Pre-Prohibition Booze Cache Uncovered

[diggummup]

From Kovels.com- A Minneapolis bottle collector, Mary Shanesy, found a cache of 90 pre-Prohibition bottles when her house was being remodeled, according to a story in Bottles and Extras magazine (May-June 2011). The bottles were hidden in about 1917, just before the Prohibition era (1920-1933). Shanesy had some of the bottles auctioned to benefit the Hennepin History Museum. That evening the crowd at the auction not only watched the bottles sell, but also tasted some gin, brandy, and whiskey bottled before 1911. The bottles sold for extra high prices because the money was for the historical society. What a nice thing for a bottle collector to do.

 

[gleaner1]

I see it was about 90 pieces. I would love to see a pic of the lot!

 

[Kneo]

I found some too about 25 years ago inside a wall - about 15 bottles. Most had evaporated, but some were absolutely perfect with tax stamp on them. I took pics.

The Paul Jones is not even made anymore, barreled in 1917!

 

[Kneo]

More pics... (sorry, I am new to these forums).

 

[jgas]

Those are some nice saves right there. jgas

 

[d2]

The whiskey that evaporates is called the "Angels share" and they liked some of it better than others.Great pictures...d2

 

[GaRebel1861]

I've got a Paul Jones Pure Rye with paper label and a glass stopper but someone drank it dry long before I got it!