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2naSalit

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35. Sounds like that could pay for the renoyations...

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu Nov 26, 2020, 08:56 PM

Nov 2020

Or at least a portion of them.

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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