[Mercedes] Someone needs this

[Frederick Moir]

In vino veritas.

On Tue, Dec 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
mercedes at okiebenz.com> wrote:

> So why do some wines improve with age, while others should be drunk
> relatively young because they will not improve?
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM Heywood Floyd via Mercedes <
> mercedes at okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > It does not improve in the bottle except maybe in value because of the
> > age.  It might be worth checking to see if it is still any good.
> >
> > I had a half bottle of Ancient Age bourbon that my dad had in the cabinet
> > since I can remember, mid 1960s anyway.  So call it 60yr more or less.  I
> > finally decided to give it a try, it was nothing special even when
> bottled,
> > and was nothing special when I drank it.  I couldn’t sense any
> > deterioration in taste or aroma, it was just OK.
> >
> >
> > --HF
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Dec 2, 2025, at 7:21 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes at okiebenz.com
> >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > It is only a 100 year old single malt scotch.. not 1,000 years old.
> > > Stored in a safe climate controlled space, about 300 ft. underground so
> > the
> > > temperature is quite stable. I have had it stored for 38 years, so it
> is
> > > actually now a 138 year old scotch, but, who's counting.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> > > mercedes at okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> G Mann - where do you currently keep your 1,000-year-old scotch?
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Dec 2, 2025, 1:08 PM Heywood Floyd via Mercedes <
> > >> mercedes at okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I could see making a Utuber using increasing degrees of explosive
> yield
> > >> to
> > >>> see what it might take to blow it up.  That would likely get a lot of
> > >>> views, maybe pay for the adventure.
> > >>>
> > >>> We would need someone who has a large plot of remote ground to host
> the
> > >>> effort, and someone with access to the necessary stuff and ability to
> > >>> manage it properly.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> --HF
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> On Dec 2, 2025, at 11:30 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes <
> > >>> mercedes at okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I helped a former business partner dismantle a vault door from a
> > little
> > >>> state bank in Clay City, IN that had gone out of business. He bought
> it
> > >> to
> > >>> set up a vault in the basement of the house he was building where we
> > set
> > >> it
> > >>> up using a crane (the basement and foundation had been poured, the
> > >> framing
> > >>> had not started yet.)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> It weighed several thousand pounds as I recall. One of the funny
> > things
> > >>> about the whole thing was that the combination was given to him from
> > the
> > >>> son of the former bank president on the back of a order ticket from a
> > >> local
> > >>> diner. One of those little green and white pads that waitresses took
> > >> orders
> > >>> on.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> -D
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> On Dec 2, 2025, at 8:01 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
> > >>> mercedes at okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> https://www.facebook.com/share/17i7KZdj5p/?mibextid=wwXIfr
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Sent from my iPhone
> > >>>>>
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Fred Moir
Lynn MA
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