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34. This was a well known Scotch whiskey

Thu Nov 26, 2020, 08:47 PM

Nov 2020

Old Smuggler blended scotch is a value brand of scotch that is said to have been produced as far back as 1835. It's name is meant to honor the tradition of illicit distilling in the Scottish Highlands.

https://www.proof66.com/whiskey/old-smuggler-blended-scotch.html

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Couple finds more than 66 bottles of Prohibition-era whiskey hidden in the walls of their New York [View all] malaise Nov 2020 OP

Fun read. StarryNite Nov 2020 #1

The video is even more fun malaise Nov 2020 #6

It was great.. Mahalo for the Rec. Cha Nov 2020 #55

A real feel good story - for a change malaise Nov 2020 #56

Yes, that we all Cha Nov 2020 #57

What a bonus! pandr32 Nov 2020 #2

I found a few thousand JA dollars in a travelling bag malaise Nov 2020 #7

Cha Ching! That will help out with the renovations. Good for them! yankeepants Nov 2020 #3

Love this! cwydro Nov 2020 #4

Outstanding! ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #5

Saw it on Local 10 and looked it up malaise Nov 2020 #8

Very cool story! smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #9

I drank whiskey back in the day but I am no expert on the best ways to age it malaise Nov 2020 #10

Aging is done in barrels before bottling whopis01 Nov 2020 #21

I kind of had that in the back of my mind but I am clueless about malaise Nov 2020 #22

Either way it certainly increased the value in this case. n/t whopis01 Nov 2020 #23

That is correct. But they are still worth a lot to Whisky fans. GulfCoast66 Nov 2020 #44

I think if it was Prohibition era it was probably more hastily made Withywindle Nov 2020 #58

I don't think that it "ages" in bottles. But regardless of the quality of the whiskey Chainfire Nov 2020 #11

Thanks malaise Nov 2020 #12

There is a niche market for old booze. Ferryboat Nov 2020 #13

66 bottles of booze in the wall, 66 bottles of booze..... SunSeeker Nov 2020 #14

Brilliant - I see what you did there malaise Nov 2020 #16

Dang,what a way to pay for a Remodel. Wellstone ruled Nov 2020 #15

Yah think malaise Nov 2020 #17

Harpy Thasgvn! They's a few lil bottles left, ossifer ... Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #18

Video not playing here malaise Nov 2020 #19

Johnny Bond - Ten Little Bottles Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #20

Nice malaise Nov 2020 #25

I first heard that on an AM radio Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #27

I can just imagine that malaise Nov 2020 #29

Happy Thanksgiving Nick and Patrick. LakeArenal Nov 2020 #24

Back at you LakeArenal malaise Nov 2020 #26

"The original owner of the house was a German man known as Count Adolph Humpfner".... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2020 #28

Very interesting malaise Nov 2020 #30

Might be better to sell it than try to drink it Warpy Nov 2020 #31

This was a well known Scotch whiskey malaise Nov 2020 #34

Labels were easy enough to print during Prohibition Warpy Nov 2020 #49

Thanks for that - clueless me malaise Nov 2020 #52

Good for them! But WHY does the media say things like "more than 66"? CaptainTruth Nov 2020 #32

They do it to avoid being wrong. They state the number they know for sure it is. SunSeeker Nov 2020 #36

Because they are still finding them. GulfCoast66 Nov 2020 #50

Party time! BMW2020RT Nov 2020 #33

Sounds like that could pay for the renoyations... 2naSalit Nov 2020 #35

And I feel a song coming on... JohnnyRingo Nov 2020 #37

Sunseeker nailed it at #14 malaise Nov 2020 #39

No, I nailed it. JohnnyRingo Nov 2020 #41

Hahahahahahha malaise Nov 2020 #42

For sure bdamomma Nov 2020 #47

I was hoping for something like that when we moved into a 1865 house BigmanPigman Nov 2020 #38

Ha malaise Nov 2020 #40

"More than" 66 bottles. What happened? Did they lose count after 66 bottles, or pass out from Doodley Nov 2020 #43

The article implies they are still finding them. Or maybe the video. GulfCoast66 Nov 2020 #51

That's awesome - and Geraldo will be SO jealous!! Talitha Nov 2020 #45

If either of the couple can also do TV, Geraldo might go from jealous to suicidal. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #46

I'd toast with whiskey malaise Nov 2020 #53

They need to pay the liquor tax for the bootleg Whiskey. KWR65 Nov 2020 #48

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Nov 2020 #54