Broken Bottle - Rescue or Throw Away?

[PaulP]

I've just done a stupid thing - accidently dropped one bottle of whisky onto another. The dropped bottle (JW Black Label) is ok but the one that suffered the damage (Woodford Reserve Bourbon) has a hole around the neck and a crack down the side (it's a really strange break - possibly due to the thin glass).

There were shards of glass at the bottom of the Woodford Reserve, plus a leak from the crack.

I've poured the contents into a jug, and sieved it to try and remove any glass.

If I sieve it more, and then filter it through some fine cloth, do you think it's safe to drink? Is glass heavier than whisky, and would it sink to the bottom of the jug?

Is it safe? Would you drink it?

[Blackadder]

Paul i know how you must fell, very frustrating. i once dropped abottle of Highland Park 18 on the the tiled floor in the kitchen, luckily it was only quarter full.

I would think filtering the whisky through a fine cloth should be ok but if you have any doubt disgard it.

[Kray]

Glass is certainly heavier than whisky and i would imagine what you have done would have removed the glass but having said that i would personally still be hesitant to drink it.

[bifter]

A curate's egg this one!
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[Quaich1]

Pre-retirement, having spent more than 30 years in a hospital work environment, patients were seen who had ingested all sorts of foreign objects accidentally or unwittingly and ended up in some very unpleasant situations medically. Though my area of speciaity was in another area of practice, my colleagues often shared unusual patient anecdotes of this type. Glass in particular can be very nasty if ingested even in small amounts accidentally.
My advice would be to "toss it".
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[PaulP]

Thanks for the advice guys.

As much as I hate to do this, but based on what I've read (especially from Quaich) and from what I've seen in trying to rescue the aforementioned bourbon, I think I'm going to throw it out.

I too thought that glass would be heavier and would sink. Larger shards of glass did - I left the remaining liquid (about 2/3 of a bottle) overnight in a pyrex jug. I had a look at it the next morning and saw quite a few pieces settled out on the bottom of the jug. I decanted most of this to another jug (leaving the fragments behind) and again left the contents to settle in the clean jug. About 10 hours later - same result - only smaller pieces this time.

BUT it's impossible to see these pieces in the liquid - you can only see them at the bottom of the jug after most the liquid has been poured out, so it's impossible to determine if there's any more bits left suspended in the liquid; each time, I've looked very carefully through the liquid, holding it up to either bright indoor lights or direct sunlight, only to see absolutely no traces of glass, but then only to see small pieces after it's been stood for several hours. It looks entirely pure and safe - but you just can't tell.

I've not tried flitering yet. I've not thrown it away yet (it's currently in a plastic bottle). Just as an experiment, I might filter it to see what, if anything, comes out (I might try using one of the wife's silk scarves just to see what happens).

[albo]

I'm sure the wife would appriciate that one!!

I think it's probably for the best to dispose of this one. As painful as it may be, it's probably less painful than swallowing a small shard of glass and having that do it's work somewhere in your internals.