The term "bottle kill" meaning?

[cdn_dram]

I see this phrase being used (myself included) and was wondering the true meaning/use of it. Is it more for the very last dram of a bottle or having the last couple to finish it off - realizing that only one drink left too long in the bottle would likely degrade quick with all the air above?

[opelfruit]

I use it to mean that bottle is emptied, and usually that involves having the last few in a bottle, as you say. I hate leaving a dram or 2 in the bottle for the reasons you state.


I do imagine that most people.simply mean that the bottle is empty and now 'dead'
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"Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whisky is barely enough."

[Blackadder]

I would use it to refer to finishing off a bottle whether it was the last dram or last few drams. In the past I have seriously misjudged what is left in some wide bottomed bottles and ended up pouring a very large dram to finish off the bottle.

[cdn_dram]

[opelfruit]

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[gfspencer]

I just killed a bottle of Highland Park 25 last night. If I hadn't killed the bottle it would have evaporated.