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Proof that the best things take notes from cheese and whiskey, not the calendar.
means Having grown old over time, or deliberately matured to improve quality — as with wine, cheese, or a good story.
from From Old English 'eald' (old), which gave us 'age' through Old French 'aage,' itself rooted in Latin 'aetas' (a lifetime, a period of life). 'Aged' is simply 'age' put to work as a verb-turned-adjective — the past participle of letting something sit. The verb sense of deliberately maturing food and drink is younger than the word itself, attaching firmly once people noticed that patience, applied to cheese and spirits, tasted better than haste.
- oldest cheese
- Found in 3,200-year-old Egyptian tombs, still identifiable
- whiskey angels
- Barrel aging loses 2% yearly to evaporation
- reverse aging
- Tequila and gin often taste better young
- wine peak
- Most wines are made to drink within years
- bristlecone pines
- Some living trees predate the pyramids
macallan 1926 — scottish whisky bottle sold for $2.7 million in 2018, the most expensive bottle ever auctioned
jefferson presidential 1821 — bourbon whiskey aged 200+ years, distilled from thomas jefferson's original recipe, costs $10,000+ per bottle