Can whiskey react to cork and go bad?
Klaus
can someone tell me whether whiskey can react to cork and go bad - like red
wine? I just opened up a new bottle of Lagavulin this evening which has
been stored away for a few years - lying down. The cork was soaked through
half way up. It has been a while since I tasted Lagavulin but the taste and
color seemed different from what I remembered.
thanks
Klaus
Eric von Daeniken
better idea to store the bottles upwards.
However, the standard Lagavulin 16yo OB has also changed over the last
years, so your perception might not necessarily be related to the cork.
Slainte, Eric
PS - Lagavulin is ususally considered as whisky, not whiskey ;-)
Karl Ejnar Christensen
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Yes Whisk(e)y can react to cork, in fact due to the higher abv it might
dissolve it over time, when the bottle is lying down.
That's why whisky bottles _must_ never be stored lying down. They should be
standing up.
The vapours will keep the cork a little moist, but won't dissolve it.
And yes the cork might affect the taste, but I'm not sure about the colour.
Anyway Lagavuling is allready coloured with caramel, so it might be
difficult to detect it. Not sure if there is a way to get rid of the cork
taste, but you could try to let it breathe for a longer period at first in a
glass or smaller bottle to see. What is there to loose, you might be able to
save the content, but again you may not.
You can allways use the whisky for food or in mixed drinks.
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Karl Ejnar
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> Yes Whisk(e)y can react to cork, in fact due to the higher abv it might
> dissolve it over time, when the bottle is lying down.
>
years.
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What does 'corked' Whisky taste like?
Thanks,
Tim
Douglas W. Hoyt
I had a Bruichladdich once that tasted strongly of cork--and the taste never
went away. Whiskies are subtle enough things already, so the cork element
was really unwelcome. Storing straight upright it is then (which makes
sense in the case of plastic-lined screwcaps too--why force contact with
non-glass substances when you don't have to).
Klaus
many thanks for your kind help - and my sincere apologies for that
terrible misspelling - I know that e makes all the difference and I'll
save it for my Jack Daniels - though I guess I will never have that same
cork problem with my friend JD - 1) there is no cork and 2) who could
possibly taste the difference :o)
I am impressed by the "knowledge pool" that is gathered out there!
many thanks
Klaus
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Douglas W. Hoyt
Check that--it was a Bunnhabhain. (Spelling error?)
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> >>>>> I had a Bruichladdich once that tasted strongly of cork--
>
> Check that--it was a Bunnhabhain. (Spelling error?)
Or an understandable lapse of sobriety!
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> Yes Whisk(e)y can react to cork, in fact due to the higher abv it
> might dissolve it over time, when the bottle is lying down.
>
> That's why whisky bottles _must_ never be stored lying down. They
> should be standing up.
>
Ack! Got a Lagavulin in the closet on its side right now.
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Not any more. Hope I didn't do any damage.
Plus, hasn't it been decided that whiskey=whisky? I don't recall people in
this ng being hung up about that before.
pf