What's Open On Your Bar?

[tigerlam92]

Top of my head:

Iron Fist

Speakeasy Select

ECBP 134.2

ORVW 15 Frankfort

Buffalo Trace

WLW 2012

THH 2013

Eagle Rare 2006

Willett 24/110 copper top rye

Willett 24/94 white wax rye

Weller 12

Willett 7 year silver wax Bourbon Society selection

JPS 17 batch 1

Angels Envy Rye first run

Old Fitz 1849 8 year old

Lot B Lawrenceburg, first release green glass

PVW 23 gold wax straightbourbon.com unchillfiltered single barrel selection

could be be a couple more I'm forgetting

Fantastic and impressive selection, Pete!!

[dementedavenger]

When I look at what's open it seems like a weird collection of juice.

George T. Stagg (2011)

George T. Stagg (2012)

Thomas H. Handy (2013)

Old Rip Van Winkle 10-Year/107-proof (2009)

Pappy Van Winkle 20-Year (2006)

Pappy Van Winkle 20-Year (2012)

Pappy Van Winkle 23-Year (2006)

Van Winkle Family Reserve 13-Year Rye (2011)

Heaven Hill 12-Year bottled by Alchemist

I.W. Harper 12-Year (international release only)

Jefferson's Presidential Select 18-Year, Batch #13

Vintage 17 (wheat recipe)

Old Potrero Straight Rye

Black Maple Hill (NAS)

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof (Batch #1, 134.2-proof)

Four Roses Single Barrel Barrel Strength OBSK

Rock Hill Farms

Stagg Jr.

Willett Family Estate Single Barrel 4-Year

Willett Family Estate Single Barrel 4-Year

Delaware Phoenix Bourbon (375 ml)

Dry Fly Bourbon (375 ml)

Few Rye

Elijah Craig 12

Old Crow Reserve

Wild Turkey Rare Breed

Bulleit Rye

James Oliver Rye

Pikesville Rye (1.75 L)

Rittenhouse

Sazerac

Old Grand Dad 86-Proof Bottled in Bond (Late '70s) (1.75 L)

Old Fitzgerald Prime 86-Proof 6-Year Old (Late '70s)

Old Medley (Late '80s) (200ml)

Michter's 86-Proof (Late '70s)

[corpse_welder]

Oh, I'm a simple bloke I suppose

WT 101

WT Rare Breed

OGD BiB

OWA

Jack Daniels SB

Elijah Craig 12

Evan Williams BiB

Blanton's

Jefferson's Reserve

Dickel #12

Dickel Rye

FRSB

[tylermke]

Top of my head:

Iron Fist

Speakeasy Select

ECBP 134.2

ORVW 15 Frankfort

Buffalo Trace

WLW 2012

THH 2013

Eagle Rare 2006

Willett 24/110 copper top rye

Willett 24/94 white wax rye

Weller 12

Willett 7 year silver wax Bourbon Society selection

JPS 17 batch 1

Angels Envy Rye first run

Old Fitz 1849 8 year old

Lot B Lawrenceburg, first release green glass

PVW 23 gold wax straightbourbon.com unchillfiltered single barrel selection

could be be a couple more I'm forgetting

That's a pretty pedestrian lineup.

[Max Power]

Oh, I'm a simple bloke I suppose

WT 101

WT Rare Breed

OGD BiB

OWA

Jack Daniels SB

Elijah Craig 12

Evan Williams BiB

Blanton's

Jefferson's Reserve

Dickel #12

Dickel Rye

FRSB

I'd happily drink that collection any time.

[corpse_welder]

I'd happily drink that collection any time.

[upStomp]

-Buffalo Trace

-Four Roses SmB

-Stagg Jr.

-Lot B

-Wathan's (for diluting my ginger ale and orange bitters stash)

-Knob Creek SB

-OWA

-Dickel Rye

-Nikka Single Grain

[DogfaceSoldier]

- Blanton's

- Woodford Reserve

- PHC 5th

- PHC 6th

- PHC 7th

- Vintage 17 Year

- Vintage 23 Year Rye

- Baby Saz

- ORVW 10 Year 90 Proof

- Lot B

- Knob Creek

- Corner Creek

- Black Maple Hill (NAS)

- EH Taylor Tornado

- Weller 12

- OWA

- WSR 7 Year

- FR1B OBSQ

- FR1B OBSV

Hmm maybe I have more open than I thought.

[Crowes]

EWSB 2013 Private Selection

EC Barrel Proof

E.H. Taylor Single Barrel BIB

WLW 13

OWA 107

Angels Envy Rye

High West Rendesvous Rye

Knob Creek Single Barrel

Buffalo Trace

Aberlour A'Bunadh

Rowan's Creek

Noah's Mill

Edited February 3, 2014 by Crowes

[Tony Santana]

Started taking stock, and I have more open than I prefer.

