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As some of you may recall my grandmother just died. We're going through her stuff. Found this bottle of old sake. My mom said she had no idea my grandma/her mom still had that. It was a gift my grandfather had been given at the end of WW2 (that he fought in), and he used to have in the house growing up, telling people he was "saving it for a special occassion."

I guess he never got around to it. I'm sure the sake is long since no good, but the bottle is pretty cool.

As some of you may recall my grandmother just died. We're going through her stuff. Found this bottle of old sake. My mom said she had no idea my grandma/her mom still had that. It was a gift my grandfather had been given at the end of WW2 (that he fought in), and he used to have in the house growing up, telling people he was "saving it for a special occassion." I guess he never got around to it. I'm sure the sake is long since no good, but the bottle is pretty cool.

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Spirits only get better with time?

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Aging of spirits always stops once its bottled as far as I know.

An 80 year old bottle of a 10 year whiskey is still a 10 year whiskey.

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So his Sake is good then, as faar as the bottle is still sealed. GAMPAIIIIII!

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I would be willing to try it for sure, but by 'stops aging' I was referring to the aging process of the distillation of the spirit.

I.e. whiskey is kept in a barrel for many years where its flavor profile changes due to various factors. Once bottled, the spirit can no longer benefit from aging.

The spirit could potentially break down in the bottle over a long period of time. The speed and likelihood of this depends on the storage conditions and whether or not its been opened.