Question for the single malt gurus

[bikercelt1]

...if that bottle of Glenlivet has been open fur maire than 6 months... an if it is less than half fou.... it is nay langer tastin as it shuid...

My bottles don't usually last all that long once I've opened them but this is a new piece of information to me. I didn't realise that an opened bottle has a "shelf life". I have a couple of special bottles that I dole out sparringly, so how long should a good malt last once it has been opened? And can you do anything to prolong this time? Would transferring the remainders to a smaller bottle make it last longer?

Jamie

[Pour1Malt]

My bottles don't usually last all that long once I've opened them but this is a new piece of information to me. I didn't realise that an opened bottle has a "shelf life". I have a couple of special bottles that I dole out sparringly, so how long should a good malt last once it has been opened? And can you do anything to prolong this time? Would transferring the remainders to a smaller bottle make it last longer?

Jamie

the shelf life is because o' the alcohol evaporatin...

an some other scientific/chemically things...

sae- aye... smaller bottles (exposure tae less air) should make it last langer....

twisty tops are alsa terrible... be sure tae use a cork in a' yur bottles....

[Pour1Malt]

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[turpin]

the shelf life is because o' the alcohol evaporatin...

an some other scientific/chemically things...

sae- aye... smaller bottles (exposure tae less air) should make it last langer....

twisty tops are alsa terrible... be sure tae use a cork in a' yur bottles....

There's this thing called a Vac-U-Vin that stoppers a wine bottle and pumps out the air to prevent the wine from oxidizing. Would that be of any use in prolonging the life of a whisky as well?

[Big Mikey]

My bottles don't usually last all that long once I've opened them but this is a new piece of information to me. I didn't realise that an opened bottle has a "shelf life". I have a couple of special bottles that I dole out sparringly, so how long should a good malt last once it has been opened? And can you do anything to prolong this time? Would transferring the remainders to a smaller bottle make it last longer?

Jamie

Any good liquor or wine store should carry a preserving product. They are small cylinders of inert gas that when released into partly emptied bottles, displace oxygen. This will prevent oxidation which can spoil wines and liquor. And no, they will not alter taste.

[Pour1Malt]

Any good liquor or wine store should carry a preserving product. They are small cylinders of inert gas that when released into partly emptied bottles, displace oxygen. This will prevent oxidation which can spoil wines and liquor. And no, they will not alter taste.

Mikey!

n'er heard o' that in the whisky world!

brill!!!