Does older whiskey taste better?

Question

If you buy a bottle and save it for 20 years would it taste better than it would just of the shelf and why?

Answer 1

mature whiskey is always better taste and you do not need to drink to much of it or you will get drunk pretty quick.

Answer 2

hard alcohol doesnt age in the bottle.. it ages while in barels..

Answer 3

NO.. it tastes better when it is ages during the making process.. once it is has been bottled, the fermentation process stops.. kind of like keeping a steak in the freezer for a few months to help make it tender.  the steak must be aged in the cooler before it is cut from the side of beef to make it tender.

Answer 4

it wont age in the bottle it has to age when they make it but it at the same time wont like expire

Answer 5

it won't go off but by the same token it won't age in the bottle.

It would taste the same.

When they talk about aged whisky they mean how long it has sat in the oak barrels before or after the charcoal filtering. That's where it develops the real taste and mellowness.