Originally Posted by
caliform
Yeah, I'd be rather surprised if old houses manage to lose much of their contents. They're sealed, so the alcohol doesn't just disappear into the ether.
Yeah, the Rynbende ones are sealed with a cork stopper and old-fashioned red sealing wax, which does the job really well. That doesn't hold true for newer Bols houses. Checking a small random sample, I found several with intact seals that were (almost) empty.
Johan