How big is your stash?

[ebo]

My stash was cleared out almost 7 years ago. I sold it due to divorce. I usually have 2 bottles on hand most of the time. I just buy as needed these days.

[CardsandBourbon]

22 hours ago, parksmart said:

I recently sold 700+ bottles from my wine collection.   Lemme catch my breath before I figure out where I’m at with the brown liquor collection.  
 

Shame on me for not being OCD enough to create and maintain a credible list of the bourbon/rye/whiskeys.  Just too simple to buy, stash in one of the cellars, and pop/pour when the mood strikes.  
 

Then again, it’s like an Easter egg

hunt sometimes when I stumble upon a bottle or three that I forgot I had acquired...... 

Unfortunately I am OCD enough.  This is my list from last Christmas.  I print it out so my brother-in-law, nephew, etc. have a list to peruse when the are here on Christmas Eve.  It's probably a bit out of date now, but it's close.

BOURBON LIST.pdf

[Saul_cooperstein]

I’ve probably got 275-300 unopened and 50 or so open

[JGriff]

Around 120 unopened and 10-15 opened.  

[JCwhammie]

3 hours ago, CardsandBourbon said:

Unfortunately I am OCD enough.  This is my list from last Christmas.  I print it out so my brother-in-law, nephew, etc. have a list to peruse when the are here on Christmas Eve.  It's probably a bit out of date now, but it's close.

BOURBON LIST.pdf 252.71 kB · 7 downloads

This is awesome. 

[NDN98]

30ish unopened (including Scotch and couple rums) and 22 opened.

[fishnbowljoe]

Okay, here’s my list. I’m not sure it’s 100% accurate because I kinda hurried through all the moving, cleaning and counting.
 

Open bottles-21  Bottles in the bunker-90

 

As a side note here, of the 21 open bottles I have open,13 are from the Buffalo Trace distillery. Of the 90 bottles in my bunker, 58 are from Buffalo Trace. What can I say?    

 

Biba! Joe

[Marekv8]

18 hours ago, Not_That_Fancy said:

I think you go with getting rid of the bourbon... I’ll happily come help with such a task. Hahaha

 

Not likely now that you've publicly identified yourself as a flipper.

[Not_That_Fancy]

10 minutes ago, Marekv8 said:

 

Not likely now that you've publicly identified yourself as a flipper.

Woahhh I never said I was a flipper. I don’t mark up bottles, sell them, ect. If gathering bottles to gift or trade for things not available in my area labels me as a flipper... I think we should define flipper better.

 

Im not the man posting PVW for $1700. But trading a Stagg JR for a KC 14yr pick I can’t get here doesn’t seem to be a crime in my book. 
 

 

 

 

[Not_That_Fancy]

23 minutes ago, Marekv8 said:

 

Not likely now that you've publicly identified yourself as a flipper.

And for someone who has probably the largest collection on here... maybe people who encourage the upsale of buying secondary market may be the problem? 
 

I’m sure your recent mail call was all at MSRP right? 

[Marekv8]

10 minutes ago, Not_That_Fancy said:

And for someone who has probably the largest collection on here... maybe people who encourage the upsale of buying secondary market may be the problem? 
 

I’m sure your recent mail call was all at MSRP right? 

 

I've never bought or sold on the secondary market and pay retail (but typically less). It all gets billed against projects-- so the paperwork is important for the IRS and insurance company.

[PhantomLamb]

Personally I don’t like trading, not necessarily for morality reasons but it kind of ruins the hunt and the hobby for me. Especially for places like PA where things are limited, it’s really cool to find something even bottom shelf that we will never see here. Trading would spoil that for me. My two cents...

[Kepler]

11 hours ago, Not_That_Fancy said:

Woahhh I never said I was a flipper. I don’t mark up bottles, sell them, ect. If gathering bottles to gift or trade for things not available in my area labels me as a flipper... I think we should define flipper better.

 

Im not the man posting PVW for $1700. But trading a Stagg JR for a KC 14yr pick I can’t get here doesn’t seem to be a crime in my book. 
 

 

 

 

 

Certainly swapping bottles is not nearly as bad as purely flipping bottles you bought off the shelf on the secondary market for a profit.  But for me, intent at the time of purchase matters, so clearing retail shelves of something like Stagg Jr for trade bait later is still in some ways a lesser form of "flipping."  Just my opinion.

 

Obviously swapping amongst friends or fellow bourboners with bottles you already owned and were not purchased with intent of turning over later,... well that's just good clean fun, and part of our hobby.

