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@Nozinan
Nozinan started a discussion

If you're like me, sometimes you accumulate bottles a little faster than you can get to them. I've accumulated a tiny backlog of bottles to open (ok, maybe not so tiny).

Once in a while, a can't resist sale comes up and you pick up a newer batch of a bottle you haven't opened yet. For instance, I picked up an Uigeadail 6 or 7 years ago, then a couple have come my way in Calgary and I've opened them first because the one I first bought is a "legendary batch".

I have an old Corry I picked up in 2014 in the US and just got a fantastic deal on a new one (with new packaging). I don't know much about either batch and have never tasted it.

How do you decide which to open first?

5 years ago

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@talexander
talexander replied

If I end up with two unopened bottles of the same expression (but different batches, or variants, or one's a cask strength version, etc) I would open both and do a side-by-side (and hopefully have time to write a couple of reviews).

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@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

@talexander

That's a good point, but that would leave a lot of unfinished whisky. I tend to, if I want to do a H2H,open the new one before finishing the old one.

Having said that, I've been eager to do a H2H with a bottle of JW Swing from this decade vs one from what I believe is the 1980s, both so far unopened. Maybe we can plan that for 2019, with people pledging to take some home with them...

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@talexander
talexander replied

@Nozinan Well, if the bottles of unfinished whisky are only missing a dram or two, then oxidization over time might not be so bad (and it can go both way, sometimes harming but also sometimes improving the spirit). I have bottles that have been open for years (Taketsuru 17, for example) and they still taste delicious.

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@OdysseusUnbound
OdysseusUnbound replied

@Nozinan I'd drink the newer ones first, but that's just me. My unopened Lot 40 CS (2017 and 2018) are both from the "initial release", and the ones I have open now are from "later releases", so to speak. I'd keep the legendary Uigeadail tucked away and open a different one, unless I wanted to do a side by side. Heck, I've only got one unopened Uigeadail and I wouldn't mind finding another...at non-Ontario prices, of course. wink

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