How many open bottles do you have at this moment?

[mbroo5880i]

24 at the moment, plus another 8-10 vats and decanters of various concoctions. This is probably a bit more open than usual but I finally promoted a few that had been sitting idly on the bench (Bookers 25th, HH8, EC23, etc).

I'm really pleased with my bunker consolidation, down to 38 bottles now. I've resisted the urge to add unnecessarily to it the past few months.

I find myself constantly thinning the herd to keep my overall bunker manageable. I currently have 14 bottles open. My overall bunker is 36 bottles right now, not including scotch, rum, tequila. I try to keep my bunker below 40. I am getting ready to add a few more bottles of favorites...SAOS BP, FR BP, etc.

I really haven't noticed a degradation in taste regardless of fill level. Occasionally, I notice a slight change in taste, usually an improvement with some air time. However, I am never sure if this is an improvement in the whiskey or just a change in my palate. For whatever reason, I find most WT products seem to improve with a little air time.

[B.B. Babington]

142 whiskies, mostly bourbon and rye. Around 200 if you count other spirits.

all open at same time with glass next to each one, I bet. that's a serious taste tester taking the bullet to advise us about the good stuff.

[brettckeen]

Yeti goyk smash!

[bdrinker]

The only un-approachable open bottle I have is JD gentleman jack. Maybe it will get better with time, as most whiskies seem to do on here. It's been open since december though, how much longer do I have to wait? :grin: In buying that bottle, I think I was fooled by the marketing and reputation behind JD. I still don't get why JD is so popular... for the money, there are much better bourbons and scotches out there.

[johnnyoski]

7 bourbons...about 20 various other spirits open.

[El Vino]

26 open: 15 bourbon, 5 rye and 6 scotch.

[Tony Santana]

Roughly 50 open bourbons, another 15-20 ryes, wheat whiskeys, Tennessee, etc. Plus a couple of blends. A good number of the open ones have only had a drink or two out of them - I decide I have to try a new purchase, and while I usually like it, there are other bottles I return to more often. I think most bottles either improve with a little air or stay the same. I've had a couple that seem to regress a bit - a Willett 10 year and a Four Roses OESF come to mind, both still really good but not as phenomenal as they tasted when I first opened them. Then again, I can't discount palate variation in that assessment.

[ThirstyinOhio]

I have 45 bourbon/scotch/rye bottles open, give or take, right now. I need to work on finishing a few off....

[dSculptor]

I keep around 70 open at all times, seems like the right amount of variation to keep the buds in check, plus it's about all my wall of bourbon will hold. When one dies ... another goes up.

[miller542]

How many open? Too many!

22 total

8 bourbon

1 misc bourbon vat

4 scotch

2 rye

7 other - rum, vodka, etc

Due to space constraints, I need to finish off at least one scotch, one rye, and a couple bourbons.

Edited April 3, 2015 by miller542

[tanstaafl2]

Most of them.......

[GaryT]

91 at the moment. Never had one "go bad". I used to decant them into 375s when they got down that low if they had been open for a while and were likely to remain open a while longer, but I don't bother with that anymore. I do find that I'll replace the corks with a Vacu-vin stopper just for a better seal so I don't lose more to evap over time, if the cork seems like it isn't tight.

[DBM]

Anywhere from 20-25 open bottles. I limit open bottles to what fits on one of my whiskey cabinet shelves. Easy to manage and keeps bottles from being neglected.

[Hodunk]

I currently have 12 open bourbons.

[Coop776]

About 10. Going to open another tonight, but not sure which:

Weller 12

OWA

James E Pepper 6 yr bourbon

Suggestions?

[WAINWRIGHT]

I'm frankly awful about opening and never finishing bottles.I currentyl have over 50 bottles open ranging from Mezcal to malt of which approximately 20 that are Four Roses private selections.

[fozzy71]

3 open and 12 closed......... time to open something else I suppose

[garbanzobean]

3 open and 12 closed......... time to open something else I suppose

Meh, don't feel obligated to open them all at once. I like having 5-6 varied choices available, but too many more than that can cause me to become indecisive. On the other hand, plenty of folks around here absolutely love having dozens of bottles open at the same time. YMMV

[fozzy71]

Meh, don't feel obligated to open them all at once. I like having 5-6 varied choices available, but too many more than that can cause me to become indecisive. On the other hand, plenty of folks around here absolutely love having dozens of bottles open at the same time. YMMV

opened a couple more, but I generally like to keep more closed than open

[ThirstyinOhio]

I have 45 bourbon/scotch/rye bottles open, give or take, right now. I need to work on finishing a few off....

I was off on the number, I have 63 open right now. I killed off two last night and hopefully will add to that list this week. Doing a proper head count made me realize that I need to consolidate down since I tend to forget what I have opened and keep them in too many spots.

[Xevious]

I think only six now, not including other spirits. I had more but I made a conscious effort to finish off the ones I wasn't as crazy about.

[JHewey]

At the moment 19 out of 23 open. But I am new to bourbon so I opened every bottle I got. But now I am trying to finish open ones before I open any others.

[BourbonJoe]

I have about 125 open.

[wyllisx1]

12 right now. was opening my first WTRB & the cork broke. Don't have anything to decant it into nor do I have a spare cork that I feel comfortable popping into the bottle. I guess I'll have to finish off another bottle with a similar sized cork before pulling the broken cork out. To that end I poured some Hirsch since the cork looks similarly sized.

[Tucker]

Just 6 bottles of bourbon (five of which are 4R) open right now.