[lcpfratn]

On 8/17/2020 at 9:16 AM, FasterHorses said:

Is this a setup?

Knowing what your stash is probably looking like these days, I got a chuckle out of your response! Of course my response is

[lcpfratn]

On 8/18/2020 at 2:36 PM, Marekv8 said:

I admittedly have a few bottles— but I’ve reached the breaking point where I’m sh*t out of space, so I’ve either got to put the brakes on buying or eliminate the bourbon to focus on Scotch. Not an easy task given the local feeding frenzy. 

Just a few Dave?
I guess I have no room to talk though!

[The Black Tot]

Too many to count.

 

Took me about three years to get my first 500 back in 2011-2013, but I couldn't/wouldn't do that today. I was very aware of the closing motion of the door of Aladdin's cave, so I hustled.

 

That said, I had a pretty crazy opportunity last year, and bought about 250 bottles of extinct rum - THAT won't happen again. Normally these days, 50/yr is more my speed, and it will decrease every year. Soon there won't be any rum for sale that I want to buy, so...

 

At 50/yr I'm in balance for now, since that's about what my guests and I consume in a year. 

[FasterHorses]

On 8/20/2020 at 10:31 PM, lcpfratn said:

Knowing what your stash is probably looking like these days, I got a chuckle out of your response! Of course my response is

Exactly.. no one needs to know, not even me. Its not a lie if you honestly dont know.  

[Shizzy]

About 170 bourbons, ryes, American whiskies and Tennessee whiskies on the shelf and mostly open.  In the bunker I have about 70-80 of the same type whiskies.  Most are back ups, but there are a few one offs I've just not opened as of yet.  I reckon I have enough whiskey on hand to last me the rest of my life, but I do share it willingly with friends, so this combined with a rather large debilitating case of FOMO keeps the bunker growth on an upward trend.

 

[tanstaafl2]

About this much:

 

...........................................................

 

[tanstaafl2]

Seriously though, I did finally finish getting my spreadsheet up to date earlier this year (trying to remain busy in retirement I suppose!) so I could crunch some numbers! We talking bourbon? American whiskey? Whiskey in general? Distilled spirits in general? Everything but the kitchen sink?

 

Should I count bottles I have paid for but are still en route? Seems like there are always a few bottles en route lately!

 

[fishnbowljoe]

And my wife says I’m a procrastinator. 

18 minutes ago, tanstaafl2 said:

Seriously though, I did finally finish getting my spreadsheet up to date earlier this year (trying to remain busy in retirement I suppose!) so I could crunch some numbers! We talking bourbon? American whiskey? Whiskey in general? Distilled spirits in general? Everything but the kitchen sink?

 

Should I count bottles I have paid for but are still en route? Seems like there are always a few bottles en route lately!

 

And my wife says that I’m a procrastinator. Geez Bruce. 

 

Biba! Joe

[Skinsfan1311]

Never counted them, but probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 75.  

[BigSkyDrams]

Mine hovers right around 22-25 bottles, with usually 5-7 open.  Thankfully, that is about all I can handle with space limitations, as almost all are located on a single shelf in my pantry.  I did start stashing some Blantons/Blantons Gold in another cabinet in the bedroom, because the squat little bottles fit nicely, particularly while still in their boxes, but even that won't accommodate more than another bottle or two. 

 

So, not much of a stash.  But I only really feel compelled to stash things that I will be unlikely to buy (i.e. anything over $100), or at least have a really difficult time getting, again.  Plan is to keep a revolving door of accessible/available opens while stashing 1-2 really good bottles per year, and once that exceeds my current storage capacity, figure it out as I go.  

[B.B. Babington]

On 8/17/2020 at 7:21 PM, jvd99 said:

About 300 

2/3 bourbon

1/3 scotch

wait, you vatted 300 bottles?  I have got to come over to your place, that's where the party is. 

[Paddy]

10 hours ago, BigSkyDrams said:

Mine hovers right around 22-25 bottles, with usually 5-7 open.  Thankfully, that is about all I can handle with space limitations, as almost all are located on a single shelf in my pantry.  I did start stashing some Blantons/Blantons Gold in another cabinet in the bedroom, because the squat little bottles fit nicely, particularly while still in their boxes, but even that won't accommodate more than another bottle or two. 

 

So, not much of a stash.  But I only really feel compelled to stash things that I will be unlikely to buy (i.e. anything over $100), or at least have a really difficult time getting, again.  Plan is to keep a revolving door of accessible/available opens while stashing 1-2 really good bottles per year, and once that exceeds my current storage capacity, figure it out as I go.  

You really should have a chat with Harry.