What's in your bunker?

[straightwhiskeyruffneck]

ancient ancient age 10 yr

baker's

booker's 6yr 9 mo. 127 pr.

corner creek

1792 ridgemont reserve

russel's reserve 90 pr.

wathen's (san diego bottling)

ezra brooks single barrel 12 yr.

old charter propietor's reserver 13 yr.

bulleit (newer bottling)

george t stagg 141.2

evan williams single barrel 1994

eagle rare single barrel 10 yr.

wild turkey 101

wild turkey rare breed

blanton's single barrel

old weller antique 7yr. 107

very old heaven hill BIB 10yr.

woodford reserve (newer bottling)

knob creek

old forrester birthday bourbon spring 1993

elmer t lee single barrel

jack daniel's 150th anniversery

jack daniel's single barrel million dollar cowboy bar barrel signed by jimmy

soon to have pappy 20 (hop and vine's reg. price: $78.00!)

[TomH]

I call this my Liquid IRA rather than a bunker. Putting it back to drink after I retire (just a little over 1 year and 4 months - not that I'm counting). This list does not include the scotch I've put back.

Bourbon

A. H. Hirsch Reserve 16 YO

Black Maple Hill 14 YO

Black Maple Hill 21 YO

Blanton's

Bookers

BTEC - Fire Pot Barreled Aged

BTEC- French Oak Aged

BTEC - Twice Barreled

Elmer T. Lee

Elmer T. Lee - Sam's Barrel 28

Elmer T. Lee - Sam's Batch 4

George T. Stagg 2004

George T. Stagg 2005 Spring

George T. Stagg 2005 Fall

George T. Stagg 2006

Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2003

Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2004

Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2005

Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2006

Old Rip Van Winkle 10/107

Old Rip Van Winkle 15/107

Old Rip Van Winkle 15/107 Premiere SB 6

Old Rip Van Winkle 15/107 Premiere SB 7

Pappy Van Winkle 15 YO

Pappy Van Winkle 20 YO

Pappy Van Winkle 23 YO

Rare Eagle 2002

Rare Eagle 2004

Rare Eagle 2005

Rare Eagle 2006

Rare Eagle Single Barrel 10 YO

Rebel Yell (Stizel Weller)

Sam Houston

Van Winkle Special Reserve (Lot

W. L. Weller 12 YO

W. L. Weller 12 YO (Everetts (SW))

W. L. Weller Centenial

Wild Turkey (export)

Wild Turkey (split label)

Wild Turkey Sherry Signature

William Larue Weller 2005

William Larue Weller 2006

Rye

Black Maple Hill -18 YO

Hirsch - 21 YO

Isaiah Morgan

Michter's - 10 &YO

Sazerac 2002

Sazerac 2004

Sazerac 2005

Sazerac 2006

Thomas Handy Sazerac 2006

Van Winkle Family Reserve G series

Van Winkle Family Reserve H series

Van Winkle Family Reserve

Vintage Rye 21 YO

TN

George Dickel Select

Irish

Bushmill Single Cask 1608 (Rum Cask)

Bushmill Single Cask 1608 (Sherry Cask)

Japan

Suntory Hibiki

Suntory Yamazaki

[Jazzhead]

There's a lot of good drinkin' in this bunker - but first I gotta make a dent in the open bottles!

3 bottles of WTRR101 - my all-time favorite pour!

3 bottles of Old Forester BIB, dimpled - my all-time second favorite pour!

4 bottles of EWSB, three 1987 vintage and one 1995 vintage

2 bottles of Old Kentucky Tavern (Glenmore whiskey)

2 bottles of Wild Turkey Rye (seventies vintage, distilled in Maryland)

2 bottles of Old Heaven Hill, 10 yo, 86 proof (the best $7.99 whiskey I've ever tasted)

2 bottles of I.W. Harper 15 yo

Plus the following single bottles:

AH Hirsch 16 yo

Van Winkle Lot B

Old Fitzgerald BIB (eighties vintage)

Old Hickory (Publicker, eighties vintage)

Old Taylor BIB (eighties vintage)

OGD 86 proof (ND whiskey)

Elmer T Lee (black label)

Eagle Rare 17 yo

Eagle Rare 10 yo single barrel

Jim Beam 200th anniversary

Bernheim Wheat

Rittenhouse Rye

Bellows Club (seventies vintage)

Ten High (eighties vintage)

Walkers Deluxe

Old Charter 10 yo (just got this one in trade!)

