Featured A general question about alcohol.

In what category would I post if I had a very old bottle of whiskey that I would love some information about? Thank you

 

This one, Antique Discussion, would work just fine!

 

We'll share the info...if you'll share the whiskey !

 

I'll drink to that!!

 

No fair - post and run!!

 

I think he just wanted to know who the alkies were.

 

NOW, ya did it!!!! YA went and scared 'im off!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHANE!!!! COME BACK!!! Or rather EMS64!!!!!

 

^This is the bottle in question. It was strangely bequeathed to my elderly mother by a very elderly lady. Mother would like to know if it is valuable and if it is drinkable. LOL

 

It is labelled in ounces so it is older than 1976.

Thats all I got.

 

(emphasis added)

Just curious but . . . was your mother a baker of fruitcakes at Christmas? Did she routinely give some of those fruitcakes to friends (such as the one who bequeathed this to your mother)? Perhaps it was the deceased lady's last attempt at complimenting your mother on her fruitcakes.

Do you mean that the very elderly lady had a written will which went through probate and which left that bottle of cherry whiskey to your mother?

Oh how I would love to read the written "notice/letter" to your mother that the estate attorney(s) sent out for that "bequest." I take it that the bottle was still sealed and full when your mother received it.

 

Yes, it is still full and sealed. It was written in the will and there were no fruitcakes involved...just a very strange bequest. It must have been over 25 years ago. The executor of the will (another elderly lady) was our next door neighbour at the time.

 

Welcome!

 

I'd guess 60s.

 

Weird... You have to be from...or lie...about being from O Ca Na Da to enter their site.... But yet....... A story about George Washington and the cherry tree. He was Canadian then?
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Apparently they don't want you to know their history as the usual 'About' or 'About us' doesn't exist on their site.
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http://mcguinnessmixables.com/products/cherry-whisky/

 

I doubt it's valuable , but if Whisky...is Whiskey...then it still should be very drinkable.

 

We may have a winner...
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On Thursday, February 10, 1966, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for MCGUINNESS OLD CANADA by MCGUINNESS DISTILLERS LIMITED, TORONTO, ONTARIO. The USPTO has given the MCGUINNESS OLD CANADA trademark serial number of 72238555. The current federal status of this trademark filing is EXPIRED. The correspondent listed for MCGUINNESS OLD CANADA is ARTHUR A. SILVERSTEIN of NABISCO BRANDS, INC., P.O. BOX 1937, EAST HANOVER, N.J. 07936 . The MCGUINNESS OLD CANADA trademark is filed in the category of . The description provided to the USPTO for MCGUINNESS OLD CANADA is CANADIAN WHISKY.

Word mark: MCGUINNESS OLD CANADA
Status/Status Date:
EXPIRED
1/4/1989
Serial Number: 72238555
Filing Date: 2/10/1966
Registration Number: 0836864
Registration Date: 10/10/1967
Goods and Services: CANADIAN WHISKY

 

I see it says 25.8%.....so that's not a flavoured Whiskey......more of a Liqueur .....still , likely drinkable.

 

It's about $22 now.

 

Yes, it is a liqueur.