how many

[wskybnt]

How many open bottles is to many?

Right now I have about 18 to 20 open bottles

WT 101

RB

RR 101

RR90

VW lot B

ORVW 15 yr

OPVW 20

Weller 12 yr

Weller Centinial

GTS

WLW

Blantons

Serazac RYE

BMH 11 yr

Bookers

Knob Creek

I got a more that I am waiting to try but want to finish a couple of these first. I guess what I want to know is how many open bottles is too many? Consuming an average of 6 to 8 oz a day, how many open bottles do you have?

[scratchline]

Wild Turkey 8yr

Wild Turkey 12yr

Wild Turkey RR 101

Wild Turkey RB

Wild Turkey 86.8

ND Old Grand-Dad 86

Old Overholt 86

IW Harper 86

Old Forester BIB

Four Roses Single Barrel

Yellowstone 6yr 86

ND Old Crow 80

Prentice Eagle Rare 10yr 101

Hirsch 16

Until I start to kill a few of these, no others will be opened. Although this is a lot of bottles, I am in Los Angeles doing a play and since we started rehearsing six weeks ago, almost every person in the cast has been over at least once to sample some good American whiskey.

Since I'm working nights, I don't get to drink as much as I otherwise would. But next week, I have matinees which leaves my evenings free. I'm hoping to put together a tasting night with some like minded SBers.

The only one of the above that I really don't care for is the Yellowstone. I don't even particularly care to mix with it. It's an older bottle so maybe it's gone off, but there was no evaporation and the seal seemed good. I think it's just a flavor that doesn't appeal to me.

-Mike

[SBOmarc]

Makers

Bookers

EC 12

EC 18

Eagle Rare SB

OGD 114

WT RR 101

WT 101

EWSB 95

Knob Creek

[nor02lei]

ORWV 10 107 proof

15

WT RB

101 (8 Y)

Kentucky Legend single barrel

OGD 114

WLW

GTS 141.2

Sazerac 2005

Rittenhouse 10Y

BMH 18Y rye

ORVW old time rye serie C

Leif

[Hedmans Brorsa]

I used to have around 40 open bottles but in recent times I have made a sincere attempt to discipline myself.

The trouble for me is that I seldom order stuff för bunkering, i.e. a bottle bought is because I´m yearning for it, which makes it difficult to resist cracking it open.

As I mentioned before, I haven´t really encountered any problem regarding diminishing quality but I have so many bottles that I sometimes have found myself forgetting the existence of some of the bottles. :grin:

[gr8erdane]

I'm a sincere believer in keeping your options wide open and that if you have more bottles closed than open you're wastin good drinking time. As Tim said in another thread most of mine are open. If I can't taste em from time to time how can I remember if I like em or not? What do you mean keep tasting notes?

[luv2hunt]

To many to list, but I counted 46......I thought it would be more, the shelf sure looks like it's more! :blush:

Dawn

[barturtle]

I try to keep my open bottles limited to less than 6(though currently I have over a dozen open-and I blame it all on the guys in the chatroom:lol: .) I did have a period of time when I had about 3 dozen open bottles and found that a few of them had experienced a flavor shift, most notably a WT12:cry: .

[Hedmans Brorsa]

I have to add that this newly acquired discipline of mine took a serious knock, wednesday last week. All this due to my somewhat fatalistic nature.

I was about to fly to Stockholm the next morning and suddenly it struck me : "What if the plane crashes and I don´t get to taste some of my unopened bottles?". Accordingly, I opened my most recent Bourbon purchases, Elmer T. Lee and Rock Hill Farms.

Well, it was my first Elmer for many years so maybe the judge would let me off the hook with something like 'extenuating circumstances'? :grin:

[ThomasH]

All of my bottles are open, which easily numbers 100. As soon as I get them, I open and taste at my convenience. If I don't really know what to drink, I have all bottle names written on a small pieces of paper and just draw a name. As long as I get to enjoy a drink when I want that is all that matters!

Thomas

[Paulbrad25]

What are the rules here, bottles open at my disposal, bottles open at home, strictly Bourbon, or Whisky, or just alcohol???

[gothbat]

Bakers

Rock Hill Farms

George T Stagg

Elijah Craig 18

Elijah Craig 12

Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 year

Pappy Van Winkle 20 year

Fighting Cock 103

I haven't worried too much since I hear that as long as you store them properly they won't get ruined or something. Most of them haven't been open that long anyway.

[Whiskey Willie]

Not as many as most folks here...

MM

EWSB 93

WT101

KC

JB Black

JB Rye

[jspero]

ORVW 15/107

Van Winkle Lot B

GT Stagg (Spring '05)

Eagle Rare 17 ('05)

Four Roses Single Barrel (from Japan)

Evan Williams SB '95

WT 101

WT Rye

Pikesville Rye

[wskybnt]

Well now I dont feel that bad about 20 open bottles, The longest one is a little less than 3 years old. So I guess I am OK.

[TNbourbon]

57 whiskeys (bourbon, rye, Canadian, Scotch, blended -- more than 3/4, of course, the first two), three rums, a Cognac.