Michter's Pot Still Whiskey (hex sign bottle)

[IronHead]

Newbie chiming in:

Woodford Reserve 4 Grain

Noah's Mill

George T. Stagg (140.6)

Old Pogue Master's Select

Bernheim Oringinal

Blanton's Single Barrel

Ridgemont Reserve 1792

Rittenhouse BIB Rye

Evan Williams Single Barrel '89

[SBOmarc]

According to these posts, not enough.

[Edward_call_me_Ed]

If you don't count open bottles, very little. Mostly Eagle Rare 101, I think I have five of these unopened. One AAA 10 year old, two AAA ten star that I bought thinking it was the ten year old. Since I really liked it I wasn't disappointed. One OGD BIB that I just haven't gotten around to. And a few bottles of Scotch, Irish, and Japanese whiskies that I haven't opened because I drink bourbon so much more often.

Basically, everything I buy gets opened either the evening I buy it or within a few days of getting it. Unless it is something that I won't be able to replace, then I buy a few bottles.

Ed

[Edward_call_me_Ed]

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.

That is what I have found, too. Either it gets a little better or I don't notice a change. If I could find some cheap glass bottles, say 50 to 100 ml, I would do some tests. Fill the bottle with the first pour and then my glass. Taste, maybe write some notes. Then set the bottle aside for six months or so after it reaches the one good pour level, then do a side by side. Do another bottle the same way but for a longer time.

I do have a similar experiment underway with Teacher's Scotch. I have two bottles that I bought at the same time. One is unopened the other has one good pour in it, maybe two. It has been open for exactly two years. I will have to do the head to head soon.

Ed

[fitzharry]

My small but ever-growing collection consists of:

Old Grand-Dad 114

Old Grand-Dad BIB 100

Old Rip Van Winkle 10/107

Wild Turkey Rare Breed 108.2

Wild Turkey 101

Old Charter 10/86

Old Charter 12/90

Old Weller 107

George T. Stagg 140.6

Wild Turkey Rye 101

Old Overholt Rye 80

Jim Beam Rye 80

Laird's Straight Apple Brandy BIB 100

Laphroaig Cask Strength

Laphroaig 10

Bushmills 16

Seagram's VO

I also have opened bottles of Jim Beam Black, J.W. Dant BIB 100, Elijah Craig 12, Bernheim's Wheat, Booker's 125.3, Platte Valley, Redbreast 12, and one each of most of the ones listed above as unopened except the Stagg.

[Old Bill]

In reserve:

Heaven Hill BIB.

Regular Even Williams

Platte Valley Corn whiskey

Wild Turkey 80

Jamison Irish

Old Grand Dad 80......

nothing too interesting, I suppose.

[BobA]

I have a few unopened bottles of regular stuff, such as OGD 114, but I don't consider those "bunkered," just the results of finding a good price. "Bunkered" is for bottles either gone or so far away/rare they may as well be, to be consumed with some care. There are open bottles in that category too, but they're "out on the shelf," so actually, "bunkered" is stuff I've tried, liked, and sought out more of, but a single bottle gets opened. In the bunker:

WT RR 101 - 3 bottles

ER 10/101 - 1 bottle

Stagg (2005, I think) - 1 bottle

Not really much.

Bob

[doubleblank]

Like you Bob, I don't bunker anything that I can stop at my local retailer and pick up on the way home. Nor do I bunker anything I don't like or won't drink a lot of. Several years ago I stumbled into over a case of ORVW Old Time Rye. I'm not a big drinker of rye, so those bottles ended up in the bunkers of other members here. I kept a single bottle and still have 1/2 of it left.

