$102,000 Worth Of Vintage Whiskey

I love whiskey, to a fault. 
It is rare that I ever touch the stuff anymore, but who knows. Looking at some vintage Rye could lead to an expensive hangover.

Police: Man Drank $102,000 Worth Of Vintage Whiskey

GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) – The live-in caretaker of a Greensburg mansion faces criminal charges for allegedly drinking more than $100,000 worth of the owner’s whiskey.

The butler did not do it! Nope! In this case, police have put the finger on a caretaker

with a powerful thirst for hundred year old whiskey.

John Saunders, 62, of Irwin, is charged with drinking 52 bottles of very valuable vintage whiskey.

In 1986, Pat Hill purchased a turn-of-the-20th-century mansion on South Broadway in Scottdale.

Hill, a New York fashion model who was born in the Pittsburgh area, poured more than three quarters of a million dollars into it, transforming the estate into a luxurious bed and breakfast in the ‘90’s.

Innkeeper Rick Bruckner says that during the renovations a painter made a wild discovery.

“Hidden back in the walls were nine cases of Old Farm Pure Rye Whiskey,” said Bruckner. “The whiskey itself was distilled in spring of 1913 and it was bottled in the fall of 1917.”

Coal baron, J.P. Brennan – the builder of the house – apparently stockpiled the celebrated Old Farm Pure Rye produced at the West Overton Distillery, which was then owned by Henry Clay Frick.

“But they buried it back in the walls and forgot about it,” said Bruckner.

The nine cases, a dozen sealed bottles in each, were stored in John Saunders’ basement apartment. Last year, Hill found that half of the whiskey bottles were empty.

CBS