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Aleksi Kallio
 
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> I can't say with any certainty. I don't work with commercial brandy.
> But, if stored like wine (keep the bottle on its side so the cork
> remains wet, keep out of sunlight, keep the temperature fairly
> constant), I don't see any reason why a bottle of brandy shouldn't be as
> good now as it was a century ago. It won't be any better, but it might
> not have gone stale.


At least whisky should not be stored like wine. The interaction between
the cork and the strong liquor has (mostly harmful) effects on the
taste. I think that storing strong alcohol for a century like that
would result in a quite spoiled bottle. Storing the normal way should be
less damaging, though I think still the result might not be satisfactory.