What's in your bunker?

[ratcheer]

• Two bottles of Old Forester Birthday Bourbon, v. 2002
• Kentucky Spirit
• Old Grand Dad 114-proof

I'm not sure what else. Those are my prizes.

Tim

[OscarV]

• Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit (bottled 1994, also open)

Tim, I see this WTKS you have opened since 1994, when is the last time you tried it? Is it still good?
I have heard that you should not let them go for more than 12 to 18 months.
What is your experience on this?



this is an edit,....I see now that it says "bottled in 1994"
my mistake, but what is the longest you have had something opened and was still good?

[TNbourbon]

...what is the longest you have had something opened and was still good?

Probably a 1978 Bourbon deLuxe quart I currently have, of which about 40% remains, is the longest-open bottle I've ever had -- about 18 months now. I don't notice any change even now, I just don't care for it all that much (I've been trying to remember to mix it with cola, et al, lately to get it gone).
So, Oscar, I've never known one to go 'bad' -- though I've known quite a few (usually higher-proof) that seem to improve after you take an inch or two off the top.

[Solomon2]

what is the longest you have had something opened and was still good?

My bottle of Old Setter was given to me six years ago by my father-in-law. It was already opened, with a broken tax stamp across the cap and no barcode on the label. He told me he had received it as a givt long ago.

I guess that means it was around thirty years old when I finally polished it off last month. It tasted different from other bourbons - its finish was more tangy than hot - but it was by no means unpleasant.

[barturtle]

Probably a 1978 Bourbon deLuxe quart I currently have, of which about 40% remains, is the longest-open bottle I've ever had -- about 18 months now. I don't notice any change even now, I just don't care for it all that much (I've been trying to remember to mix it with cola, et al, lately to get it gone).
So, Oscar, I've never known one to go 'bad' -- though I've known quite a few (usually higher-proof) that seem to improve after you take an inch or two off the top.

I have noticed that it seems you can keep mostly full bottles for quite a while without much- if any- change (though a long ago bottled bourbon, can indeed improve with a breath of fresh air). I'm currently drinking on a bottle of Old Charter 7yo BIB that was bought at the place Tim works part-time about 370 days ago (I looked up the post). It was opened basically upon arrival in Louisiana. The bottle was nursed for quite a while, knowing that it is a hard to come by bottling and all, and only got down to half way 2-3 months ago. The bottle is now down to its last inch (I consider a half empty bottle as one that needs to get gone) and is just now starting to display some damage to its flavor-it seems a bit lighter in body and the caramel and spice are starting to wane.

[jburlowski]

Modest compared to others here:

Several botles of each of the 2006 BTAC --- these will be consumed over the next year so I'm not so sure they qualify.

An extra bottle of Hirsch 16

Several bottles of S-W ORVW.

That's about it... I'm much more a drinker that a hoarder.

[TNbourbon]

...these will be consumed over the next year so I'm not so sure they qualify...I'm much more a drinker that a hoarder.

Don't assume a large number of unopened bottles signifies any of us is 'just a collector'. I don't own a bottle I don't intend to open. But when I see a bottle that I would like to drink, but may never see again, I'm disinclined to hope I'll run across another one when I'm finally ready to open it.

[jburlowski]

Don't assume a large number of unopened bottles signifies any of us is 'just a collector'. I don't own a bottle I don't intend to open. But when I see a bottle that I would like to drink, but may never see again, I'm disinclined to hope I'll run across another one when I'm finally ready to open it.

Point well taken... my choice of "hoarder" was perhaps ill-conceived. I didn't mean in any sense to be pejorative. What I was really trying to convey is that I see bourbon as something to be enjoyed and shared "today"... because who knows what tomorrow will bring.[/FONT]

[Empty Glass]

2 AHHirsch
1 PVW23

I'm trying to finish off the 10 open bottles during the game so they don't spoil. Hic!

[OscarV]

Ok,...unopened, right? then here goes.

A H Hirsch 20yo
A H Hirsch 16yo
Society Of Bourbon Connoisseurs 20yo Batch No.80-045
Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection;
....French Oak Aged
....Twice Barreled
....Fire Pot Barrel Aged
Buffalo Trace Antique Collection;
....George T Stagg 2004
....George T Stagg Fall 2005
....Eagle Rare 2005
....William LaRue Weller 2005
....Sazerac Rye 2005
....Thomas H Handy Rye 2006
Eagle Rare Single Barrel
Eagle Rare 101 10yo
Sazerac Rye (AKA Baby Saz)
Joseph Finch
Henry Clay
Old Fitzgerald 10yo 101pf, 1978 release in faux crystal decanter
Pappy Van Winkle 23yo Bottle #A209
Pappy Van Winkle 20yo
Pappy Van Winkle 15yo
Van Winkle Special Reserve 12yo Lot "B"
Old Rip Van Winkle 15yo 107pf, Lawrenceburg
Old Rip Van Winkle 10yo 107pf, Frankfort
Old Rip Van Winkle 10yo 90pf, Frankfort
Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye
Four Roses;
....Single Barrel, current KY-Japan release
....Single Barrel, old Seagrams release
....Single Barrel, current European release
....Small Batch
....Super Premium, Japan release
W L Weller 12yo
W L Weller Centennial
Old Weller Antique
Elmer T Lee Single Barrel
Wathen's Single Barrel
Old Charter Proprietor's Reserve
Old Chater 12yo The Classic
Jefferson's Reserve 15yo (not the undated)
Old Grand-Dad;
....114, Lot No 1
....114, Lot No 2, pre-Beam?
....BIB
....86pf
Very Old Barton 8yo 86pf, 1972 release
Old Forester Birthday, Dis-1990 Bot-2003
Prichard's Doubled Barreled
Michter's Single Barrel Bourbon 10yo
Michter's Straight Rye
Booker's True Barrel, 10 Year Annaverary Bottle
Black Maple Hill 21yo
Vintage Bourbon 23yo
Vintage Bourbon 17yo
Noah's Mill
Rowan's Creek
The Classic Cask 13yo, Bottle No#68
Tom Moore BIB (with Fed Tax strip)
Mattingly & Moore (current stuff)
Kentucky Mist, made at the old Hoffman Distillery
Woodford Reserve Master's Collection Four Grain, 2005 release
Wild Turkey;
....Tribute Jimmy Russell 50th Anniversary
....Rare Breed, signed by Jimmy Russell
....Kentucky Spirit, Bottled August 22, 2003
....12yo Split Label
....12yo Gold Foil
....12yo Japan release, 700ml bot
....Russell's Reserve 101pf
....Russell's Reserve 90pf
....101 8yo
....101 current no date
....80