Regarding Malt Whisky. I don't suppose MM gets The Times but section 2 today has an article on Malt Whisky. Whoever it was said it breaks down chemically after 15 years is talking out of his backside. They mentioned some 30 and 32 year old Malts costing Thousands which I doubt is in the Colonel's cellar and if it is it will certainly NOT be offered to MM.
I used to fly small tourists groups to the island of Islay to visit the distillery, couldn't drink but did get a lot of opportunity to talk to the distillers and it was
they who said watch out for Malts over
twelve years old as it can break down chemically and was best avoided. Don't think they would have wasted their time talking bolleaux.
Yes, given the gullibility of the human race and a good sales team, the older the bottle the more some people will pay for it, one wonders, having paid several thousand for such a bottle, how often they drink it!