PVW 15, Lot B

4R SB, 4R SmB

WT RB, WT RR SmBSB

KC, OGD 114

WLW '13, THH '13

EWSB '04, EC12, EC18, Ritt BIB

ER10, RHF, Stagg Jr., Weller 12, CEHT BP, CEHT SmB

SA OS 7, SA VOS 19

HW Bourye, HW APR

MM

WR 4W

OF BB '13

VOS

Jeff. Res

VOB

Johnny Drum Private Stock

Bulleit

Plus JD, Jameson, Redbreast 12 CS and Glenlivet 12. Plus 3 of my own blends.

The RR SmBSB/JD Private Stock and VOB are all at the curling club, readily shared and likely not long for this world. Glenlivet (one or at the most two pours) and KC (about a quarter of the bottle at best) are close to being toast. And I host the montly poker group this month, so a few others are probably slated for elimination. That should at least get me below 30 open, if I can resist temptation and refrain from cracking any others in the meantime.

[AaronWF]

Well, I'm getting a kick out of my post from May of 2011, a month or so after I joined the boards, so I figure if I post my list now, I can get a kick out of it a few years down the road.

My number of opened bottles has continuously ramped up since last October, and I think it's waaaay too many. This list does not include the half dozen or so open bottles of liquor which AREN'T whisk(e)y.

Then again, while I've been trying to diligently finish off bottles, I keep getting a hankering for opening new ones; I'm trying to resist. I might just be at the point of accepting this as normal (thanks in no small part to seeing how expansive the collections around here are!). If I like a whiskey, I want to make it last as long as possible, so I would only want to push to finish a bottle if I didn't so much care for it, but with so much open that I do love, why would I drink something that's not as good?

See, it's a Catch 22. I want to have Booker's and KC SB on hand. I'm not one much for delaying gratification... so I guess I fit right in here eh?:grin:

Pappy 20

Pappy 15

Lot B

EW SB '00

OF Bday '10

WLW '10

ER

VOB BiB

OGD BiB

Handy '10

Handy '09

VWFRR

HW Double Rye

Russel's Reserve Rye

Rittenhouse Rye BiB

Hudson Manhattan Rye

Koval's Lion's Pride Dark Oat

Dickel No. 9

St. George Single Malt

Michael Collins Irish Blended

Caol Ila unpeated CS

Glenfiddich 12

I... don't THINK I'm leaving anything out...

Now, though, I keep a spreadsheet, so I can assure you that I'm not leaving anything out. My consumption of malt has exploded. Also, this is a low-point in my recent trends.

2013 ER17

EC12

ECBP 137°

FR '09 Mariage

FR OBSK

FR OESQ

Dickel 9/103

HHSS

'04 OFBB

OGD114

'09 Pappy 15

PHC GA

WT RRSmB1B

WFE 8yo

WFE 8yo (wheater)

WFE 11yo

WFE 8yo

'10 Handy

Balcones Brimstone

Leopold Bros ASBW

Mellow Corn BiB

Laird's Apple Brandy BiB

Ardbeg Supernova 2010

Ardbeg Uigeadail

BlackAdder Blairfindy 1997 15yo

Laddie 10

Caol Ila 11yo Sauternes

Clynelish DE

Compass Box Hedonism

Glendronach 1996 17yo PX

Glenfarclas 21

Glenturret 18yo PX 1B

Kilchoman 5yo Sherry 1B

Kilkerran WIP5 Sherry Wood

Laphroaig Cairdeas 2013

Laphroaig 14yo Signatory 1B

Laphroaig TW

Longrow 18

Longrow 1996 10yo

Springbank 10/100

Springbank Local Barley 11yo

Talisker 25 2004

[garbanzobean]

I have a mostly full bar setup, but in general I don't worry about more than 1x dark aged rum (currently El Dorado 15), 1x generic white rum, vodka (usually Rain or Tito's), and gin (Usually Citadelle, currently the older release of The Botanist Islay Gin). In addition to that, I try to keep a blended scotch that's good enough to drink neat but not terribly expensive (often JW Black, but currently Compass Box Great King Street Artist's Blend), and a lesser bourbon (currently Russell's Reserve 10) around for mixed drinks. I also happen to have a Greenore 8 Single Grain Irish whisky in my mixer collection, as I decided recently that I don't really care for it neat. If someone brings Tequila over and leaves it, I sometimes also have that. I have other flavored liqueurs that you commonly use for mixed drinks as well. So that's my mixing liquor. Onto my open whiskies:

Elijah Craig 12

Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2013

William LaRue Weller 2013

Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye 2012

Amrut Fusion

Glenlivet Nadurra

Aberlour A'bunadh

Oban 14

Compass Box Flaming Heart 2012

Laphroaig 18

[wildcatdon]

I currently have Old Bardstown Estate,Antique Weller,Hancock's Reserve.Old Forester Single Barrel,Jefferson's Reserve,Noahs Mill,Rowans Creek,Basil Hayden,Ancient Age,Eagle Rare,Evan Williams Single Barrel and Pappy Rye.

