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hi I'm Jerry James Stone in today's
video I'm gonna talk to you about how to
store tequila so I love tequila right
and hey you know what tequila is plant
waste it comes from the blue agave plant
so it's pretty much like a salad no I'm
just kidding anyway let's get to talking
about how to store it so if a bottle of
tequila is unopened then actually that
bottle will last pretty much
indefinitely unopened tequila is fine
you know it's totally good to go it's
really when it's open that it becomes an
issue but either way there's a few
things you need to keep in mind no
matter what opened or unopened first off
you want to keep that tequila in a room
temperature location so you don't want
it to get too warm it can be cold colder
is better than warmer but you don't want
it to get too warm so room temperature
is the very first thing you need to
think about when storing tequila
whether it's opened or unopened so the
reason you want it to be at room
temperature is because if it gets too
warm it's gonna start to evaporate and
what that means is the alcohol isn't
started getting released from the
solution and that's gonna change the
flavor of the tequila so you don't want
your tequila to evaporate the other
thing that can happen is the tequila can
start to oxidize this is more important
when it comes to say an open bottle of
tequila that oxidization is when the
tequila comes in contact with oxygen and
it reacts to that oxygen so you want to
make sure that you keep it in a spot
that's room temperature the next thing
that's really important is you want to
keep the tequila away from sunlight so
wherever you're storing it wherever your
bar may be like I said room temperature
but you don't want it to be in direct
sunlight direct sunlight it's actually
worse for the tequila then just having
it be in a warm location that direct
sunlight can actually speed up the
oxidization of the tequila and the last
thing that's really important when it
comes to storing tequila is you don't
want to store the bottle on its side so
with wine that's totally fine right like
your can seller your wine in a way where
that keeps the cork and everything and a
happy
medium but with spirits like tequila you
don't want the alcohol to come in
contact with either the cork or whatever
the cap is it actually will change and
degrade that alcohol so it's really
important that you store the tequila
upright and this should go without
saying but never store the tequila with
like out its cap or a pour unless you're
like a bar it's okay you know where
you're going through it so fast but at
home you want to make sure that it's
properly sealed every time after you
open it so another thing to factor in is
after you open that bottle how long is
that tailor gonna be good right how long
can you store it after you actually open
it so typically you probably want to
enjoy the tequila within about six
months of opening it you could probably
go a little bit longer if you're maybe
say someone that enjoys tequila shots
and your palates not quite refined you
probably go up to about a year but you
should enjoy the tequila within about
six months immediately after you open it
that tequila is gonna start oxidizing as
I mentioned before that's when the booze
comes in contact with the oxygen it
takes a while for that to happen the
evaporation on the other hand starts
immediately - so it's gonna start
evaporating and it's gonna start
oxidizing immediately after you open
that bottle which is why you don't want
them in a warm spot and you don't lie in
the sunlight because it'll speed up that
process but after you open it within six
months you want to enjoy that alcohol or
it's gonna just taste differently it's
not gonna be bad for you it's still
alcohol for the most part it's not gonna
spoil but you're gonna start having a
degradation in the flavor one thing you
can do to maybe extend the life of the
tequila you could transfer it to a
smaller bottle as you enjoy it so once
you've kind of gotten down to like maybe
a third of that all left in the original
bottle transfer to something smaller
where there's less contact with the
oxygen but it's only gonna buy you a few
months it's really just better to drink
it up within the six month period so
there you have it that's all you need to
do to properly store tequila go ahead
and make sure it's once again not in a
warm spot not in the sunlight it's
standing straight up even if you've
drinkin a lot and you're not um and your
tequila will last you and taste great
for about six months you liked this
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