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Does alcohol go off?
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Most alcohol doesn't last long in our house either! No point us having a wine rack because it would always be empty!:p We don't drink brandy or rum though and they just sit at the back of the cupboard!0
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I'm sorry, I have no idea, but i'd happily test them for you, purely to see if they were OK
SK xAfter 4 years of heartache, 3 rounds of IVF and 1 loss :A - we are finally expecting our miracle Ki11en - May 2014 :j
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Any spirits will last pretty much forever: the alcohol is the preservative. Make some Xmas pud now or get a recipe book for cocktails. My favourite winter-warmer is brandy and port mixed 50/50 but my usual limit is just the one, it's VERY "warming"0
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Got some brandys and single malts unopened that date back almost 10 years so I'm hoping they will still be ok.I hate migraines.0
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If they can age single malt in brandy or sherry barrels then in a bottle is the same. If you open them and find they're not OK, please send them to me0
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My brandy , will make the cake this week , will come out of a bottle that I have used for over five years.0
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I had a clean out of the larder and found a half finished bottle of Gordon's Gin that must have been in there for a good 8 years - will it still be ok to drink or is that a bit too old?0
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It will be fine. Try it.0
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It will never go off and that's why alcohol in general and spirits in particular are used as preservatives. It's not just for the lovely flavour!
Enjoy your G&Ts. Freshly-squeezed lemon juice, some sugar and gin is known round our way as a "Yellow Fever" and very nice it is, too. A couple of drops of Angostura Bitters and some soda water on top and it's magiced itself into a Tom Collins. Yummy0 -
Never gets the chance in my house
But in answer to your question, I doubt it.Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand,
What you've been out there searching for forever is in your hands0
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