It’s 17% alcohol, so I doubt it would grow anything, and it was refrigerated to boot. I don’t think it will harm you, but do report back on the effects, unless dead.
I recently drank a 30 year old bottle of wine that had been sitting on the shelf in my dining room for most of that time. The cork crumbled as I pulled it out, and it had turned a brownish-red color, but it actually tasted fine. I have no idea what it was supposed to taste like, but it was perfectly drinkable and no ill effects.
I was gonna say … won’t kill you, but may not be ideal texturally. I had a five or six year old cream liqueur go chunky on me. It wasn’t refrigerated, but it wasn’t opened either.
I tried it once about 25 years ago (30 years ago?) and was unimpressed enough to never have tried it again. I know vaguely what it tastes like, but I don’t think I could tell if it was off a bit. If it was chunky I think I would notice that.
Perhaps I will bring it to an upcoming event and see if I can get my brother or mother to give it a try. Or I’ll probably just throw it out.
Leave it on the doorstep of a frat house. It will be empty within a week.
Plus, curdled Bailey’s looks much the same after passing through an oesophagus twice.
I like Bailey’s, so if it were me I would open it and drink it unless it obviously looked/smelled bad. I know the smell test is far from infallible but in this case, a sealed bottle of that alcoholic strength is unlikely to have grown anything that will kill you. Even rancid milk/cream won’t generally make you ill as such, it just doesn’t taste good.
And I’ve had two new refrigerators in that time too. I think I got it as a gift when I hosted an open house and it’s just been transferred from fridge to fridge along the way. We were cleaning out the fridge last night and the Mr. asked if I wanted to keep it.
I had planned to bring it to an office pot-luck at the end of December just to get rid of it, and then noticed the date. :eek: So, perhaps I will bring a spinach artichoke dip instead.