{"id":477,"date":"2024-01-30T03:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T03:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2025-09-29T01:26:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:26:52","slug":"what-is-the-shelf-life-of-liquor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=477","title":{"rendered":"What is the shelf life of liquor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a9f560200d-pi\" style=\"float: right;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vermouth bottle image\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a9f560200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a9f560200d-200wi\" style=\"width: 180px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"Vermouth bottle image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is useful information for the home bar. I already knew some (like the surprisingly short life of vermouth) but not all of this. Excerpt below but it&#39;s not a long article anyway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liquor.com\/does-liquor-expire-8431876?hid=5f38155d6d82c3c4bd5eeffec8ce425a0ecc8423&amp;did=11693714-20240129&amp;utm_campaign=liquor-consumer_newsletter&amp;utm_source=liquor&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=012924&amp;lctg=5f38155d6d82c3c4bd5eeffec8ce425a0ecc8423\">&quot;From distilled spirits to vermouths, here\u2019s a handy guide to storing your bottles\u2014and knowing when it\u2019s time to let go.&quot;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">So what is the shelf life of a bottle of alcohol? It turns out the answer is pretty complex.<\/p>\n<div class=\"comp theme-recipetip text-passage mntl-sc-block lifestyle-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-callout mntl-block\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-4\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<h3 class=\"comp with-title mntl-sc-block-callout-heading mntl-text-block\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-heading_1-0\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Shelf Life of Liquor Fast Facts<\/h3>\n<div class=\"comp text-passage mntl-sc-block-callout-body mntl-text-block\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-body_1-0\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Unopened liquor of all kinds will generally keep indefinitely if stored properly. Store out of direct sunlight, tightly sealed, in a stable room-temperature environment.<\/li>\n<li>Once opened, distilled spirits like whiskey and gin won\u2019t expire or become unsafe to consume, but they may start to taste \u201coff\u201d after 1\u20133 years.<\/li>\n<li>Liqueurs, opened, will usually last 6 months\u20131 year.<\/li>\n<li>Vermouths and other wine-based spirits like vino amari should be refrigerated and consumed within 6\u20138 weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a9f569200d-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bourbon image\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a9f569200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a9f569200d-200wi\" style=\"width: 179px;\" title=\"Bourbon image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is useful information for the home bar. I already knew some (like the surprisingly short life of vermouth) but not all of this. Excerpt below but it&#39;s not a long article anyway. &quot;From distilled spirits to vermouths, here\u2019s a handy guide to storing your bottles\u2014and knowing when it\u2019s time to let go.&quot; So what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7184,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions\/7184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}