How is it that a lot of ppl on here have multiple bottles open, im lucky if a fifth goes more than a 3 or 4 days. And what are you big drinken guys buying that is decent that don't flatten your wallet?:drink:
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How is it that a lot of ppl on here have multiple bottles open, im lucky if a fifth goes more than a 3 or 4 days. And what are you big drinken guys buying that is decent that don't flatten your wallet?:drink:
The first trick is to buy it faster than you can drink it.
Trick number two is to find some way to ignore the cost.
Once you have a large enough stock built up, simply replacing empty bottles and trying new releases will allow it to self-maintain.
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Originally Posted by mred
I think some of the people on here must have FAT wallets...especially after seeing this one thread that showed the bunkers that some of the members have. :bowdown:
Trip on this thread ---> http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3213&highlight=Show+your+stash
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What'd ya buy it for? If it's for drinkin', open it. That's why it was made! It won't go bad.
Variety is the spice of life....or so they say. I love having mutiple bottles open in order to keep it interesting. At present, I believe I have somewhere around 20 bottles open and another 100+ bunkered. My stock is in constant rotation so I never get bored.
Good god:bigeyes: .. i'd have to buy a bulk to start w just to keep it goin... Im goin back to Everclear and Koolaid.:banghead:
Just kiddin :cool:
I've been at this a long time and until just a few years ago, I generally kept so few bottles on hand that I would actually--gasp!--run out. I'm not sure what happened, but now I have quite a few, though surely less than 100. Probably between 1/3 and 1/2 of what I have is open.
Most of what I buy is right around $20 a bottle and for everything I buy that's more than $30 I probably buy something that's less than $10.
Also, quite likely all of the above is a lie, because I am in deep denial.
Once you start buying and bunkering more than you drink in a given time frame it doesn't take long for bottles to pile up.
I set aside a little money with each paycheck for whiskey purchases. After all, it ain't just a grocery item, it's a hobby. The hobby angle is also a good way to justify spending that much money to the wife. When questioned further, I always say: If I didn't buy it at the liquor/ grocery store I'd have to go to bars to drink my favorite pours. Then strange women would hit on me.:slappin: Yea, like that ever happens.
I'm not quite as into this hobby as some of the others around here. I typically keep three or four bottles open and a reserve of about the same.
However, a fifth in four days? Wow. I am on about a one bottle a month pace. Currently I have open: Russell's Reserve, Old Grand Dad 114, Booker's, Old Forester 100, and Pappy Van Winkel 20 yo. I don't have anything left in the reserve as I just opened the RR and OGD the other night.
I don't drink cheap stuff, because I think life is too short to drink bad whisky and wine. I'd rather reduce consumption than drink stuff like JB White...
Joel
A bottle every three or four days? I guess I missed that part of your original post. That's quite a lot.
I suppose if you add up what I drink from all my open bottles. I drink one bottle every 12 to 14 days. At that rate of consumption I'm able to keep a decent bunker.