Bourbon

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(03-07-2022, 03:58 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: If you can zoom in, look on the top shelf to the right of the mirror.  You'll see a freshly opened bottle of some rather expensive Booker's.  It tasted like battery acid.  My buddy said, we'll let that one "breath" for about 6 months, and then it will likely taste much different.

I don't know about any of that. I've had bottles for years and see very little change in the complexion over time if they are kept in a bottle with the cork in. Now if you put them in a decanter, a certain amount of the alcohol will evaporate, but in a sealed bottle nothing is going to change. I've heard all the myths about headspace, etc., I just don't buy it because in my 44 years of drinking bourbon, I just haven't found it to be true. It's not like a cigar where the complexion will change over time in a humidor, it's in a sealed bottle. Whiskey does not age in a bottle.