# How long before liquor goes bad?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 11, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-liquor-goes-bad/294013 "2005-03-11T13:49:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blown\_Injected](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@Blown\_Injected](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blown_Injected)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-liquor-goes-bad/294013/21 "2005-03-12T18:55:51Z")

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I asked the same question here a few years back. Same situation. I have drank lots of it, mostly miniatures, one mini of vodka did taste stale, but dozens of the others were fine.

This was early 1970’s stuff !!!

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-liquor-goes-bad/294013/22 "2005-03-12T19:04:39Z")

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> [@butler1850](#):
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> FThis stuff was a combination of vodka, rum, midori, and similar alcohol.

:eek:

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**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-liquor-goes-bad/294013/23 "2005-03-14T18:41:50Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> :eek:

Not all in the same bottle silly! 🙂

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