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why is my whisky evaporating?
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Not what you're asking for, but unless you know your decanter is made from lead free crystal (most aren't), don't store booze in it for any amount of time. You should be safe to use it to serve a spirit in, but lead leaches into the spirit much quicker than you'd realise
The lead adds sweetness though
Only if it's lead acetate. You'd need vinegar or at least wine, not whisky.
Do people actually keep around lead crystal shit still?!
Yes. Most crystal has lead, it’s just how it works. It’s fine if you’re not a child and you don’t store it in there for long periods.
I have some and use the glasses regularly. The decanter is and finished in 1-2 days though.
If it has a deep resounding ring you might want to avoid it.
And its not dangerous, like leaching into everything? How can you know its safe besides simply throwing it away?
Theres no safe level of lead, it accumulates in the body.
Define "safe." If drinking from a lead crystal glass for 10 years took 10 years and 2 days off your life, would that be safe?
Alcohol isn't exactly safe to drink. Your liver can repair itself, but not back to 100%. And you'll pick up some mutations that will make cancer more likely by a little bit down the road.
Alcohol damage doesn't accumulate in the same way.
Mutations that increase proliferative capability accumulate, and increased cell death and renewal enhance this.
Not the same way, yes. You get different effects from light drinking over years vs occasional binge drinking, for example. But still cumulative.
The damage being done by alcohol accumulates, sure. But if you stop drinking, the damage is done. You're not going to see more damage occur once it is out of your body. The poison doesn't accumulate over time.
With lead exposure, the poison is the thing accumulating in the body. If you stopped your exposure to lead, it's still in the body, doing damage over time.
Fair. Thanks for your perspective.
Thats what I was thought
You can do your own research, but it takes time to leech. If you’re not storing in it for long periods it’s fine.
No lead. It's not great quality or antique, I just liked the shape.
That means it's a glass decanter, as crystal always has lead 😉
In the 1800s absolutely, but since the discontinuation of leaded products, significantly heavy glass with tin, aluminum, titanium or other metals added for strength and sheen has been deemed crystal, with the previous material being designated as leaded crystal.
I'm an avid antique collector and have needed to know the difference for several years.
If you reside in the EU or Britain however, disregard those statements, as they still have legal definitions of crystal on the books.
Edit: I meant UK, not EU, my bad.
Edit again: it is actually the EU. American schools, man.
So it's safe for my takeaway from this to be that I CAN get a modern crystal decanter? This conversation had me leaning away hard until your comment 😂
Well I learned something new today. Although, we have UKers in this household so the formal definitions from both the UK and EU are often stuck to. Don't get me started on cheese...