Year's eve.

10 days before i was born!

.....unopened?

Some French stuff from 1983. Was a gift since I was born in 83.

I no longer keep booze sitting around. A lot of it actually goes bad.

I have a bottle of wine that the hospital gave us when our son was born in 1986.

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.....unopened?

^^^^ you beat me to it!! ^^^^

A bottle of Tobermory Limited 1798 edition single malt scotch whisky given to me a decade ago by a dear friend who passed in 2015. I doubt I’ll ever open it. Doesn’t seem right without being able to share it with him. So it sits on the bar cart collecting dust for now.

WhistlePig Rye from 12/22/20.

It will be gone tonight.

A bottle of Ballentine Scotch that I inherited. My great uncle got it in the late 60s.

I bought a bottle of Eagle Rare middle of September that was bottled in 2010 its still unopened... Its also the only bottle of anything in the house.

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A bottle of Tobermory Limited 1798 edition single malt scotch whisky given to me a decade ago by a dear friend who passed in 2015. I doubt I’ll ever open it. Doesn’t seem right without being able to share it with him. So it sits on the bar cart collecting dust for now.

Were I you, I would visit his grave if possible and have a drink with him on his birthday, just a thought.

I've got a bottle of ouzo that I bought on a business trip to Greece in 1989.

'63 Fonseca

Bout’ 36 hours.

Seriously though. I have a bottle of whine from our Wedding that’s labeled Christophe so that is about 20 years old.

I have owned a bottle of 30 year old Scotch but that is now gone.

In December of 1985 at the end of my Marine Corps enlistment I made a run on what was then called the Package store on base at Quantico. I still have unopened bottles from that day also wife and I have an unopened bottle of champagne from 1984 that was given to us as a gift from another Marine and his wife.

The oldest that I have is a bottle of Maker's Mark that I dipped myself in 2008. I'll open it at some point when the time is right.

When my wife's grandfather passed away in 2018 we found a bottle of Crown Royal that he had from 1972. I still have the bottle today, but it's no longer unopened. We all had a glass that night.

I found this bottle out in my Grandfather's wood working shop, seal has been broken but looks untouched.

Made: Fall 1969
Bottled: Fall 1980

Pint bottle of Four Roses bought on September 1, 1959. That was the first day of legal liquor in Oklahoma.
My Mother actually bought it for me at my request since I was only 15 at the time.