Shelf Life Of Liquor
 

Cleaning out the cabinet for a party tomorrow and I ran across several bottles of opened liquor 3-4 years old. The liquor in question is Gin, Rum,and Bourbon and all are 3/4 the way full. Are these still good? I realize this is alcohol abuse.....;)

I think the same rules apply as skunked beer. It becomes guest liquor.

Old spirits are fine stored in the original bottle.

Hey, I drink skunked beer! (In a pinch!)
I just don't want to make anyone ill with bad stuff.
Unless they just plain drink too much and then it's just not my fault.

So sorry to hear that. Just box it up and put it on the porch and I will be right over to take that off your hands.

Sure - Come in and we can try it out first.

Not a problem at all.

Should be good.

Still good, only exceptions would be cream based liquors (baileys etc)

Gin, Rum, Bourbon? All have a shelf life of about 2 days in my house.....

Just consider it 3-4 years more aged then went you bought it and you saved yourself some money!!!!!

Too bad it doesnt work that way.

Drink it, it's fine.

distilled spirits have a shelf life of forever

When I moved into my current house, the PO left some stuff on a couple of shelves. I suspect most of it was old as a lot of the bite was gone. I suspect that with some stuff, the alcohol evaporates over time and you're left with some flavor.

As stated, with Baileys I'd be concerned. With what you listed, there shouldn't be a problem.

we where given a few bottles with the TAX stamp tape over the top! 1980's?

tasted fine!

Yep, forever...

If you're worried about it, just buy some Kool-Aid and a clean five-gallon bucket. INSTANT PARTY.