Air in the bottle.

[RockBottom]

Can someone direct me to a past post or give me your opinions about air in your bourbon bottles? A friend told me that once a bourbon level gets below the label that the air in the bottle can have a negative effect on the taste if it sits to long. I know that when you pour in a glass that the bourbon reacts with the air and it opens up but the little amount of air that can be trapped in a bottle? C'mon. LOL, I think he is just trying to help me drink my stash. I tried to make a post about this last week but I can't seem to find it so if this turns out to be a double post I apologize. Anyways thanks in advance for you thoughts.

[dcbt]

Can someone direct me to a past post or give me your opinions about air in your bourbon bottles? A friend told me that once a bourbon level gets below the label that the air in the bottle can have a negative effect on the taste if it sits to long. I know that when you pour in a glass that the bourbon reacts with the air and it opens up but the little amount of air that can be trapped in a bottle? C'mon. LOL, I think he is just trying to help me drink my stash. I tried to make a post about this last week but I can't seem to find it so if this turns out to be a double post I apologize. Anyways thanks in advance for you thoughts.

[petrel800]

As dcbt notes, there have been a load of discussion on this here.

Also elsewhere . . .

http://sourmashmanifesto.com/2011/03/22/does-whiskey-go-bad/

http://recenteats.blogspot.com/2011/03/whiskey-wednesday-whiskey-age-and.html

[dcbt]

And you'll eventually probably get to this thread as a solution:

http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?22154-small-whiskey-containers

[johnnybogey]

Once I get to less than half a bottle, I typically decant to one of these:

http://www.containerstore.com/shop/kitchen/foodStorage/pitchers?productId=10002672&N=74105

[B.B. Babington]

or can decant to a really big glass :grin: