Ward Abbott wrote:
> On 29 Oct 2006 01:43:07 -0700, "s" > wrote:
>
>> i know this liquor is described as a 'cream' but can it go bad if it
>> has all that alcohol in it?
>>
>> does it need to be refrigerated when stored unopened? why does it
>> have an expiry date?
>
> We don't use Baileys much. I had a bottle that had to have been at
> least five years old. I got it out one night for after dinner
> drinks at someone's request.
>
> IT WAS absolutely spoiled. As soon as I opened the bottle, the
> contents smelled worst that spoiled milk. We don't buy big bottles
> any longer.
>
>


I've had the same experience and the Bailey's wasn't all that old.
The cream sours when it's been open for a while, faster if held at room
temperature.

gloria p