Renovation Project Turns Up Secret Stash

Written by Pat's Papers | Tuesday, 7 September 2010 10:02 AM

The spirits of a Minneapolis woman rose after she got off the phone with the contractor in charge of her home renovations. Buried inside a wall the crew discovered a secret stash of booze, all with tax stamps dating to 1919—the year before Prohibition. Included in the booty were bottles with familiar names like Martini e Rossi, John Walker & Sons and John Dewar & Sons says the Star Tribune.

Some of the alcohol had completely evaporated but a few bottles of French wine had stood the test of time. Until, that is, they were decanted and tasted, at which time it was discovered they tasted like “really, really, really distilled wine vinegar.” The entire stash has been donated to a local museum.

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