House Was Purchased in NY full of prohibition whisky!

[GoldieLocks]

Did anyone see this story? A guy buys a house and the prior owner was rumored to be s moonshine maker in the 1920's. He had filled his walls with his moonshine!

 

[Terry Soloman]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ou...otlegged-whisky-during-home-repairs-1.5145699

 

[dognose]

I think I would have to test one bottle.

 

[Madmox]

Smugglers perhaps. But moonshiners no...those bottles are sealed and labeled for marketing and bonded in the U.K.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Cool story.

 

[Wildcat1750]

That's a windfall for sure!

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I wonder how much those would sell for, they might be able to finance all the repairs to the house from 1 or 2 bottles.

 

[Madmox]

I wonder how much those would sell for, they might be able to finance all the repairs to the house from 1 or 2 bottles.

A bottle of Old Smuggler sold at auction for about 500 bucks from the 40s. So they may get you a little ways if you were so inclined. £460 to be exact. Though there were only 3 bidders. It was a 10 year old scotch. Aged in sherry barrels.

 

[jeff of pa]

not sure if this is the same as it may still be around today

 

[Madmox]

not sure if this is the same as it may still be around today

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Campari owns them now. It’s around 15 bucks a bottle. Brrrrr sounds like it will put a hurt on you. It looks like it’s never been a particularly high end brand. They used “economical” in the marketing literature frequently which is always a bad sign.