I was in a restaurant several years ago with my wife and saw 300 year old brandy on the menu and started laughing. My wife looked at me kind of strange (nothing new about that) and I had to explain that this meant that some person, before the American Revolution, made that brandy and put it on a shelf. It was probably handed down to his/her children for a few generations and eventually sold to a distributor. Finally, it ended up in a restaurant that no one’s ever heard of in a town no one’s ever heard of (that’s now out of business).
I can only imagine what cleanliness and ingredient standards were used back then and why no one ever decided to drink it. Is this happening today? Are people really making alcoholic beverages they don’t expect to be consumed in their lifetime or even their children’s lifetime? How do you plan that as a business model?
x_Tech almost 7 years ago
Here today,
gone today.
M2MM almost 7 years ago
Must be Mayflies. :P
uniquename almost 7 years ago
They should hold out for yesterday’s vintage.
I was in a restaurant several years ago with my wife and saw 300 year old brandy on the menu and started laughing. My wife looked at me kind of strange (nothing new about that) and I had to explain that this meant that some person, before the American Revolution, made that brandy and put it on a shelf. It was probably handed down to his/her children for a few generations and eventually sold to a distributor. Finally, it ended up in a restaurant that no one’s ever heard of in a town no one’s ever heard of (that’s now out of business).
I can only imagine what cleanliness and ingredient standards were used back then and why no one ever decided to drink it. Is this happening today? Are people really making alcoholic beverages they don’t expect to be consumed in their lifetime or even their children’s lifetime? How do you plan that as a business model?
Packratjohn Premium Member almost 7 years ago
“Drink like there’s no tomorrow”
iantheevil almost 7 years ago
Contrary to popular belief, lots of species of Mayfly live 2-4 years, it’s just their adult phase that is very short.
Arianne almost 7 years ago
When I was seventeen, it was a very good hour…
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https://youtu.be/ydcUaTpiHgQ