[J-Brew]

I'll give it a whirl:

OFBB 13

ER10

Russel's Reserve 10

ETL

WFE Rye 4 year

Stagg Jr

Buffalo Trace

A Bowman Gingerbread

[qman22]

I have a good bit open right now...

PVW15

PVW20

Old Fitz Flagship Decanter '67

JPS 18

HHSS

FRsmB LE 12

OGD BiB '77

OT 86 proof '82

WT 8 yr 101 '70

PHC 6

ECBP batch 1

Blanton's Straight from the Barrel

Blantons

HW Bourye

ER 10 store pick

Willett 11 yr

OWA store pick

VOB BiB 6 yr

Weller 12

FR OBSV, OESK, OESO

Fleischmann's Select '78

IW Harper BiB '49

OGD 114

OGD BiB current

[TunnelTiger]

OC 10 yr

OFBB13

4RSBLe12

4RSB

4RSmb

RITTBIB

Balcones Rumble

OWA

WELLER 12

ECBP

Powers 12

Balvenie 12

for Mrs TT

Smirnoff 100

B&B

[sutton]

I have been working down the open bottle count ... almost there - currently opened:

Bourbon:

Jim Beam Distiller's Series

GD Select 9 year old

ETL (L&K Selection)

EW BiB

1783

OGD 86

Maker's Mark

Other stuff:

Redbreast CS

Bushmills 21 year

Black Bull 30 year

Dewar's 12 year

Cazadores Reposado

Don Julio Reposado

Don Juilo Anejo

El Tesoro Reposado

Nonino Grappa Picolit Cru

Montenegro Amaro

Herbsaint 100 pf

St. Germain

Cerbois Bas Armagnac

A couple of Ralfy solera bottles - rye-based bourbon, wheat-based bourbon, and a blend of single malts

[Johnsona]

Got a bottle of the Wild Turkey Rye 101 that back in release… love that stuff and have been sipping on that a bit. Can't wait to try the Booker's 25th as well...

[DBM]

American whiskey

AAA 10 Star

Angel's Envy

Stagg Jr.

WLW 2012

Handy 2013

Dry Fly 101

FR LE SmB 2013

FR LE SiB 2012

FR SiB OESO Clearview Spirits PS

FR SiB OBSK Whole Foods PS

Mellow Corn

PHC 6th 66.6%

PHC 7th

High West Campfire

High West Double Rye

Slow and Low Rock & Rye

JPS 18 batch 14

Maker's 46

OFBB 2009

OFBB 2012

OFBB 2013

OGD 114

OGD BIB

PVW 15 2013

PVW 20 2013

Rittenhouse BIB

Stranahan's

WhistlePig The Boss Hog

ECBP batch 3

OWA

Weller 12

Scotch whisky

Ardbeg Galileo

Ardbeg Uigeadail

Glenmorangie Ealanta 19 year

Lagavulin 16

[Scubarex]

A mish mash...of mash

only listing the whiskeys...

PVW 15 (2009)

PVW 20 (2012)

ORVW 12 Lot B (2012)

ORVW 10 (2013)

VWFR Rye 13y (2012)

Thomas H Handy Sazerac BTAC 129.0

George T Stagg BTAC 142.6

ER 17 (2011)

Blantons

Breckenridge

Elmer T Lee SiB

Weller 12

Old Forester Birthday '13

Elijah Craig 18

Jefferson 18

FR LE SiB '12

FR LE SmB '13-125

WR

Willet Pot Still

WT Rye 101 (old batch)

WT Russell Reserve 90

WT Kentucky Spirit (2012)

[OscarV]

I have my open bottles to where I like them, six.

Nothing new or exciting like the latest BT special release or a trendy "micro-distiller" release.

Just some comfortable old guy booze.

L to R are;

Wild Turkey 12yo

Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit from 1998

Four Roses Mariage from 2009

Four Roses Single Barrel

Old Rip Van Winkle 10/107

WL Weller Centennial

[KySalesRep]

That's a great lineup Oscar! Drink in the best of health, cheers!

[MyOldKyDram]

Yes. Very little exciting there.

[tigerlam92]

That is a great and carefully selected lineup. If I have this open in my bar and these are all I get to drink for the rest of my left, I would consider myself very lucky!! I think the only thing I would add is a great rye like PVWFRR or Hirsch 13 rye. Hahaha

[OscarV]

You are correct tigerlam92, a nice rye would work very well here.

I did search for some aged Willett rye in KY last summer but the best I could find was a 4yo, I passed.

I do have an affection for TH Handy in spite of it's youngness I find it interesting and tasty.

I never see Pappy & Hirsch up this way.