I have a bottle of unopened Jack Daniels which is 10 years old. Will this still be OK to drink or should I give my kitchen sink an unexpected treat?
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Oh my!!! It could be highly dangerous + a biohazard EC!!! 
Best send it to me, for safe disposal. 
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Oh my!!! It could be highly dangerous + a biohazard EC!!!
Best send it to me, for safe disposal.
It's in the post Roger. 
I've had a look online and more say it will be OK than not, but the impression I get is that if it is unopened it is likely to be in better condition than if opened.
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Oh my!!! It could be highly dangerous + a biohazard EC!!!
Best send it to me, for safe disposal.
It's in the post Roger.
I've had a look online and more say it will be OK than not, but the impression I get is that if it is unopened it is likely to be in better condition than if opened.
Of course its ok EC to drink EC 
... Doesn't most booze improve with age?
It's posssible that the alcohol content has changed over the years.
Although Jack Daniels isn't scotch whisky I found this method of testing the alcohol content of scotch whisky.
To test it you will need some gunpowder. Mix some Jack Daniels with some gunpowder and set fire to it. The brighter the flame, the higher the alcohol content. If it's blue and weak then the alcohol content is too low. Unfortunately the article doesn't say how much gunpowder is needed:
http://www.whisky.com/informat...f-scotch-whisky.html
Just beware that this is probably illegal, you could get arrested on terrorism charges, and it's dangerous and could cause serious injury, death or major damage to property.
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Oh my!!! It could be highly dangerous + a biohazard EC!!!
Best send it to me, for safe disposal.
It's in the post Roger.
I've had a look online and more say it will be OK than not, but the impression I get is that if it is unopened it is likely to be in better condition than if opened.
Of course its ok EC to drink EC ... Doesn't most booze improve with age?
Some have said that once bottled whiskies of this type don't improve, but I would not know.
i know proper whisky can last for years unopened but JD is blended
so if you drink this ->
after you could be like this ->
Originally Posted by El Loro:
It's posssible that the alcohol content has changed over the years.
Although Jack Daniels isn't scotch whisky I found this method of testing the alcohol content of scotch whisky.
To test it you will need some gunpowder. Mix some Jack Daniels with some gunpowder and set fire to it. The brighter the flame, the higher the alcohol content. If it's blue and weak then the alcohol content is too low. Unfortunately the article doesn't say how much gunpowder is needed:
http://www.whisky.com/informat...f-scotch-whisky.html
Just beware that this is probably illegal, you could get arrested on terrorism charges, and it's dangerous and could cause serious injury, death or major damage to property.
I don't really like whisky - that doesn't help but just wanted to say . . .
Originally Posted by Jen-Star:
I would try one drink today (if no work tomorrow) then if no bad side effects for the next 2 days it's probably not going to kill you
As I am nearly teetotal now I was thinking of giving it away to someone (of course I would tell them the age of it first).
I am off work but don't fancy drinking it Jen. 
Originally Posted by Saint:
I don't really like whisky - that doesn't help but just wanted to say . . .
Neither do I Saint, can't even stand the smell of it.
But I used to like JD as it a Bourbon (sp).
A type of biscuit !!!!
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Oh my!!! It could be highly dangerous + a biohazard EC!!!
Best send it to me, for safe disposal.
It's in the post Roger.
I've had a look online and more say it will be OK than not, but the impression I get is that if it is unopened it is likely to be in better condition than if opened.
I vaguely remember discussing this on the forum a while back, and that's essentially correct. Whisky does go off over time, and the less there is in the bottle (i.e. the more air is present), the quicker it will go off.
Personally I'd have thought an unopened bottle would be fine. However, even if it is, you've still only got a bottle of JD...
Originally Posted by El Loro:
It's posssible that the alcohol content has changed over the years.
Although Jack Daniels isn't scotch whisky I found this method of testing the alcohol content of scotch whisky.
To test it you will need some gunpowder. Mix some Jack Daniels with some gunpowder and set fire to it. The brighter the flame, the higher the alcohol content. If it's blue and weak then the alcohol content is too low. Unfortunately the article doesn't say how much gunpowder is needed:
http://www.whisky.com/informat...f-scotch-whisky.html
Just beware that this is probably illegal, you could get arrested on terrorism charges, and it's dangerous and could cause serious injury, death or major damage to property.
Originally Posted by El Loro:
It's posssible that the alcohol content has changed over the years.
Although Jack Daniels isn't scotch whisky I found this method of testing the alcohol content of scotch whisky.
To test it you will need some gunpowder. Mix some Jack Daniels with some gunpowder and set fire to it. The brighter the flame, the higher the alcohol content. If it's blue and weak then the alcohol content is too low. Unfortunately the article doesn't say how much gunpowder is needed:
http://www.whisky.com/informat...f-scotch-whisky.html
Just beware that this is probably illegal, you could get arrested on terrorism charges, and it's dangerous and could cause serious injury, death or major damage to property.
Your terrible Muriel!....
I'd just neck it....whisky type booze keeps forever...
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
I have a bottle of unopened Jack Daniels which is 10 years old. Will this still be OK to drink or should I give my kitchen sink an unexpected treat?
anything 40% proof is a preservative....it's fine 
go for it! Should be fine!
Derek Acorah blocked me on twitter because of Jack Daniels. 
I only asked for his advice. It went something like this "I recently did a ouija & now the glass is possessed by an evil spirit that makes me do bad things, he says he is called Jack Daniels.'
Originally Posted by Cinds:
Derek Acorah blocked me on twitter because of Jack Daniels.
I only asked for his advice. It went something like this "I recently did a ouija & now the glass is possessed by an evil spirit that makes me do bad things, he says he is called Jack Daniels.'