A lot of the bourbons and ryes will follow me to Bardstown, where they will meet their ends.:cry:

Then I'll open some more!:toast:

[threejean]

Eagle Rare (what I'm drinking right now)

Michter's Straight Rye

Cape Cod is a lousy place to find good bourbon.

[pepcycle]

Twenty Three Opened

No make that Twenty One

:bigeyes: :bigeyes:

Take one down, Pass it around

Yadda Yadda Yadda

[jburlowski]

17...

ETL

Old Forrester BB

PVW 15

Blanton's

Woodford Reserve

Hirsch 16

Old Charter Prop Reserve

Weller Cenntenial

Old Weller Antique

GTS Fall 2005

WLW

Eagle Rare 17

OGD 114

BT

Bulleit

Old Bardstown Estate Bottled

VW Lot B

[camduncan]

There's never too many whiskeys open in my bar...

Currently open there's:

Old Fitzgerald 1849

Noahs Mill

Rittenhouse Rye

Elijah Craig 12yo

Elijah Craig 18yo

Evan Williams 7yo

94 Evan Williams SB

95 Evan Williams SB

Virgin Bourbon

ORVW 10yo (uk bottle)

ORVW 12yo Lot B

ORVW 13yo Rye

Pappy 15yo

2004 Stagg

2004 Sazerac

Buffalo Trace

Blantons Original

Jack Daniels

Jack Daniels Commemorative decanter

Wild Turkey Freedom

Wild Turkey Rye

Wild Turkey Liquor with honey

Old Crow

Jim Beam White Label x 2

Jim Beam BIB

Jim Beam Rye

Bookers

Unopened (for various reasons):

Wild Turkey Tribute

Evan Williams Earth Jug

2 x 94 Evan Williams SB

ORVW 12yo Lot B

Pappy 15yo

[jsgorman]

I won't be opening another bottle for some time. I have enough trouble picking from my current shelf to make it worse for myself.

Hirsch 16

Hirsch 20

Blanton Gold

ORVW 10

ORVW 15

WTRR101 10

Heaven Hill 8

Old Fitz BIB (DSP 16)

I also have about 5 open bottles of SMSW, which I also love (but in a different way).

[bobbyc]

I usually watch these from the sides but what the heck...........

Pendennis Club

Old Forester Birthday Bourbon (All to date-5)

George T Stagg ( All to Date-6)

Eagle Rare x2

Elijah Craig 18 year x2

Old Pogue

Ridgewood Reserve 1792

Weller Antique 107

Weller 12

Weller 12 ( Barrel of the Year)

Weller 12 ( Barrel 'C')

Weller 12 ( The Fourth Barrel)

Weller 19

ORVW 10

ORVW Old Tyme Rye 12

4 Roses

4 Roses Single Barrel

Old Taylor 80 ( Thanks Rughi)

Old Taylor 86

Cabin Still 90 ( SW Wheat)

JW Dant ( Buffalo Trace)

ORVW lot Sams 20 year 133.4 proof ( Thanks CL)

EWSB 1995

Mellow Mash

Black Maple Hill

Wathens

Wild Turkey 12 year ( Split Label)

Woodside Partners

TW Samuels ( Thanks Cliff)

A couple samples

40 not counting the samples, strange because these are hardly noticable amoung the full ones. And I thought I show remarkable restraint in this regard, who knew?

I think I do need to open the Small Batch collection, for comparisons sake.

[leigh_munro]

There's never too many whiskeys open in my bar...

Currently open there's:

Old Fitzgerald 1849

Noahs Mill

Rittenhouse Rye

Elijah Craig 12yo

Elijah Craig 18yo

Evan Williams 7yo

94 Evan Williams SB

95 Evan Williams SB

Virgin Bourbon

ORVW 10yo (uk bottle)

ORVW 12yo Lot B

ORVW 13yo Rye

Pappy 15yo

2004 Stagg

2004 Sazerac

Buffalo Trace

Blantons Original

Jack Daniels

Jack Daniels Commemorative decanter

Wild Turkey Freedom

Wild Turkey Rye

Wild Turkey Liquor with honey

Old Crow

Jim Beam White Label x 2

Jim Beam BIB

Jim Beam Rye

Bookers

Unopened (for various reasons):

Wild Turkey Tribute

Evan Williams Earth Jug

2 x 94 Evan Williams SB

ORVW 12yo Lot B

Pappy 15yo

Cam you got to let us in on your secret, how do you find all these wonderful products in australia?

[camduncan]

Umm, mostly I don't...

Being married to a (former) travel agent (she's still in the industry, just not retail) means we travel an average of 2-3 times a year overseas.

Many of these have been picked up on my travels.

These are all available though. Many around Brisbane too -

Elijah Craig 12yo

Evan Williams 7yo

95 Evan Williams SB

Virgin Bourbon

Buffalo Trace

Blantons Original

Jack Daniels

Wild Turkey Liquor with honey

Old Crow

Jim Beam White Label x 2

Jim Beam BIB

Jim Beam Rye

Bookers

[leigh_munro]

I guess i'll just have to look a bit harder. If you find anything out of the ordinary let us know via the 'Bourbon Availability Downunder' thread.

leigh.