Earlier In Our Whisky Collecting Series, We Covered The Best Ways To Get Started And Decide What To Buy. This Time, We’ll Be Looking At How To Store And Care For Your Whiskies Once You Have Them
When I asked Jason Vaswani – The Whisky Exchange’s head buyer for Old & Rare spirits – about what to avoid when storing your whisky, he was clear that keeping bottles in an environment with a cool and constant temperature was key.
“We see a lot of great old Macallans bottled for the Italian market in the 1980s or earlier. There was a really thriving collecting culture in Italy much earlier than in other countries. But lots of people were displaying their bottles pride of place in their homes above the fireplace.
“You see these whiskies with wear to the label and glass because of how they’ve been stored, and in some cases you can tell that the liquid itself won’t be in great condition. So, whatever you do, don’t keep your whiskies somewhere they’re exposed to a lot of heat or swings in temperature. If your house is very hot, you’ll probably start to notice your whisky evaporating from the bottle.”
