Why You Should NOT Store Whiskey on Its Side Separating Whiskey Fact from Fiction with Science Lizzie Mack, The Whiskey Geek and Co-Founder & CEO, American Icon Spirits Company 🟥 MYTH #1 "Whiskey should be stored on its side to keep the cork wet." This is probably the single most repeated storage recommendation in the whiskey world. Unfortunately…It's advice borrowed from wine, not whiskey. 🟦 WHAT THE SCIENCE SAYS Wine and whiskey are chemically very different liquids. The