bundaberg rum

[koalacuddles]

I have a very old bottle of Bundaberg Rum. Must be over 20 years old and unopened. Can someone please tell me does it go off, or would it be better with age. Im looking to sell it but would hate to do so if it's going to be off.

[Media Park]

Just throw it away... It is the devil...

[mickey]

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[Strawb]

Call Bundy rum and see what they say.

[koalacuddles]

Good idea Strawb thank you very much for your suggestion

[JAS]

As long as it's still sealed you should be fine. Alcohol is a preservative eg peaches in brandy etc so it shouldn't 'go off' if it hasn't been opened...

http://cocktails.about.com/od/stockyour ... torage.htm

Regards
JAS

[Ian]

My missus opened a bottle of St Agnes brandy a couple of years ago, it was a fl oz bottle so must have been early 70's at the latest, no problems at all, she even claimed it was much nicer than a newer bottle

[mick]

It will be fine.....enjoy. I've drunk brandy bottled in the 1920s

[Iron Fist]

I wonder if it makes you angrier or fight more the older it gets??

[MatteeG]

I wonder if it makes you angrier or fight more the older it gets??

LMAO- be pretty funny seeing "koalacuddles" gettin violent!

[Booney]

Who said Bundy, you want a fight?

[HH3]

Last week my boss asked everybody at work what they drink (we presume hes buying us some drinks for christmas) and when i said Bundy, he asked me what i drank when i wanted to drink something "good" and I said Bundy...best drink out and i know it a very angry drink, but ive never hit anyone while drinking it....hard anyway

[Media Park]

Last week my boss asked everybody at work what they drink (we presume hes buying us some drinks for christmas) and when i said Bundy, he asked me what i drank when i wanted to drink something "good" and I said Bundy...best drink out and i know it a very angry drink, but ive never hit anyone while drinking it....hard anyway

No matter the circumstance, you and I don't need to drink together HH3... Bundy drinkers have a tendency to cause me physical injury... every time...

[Psyber]

Spirits, which have a high alcohol content keep - they don't go off, even after being opened
But once they are in the bottle they don't really improve either.
Old whisky and brandy is better because it is kept longer in the barrels before being bottled.

Wine which has a lower alcohol content will only keep a couple of days once opened. It even goes off in the unopened bottle with enough time elapsed.
I've just sent some of my pre-2000 wines off to an auction house rather than bother opening them. [None of them were anything likely to keep well for that long.]
By contrast I opened a 1968 Chateau Mouton Rothschild in 1988 and it was fine once it had had about 9 hours to breathe.

Ports and Sherries et cetera keep better than wine, but will deteriorate eventually once opened.

[koalacuddles]

Thank you all very much for you comments. They're greatly appreciated xxxx.