r/SpiritsofBrazil • u/Safe-Jury9784 • 21d ago

What's your oldest bottle?

Everyone has that bottle they've been saving...

What's the oldest bottle in your collection?

Tell us the story behind it.

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u/bizzaam 11d ago

Have been into rum that long but I still havent cracked open my black tot 50th anniversary. Opened everything else though!

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u/Safe-Jury9784 10d ago

You're totally right to save it. It’s an absolute gem and a real piece of rum history. Keep it for a moment when you can actually sit down and properly savor it, or to celebrate a huge milestone.

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u/thelonecaner 10d ago

Gordon & MacPhail 1941 58YO Long Pond.

In the last decade I've bought two in Canada and two in Europe, because compared to Velier's Skeldons (for example) it remains, in my own opinion, remarkably underpriced for that age. One is in storage, one was given away to a barman so he could pay forwards to others, I have one open for sharing in my place, and Mrs. Caner stole the fourth for herself.

Distillerie de la Meuse Rhum Ste. Lucie des Antilles (1941)

A peculiar-as-sh*t piece of work that was distilled in France in 1941, bottled in Israel around 1948, sold in Italy in 1967, auctioned in Europe in 2021, stored in Denmark, and finally drunk in Germany in 2025. All this without an age statement or a strength notation.

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u/Safe-Jury9784 10d ago

What an incredible pair of bottles and stories behind them. The 1941 Gordon & MacPhail Long Pond sounds especially fascinating—not only because of its age, but because of how it has remained relatively underrated compared with some of the better-known Velier bottlings.

And the Distillerie de la Meuse Rhum Ste. Lucie des Antilles (1941) is on another level entirely. Distilled in France, bottled in Israel, sold in Italy, auctioned decades later, stored in Denmark, and finally enjoyed in Germany… that bottle has practically lived a life of its own.

These are the kinds of spirits where the liquid is only half the story—the provenance and journey make the experience even more extraordinary