The Whisky God has smiled....
 

Cleaning out the attic in my parents house and found this!

Now the tough decision - open and explore, or sell it as is! Does anyone have some knowledge of its value? Or even how old it is?


http://i.imgur.com/VHJE0l.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/a8hcil.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/lKNQcl.jpg

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Hey- it's "whisky", leave out the "e!" I'd open it and see what's in it! Might give you an idea of age.

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It's just me, but I'd drink it. Open that case up!
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o chit, good catch! And i call myself a scotch drinker...


depends how good it is and how much its worth. I'll sell it and trade it for a premium 20+ yr bottle any day of the week :)

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I wish my parents had that kinda sh!t in the attic lol.

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Wow...that's impressive. I'm curious to see the contents inside!

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Why can't I find crates of booze......

:sad

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Open that sumb!tch, Francis!!!!!!!!!

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fixed it.
:wo

Nice find, Francis. Even if you sell it, you HAVE to save at least one bottle for yourself to drink. :2

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It's toxic! You better send it to me for proper disposal.

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I would have to open it just so the cat would not get killed. :D

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send the pictures to the distributer or the factory, maybe they can provide you with more information

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There are some good times in that crate waiting to happen!

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Awesome. Open it!

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it just hit me. Francis, there's only one propper thing to do. Bring the crate to EPIC!

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yeah, cant wait to try and get that thing on the airplane :r

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I would try going to Glenlivet and seeing if they know anything. I would love to have found that. Or perhaps there's some whisky forums that you can look at? There's definitely whisky collectors out there.

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i'm wondering if i can get it open with damaging it so i can find out what kind it is, and what condition the bottles are in...

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ship it upfront, problem solved

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but shipping would destroy it - cant imagine the rotting bottle seals would take that kinda abuse :P

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"handle with care, fragile"

http://t1.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/00/51/86/...GCeRNgUQsA.jpg

Do I really have to think about everything Francis? ;)

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This is an awesome thing to find in an attic. As to value, I'm no expert, but it is going to depend on how rare the whisky is. Just as an example, about a month ago a friend of mine was cleaning out his office and came to me with a bottle of Canadian whiskey with a tax stamp from the 40s that a client had given him a few years ago. He didn't drink and gave it to me. I did a preliminary check on Google of what it might be worth just to make sure he wasn't giving away $1000 + without knowing. I figured it had to be worth something. It turned out that similar bottles were on ebay for $30 bucks or so. I think I found one suggestion that it might be worth $50. Bottom line was that it was not as rare as I originally thought. So I opened it up and have enjoyed it. It tastes similar to crown royal and it is kind of cool to drink something that was bottled during WWII.

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That is an awesome find! I definitely second the suggestion of inquiring with the distillery. Someone at Glenlivet can probably give you some age/distribution/provenance details from the crate stamp, without you even having to open the box.

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One thing for sure, there is NO liquor Distributor on 569 S. 3rd Ave in Mt. Vernon NY anymore.
Looks like it's a "Bath FItters" now. So let's say that box goes back at least 20 years.
After adjusting the pic in photoshop, it LOOKS like it says "Major Liquor Dealers"..funny name.
NO Info on google about such a company. I am afraid I would have to KEEP IT. You may be able
to trade ONE BOTTLE for a bottle of 20 year old scotch if you find a person so inclined. That'd
leave you with 11 more AND your bottle of choice. You can use the bottles as schmooze for
individual favors, drink it, make bombs out of it for the great unrest that's coming Aug 2nd.
Plus, you should be able to get a hold of the nails somehow and pop off the top at minimum
without ruining it's value. What's inside packaging-wise, who knows. Judging solely by the
packaging, it's 35+ years old.

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I was thinking the 64/86 may be the distilling/bottling date, or at least one of the numbers may be a date code. I like the idea of sending the pics to Glenlivet. It will be interesting to find out about this.

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:tu Agree, send the folks at Glenlivet some pic's they might be able to shine some light on the age of that pot of gold...

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Yeah, times 3 on that. Never thought of sending pix to the source. I can hear their response now.
"Ahh, sorry laddie, we don't DO email here, certainly can't open picture files, but that case of whisky is very likely
ruined, you'd best be sendin that back to us for immediate disposal..."

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Any more news on this? I am very intriged.

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:tpd:

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I feel like that chick in that commercial...."open! open! open!"...

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Bump.............................................. ............................................

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Yeah!^^^^

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well, I was unable to get a hold of Glenlivet directly, however I made a contact with a contact and they were able to get the pics under the right folks noses. It would seem the bottles have been dated to anytime after 1967, which is when that distributor because the normal one used. Given that its wooden crates, I can't imagine it to be dated much past 1967, so I'm gonna guess 1967-1975 range.

I'm still investigating options for selling it as a lot item and how much that might bring.

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These guys might be able to add some input on your find:

http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/index.php

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When you find out what it may be worth, please consider hosting a group buy here. :2

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I'm with Seth, I would definitely be interested.

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Me, too!

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+1

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+4

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noted ;)

I'll probably dig into it it further come the middle of October.

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+5

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And here we are, and still there be no resolution, arg.
Bump-tiddy-bump.

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brewhahaha, tis' a coming... eventually :D

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Someone start a box split.
:tu

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+6 :al

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Opennnnnnnnnnnnnn it...

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April fools.

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Time for a bump. Any further developments?

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Still on the backburner :)

Working it's way up there however.. I'm guessing it will arrive at the top within the next month or two.