Bar-ware Question

Originally Posted by SvilleKid

The more air space you have in a bottle of bourbon, the faster it will oxidize and go down hill. If you don't buy this fact, take your mostly empty bottle of bourbon, and let it sit for 4-6 weeks. Then try it against a fresh opened bottle of the same bourbon. You will quickly throw the old out. That is the reason it is recommended that when you near the end of a bottle of bourbon, either drink it quickly, or have some friends over to help finish it off quickly.

Because of this reaction, I usually only open and finish one bottle of bourbon at a time. And I don't storing it long-term in anything that allows more air space than necessary (this would include a decanter).

Thanks for the info Sville, and I am a fan of your Avatars as well...

so would the same go for the air in the bottle? would it then not make sense to put your sprite in whichever vessel that has less air-space?

[SvilleKid]

Originally Posted by Robulous78

Thanks for the info Sville, and I am a fan of your Avatars as well...

so would the same go for the air in the bottle? would it then not make sense to put your sprite in whichever vessel that has less air-space?

It would make sense to me. I think some bottlers flush their bottles with a heavy gas before filling, so there is minimal oxygen in the "dead" space until the bottle is opened. I drink slowly, and can take many months to finish a bottle of bourbon. People that consume faster probably have little to worry about.

An interesting discussion on leaded decanters is here:

http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/mai...ad-crystal.asp

I was surprised at how fast the lead can leech into the drink!