Canadian Club

[blanston12]

I was re-organizing our liquor cabinet and came across this little bottle of Canadian Club Wiskey.



I must have gotten it from my Mom when she moved out of the family house and gave me all the extras from her liquor cabinet. The seal is still in place.



It looks like its aged quite a while, but then looking at the back.



My father must have collected this on one of his business trips and its never been opened. So I am wondering what do I do with it? Is it collectible? Should I drink it?

[Airspeed]

Without a "use by" date, I wouldn't trust it.
I think that it would have collectible value.

[Kevin Farnell]

It's whisky! as long as it's sealed, the alcohol content will prevent any bacterial action. It's probably best to keep it out of direct light and at a stable low temperature.
With it's age and the Pan-Am label, it may well be worth a valuation.
Or, you could just pour and enjoy it!

Kevin

[Airspeed]

Checked ebay, none of those listed.
Some empty bar bottles (very large) on offer between 25 and 65 dollars.
I think that you'd get more pleasure from selling rather than drinking.
You may be able to buy several bottles of your favourite.

[Paul K]

I would definitely keep it intact. If you drink it, it's just whisky and is gone. If you keep it in the bottle, it is more of an artefact, and you can bet that someone somewhere collects this sort of thing.

[511Flyer]

It's got my number on it.

[airboatr]

, but then looking at the back.

Howard Hughes wouldn't have begged to differ.
He would have just come right out and said so. .

If you drink it .. the container would be pretty much worthless.

I'd try to sell it. I believe it could fetch 100$
Maybe more.

How many liquor collectors have one of those in their showcase.
It'd be a great conversation piece.. .

CA is full of wealthy people with exotic hobbies.

[Nigel H-J]

You could always try here for starters:

https://www.whisky-onlineauctions.com/g ... gIHy_D_BwE

Or even here:

https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/wanted

If you do go down this road there are various web sites that deal exclusively in selling collectible whiskeys' and it would be best to get a number of offers to see which is best. As Joe wrote, if you do drink it the bottle itself will be worthless.

whatever you decide let us know.

Regards
Nigel.

[Tako_Kichi]

Hiram Walker's Canadian Club Whisky is produced in a distillery in my nearest city, Windsor, Ontario, roughly 25 miles or 40 km from where I live. It is now part of the Corby group which in turn is owned by Pernod Ricard from France (along with an astonishing number of other well known wine and spirit brands).

HW do have a website (via Corby http://www.corby.ca/Home ) so maybe you could contact them to see if they can offer some more info on your item and maybe even come up with a valuation.

[blanston12]

Thanks for the advice. I note that nobody thinks I should drink this 50+ year old whisky. I agree with Kevin that its probably safe to drink. I looked on eBay and mostly found empty bottles for small amounts. The only full one I found was paired with a full size bottle from the same era so its not a comparison.

I did contact one of the suggested sites to see if its worth anything, but unless its really valuable I will probably just keep it as a souvenir of my Dads travels. He used to travel to Asia often on business and would bring us back those Pan Am logo travel bags they used to give out, we don't have any of those left and as far as I know this is the only thing we have left from those days with the Pan Am logo on it.