Ageing Bourbon in bottle...

[Al_Osterheld]

I don’t drink a lot of bourbon, so not much experience with old bottles. With decades old Scotch, they were often not made the same way back then as today, probably a casualty of the increased popularity. Old Lagavulin or Ardberg isn’t the same as what you buy, today, but I think little of the change is from bottle aging. I think long-term bottle aging does have an effect, though.

-Al

[Hugh_He]

I disagree with the notion that spirits do not change over time in unopened bottles. Spirits do change, slowly after many years in bottle. Leaving aside the impact of imperfect seals on evaporation and oxydation, old bottle affect is a difficult quality to describe, but it is apparent when you’ve tasted a lot of old bottles. One spirit that ages and improves over decades in bottle is Chartreuse.

I agree with you . I think it will change , if it’s not opened, good stay , old is better than new.