The likes of Makers Mark, Beam, BT, WT 101, ER SB, etc etc.......I let my local retailer be my bunker for those bottlings.

Randy

[gluce]

6 bottles pappy20 (1 open 5- sealed)

11 bottles WT12yr (sealed 10 split 1 foil)sealed

10 Hirsch 16 yr (9 foil 1 gold wax)sealed

1 pappy 15 sealed

3 orvw (1 op3n 2 sealed)

4 Bottles lot B sealed

2 van winkle rye (1open 1 sealed)

4 sealed woodford reserve ( henderson)sealed

3 woodford 4 grain (1 open 2 sealed)

6 ETL sealed

2 ER 17yr sealed

2ER 10 yr sealed

1 ocpr sealed

1 weller centennial sealed

1 whiskey river ( saving to give to someone I don't like) sealed

3 WTRB sealed

1 1792 sealed

1 McKendric western style sealed

2 evan williams 1995 signed by Craig Beam sealed

1 Michters US1 American open ( do not like it too much)

1 OFBB open

Irish

5 Midleton VR (2-04 3-05)sealed

3 Jameson 18 yr (1open 2 sealed)

4 Jameson 15 yr sealed

4 Jameson Gold (1 open 3 sealed)

4 Jameson 12 yr sealed

3 Knappougue 94 sealed

2 Bushmills 16 yr 3 wood sealed

[ratcheer]

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?

I have a bottle of Remy-Martin XO and one of Grand Marnier 150th Anniversary, both purchased and opened in 1990. As far as I'm concerned, both still taste as good as new. "When you have a pig that good, you don't eat him all at once." :slappin:

Tim

[Big Chipper]

PVW 15/107 (x2)

WLW '06 (x2)

GTS '06 (x1)

VW Lot B (x1)

BT (x1)

OGD 114 (x1)

Weller Antique 107 (x2)

ETL (x1)

ER 10 SB (x1)

WT RB (x1)

[reg]

Old Ezra 101 15 year old - in since 1985, 2 bottles

Evan Williams Single Barrel, 1994, 1996, 1 each

Russells Reserve 101 , 3 bottles

Conecuh Ridge, 3 bottles, can no longer purchase from Ala. ABC

Hancock's President's Reserve, 1 Bottle, opening soon

From The Bourbon Heritage Collection: missing one, saw only these on self

W.L Weller Centennial, 1 bottle

Old Fitzgerald Very Special 12 year old, 1 bottle

Plus other spirits, scotch , vodka ,tequilia.

[heatmiser]

AMERICAN WHISKEY:

AH Hirsch 16

Ancient Ancient Age

Bakers - mini

Basil Haydens - mini

Black Maple Hill 14

Bookers - mini

Buffalo Trace (Binny's)

Bulleit - mini

Eagle Rare 10 Single Barrel

Eagle Rare 17

Elmer T Lee

Elmer T Lee (Binny's)

George Dickel Special Barrel Reserve - mini

George T Stagg

IW Harper - mini

Jim Beam Black - mini

Knob Creek - mini

Makers Mark

Old Charter Proprietors Reserve - mini

Old Fitzgerald 12 - mini

Pappy Van Winkle 15

Pappy Van Winkle 20

Rittenhouse Rye

Sazerac 18

Thomas H Handy

Van Winkle 12 Lot B

Vintage Bourbon 17

Wild Turkey 101 - mini

Wild Turkey Rare Breed - mini

Wild Turkey Russells Reserve 101

William Larue Weller

WL Weller Centenial - mini

Woodford Reserve - mini

SCOTCH WHISKY:

Aberlour A'Bunadh

Balvenie 12 Double Wood

Balvenie 15 - mini

Balvenie 21 Port Wood - mini

Bowmore 17

Bowmore Darkest

Caol Ila 12

Chivas Regal 18

Clynelish 14

Cragganmore 12

Dalwhinnie 15

Glenfarclas 17

Glenfiddich 15

Glenfiddich 18

Glengoyne 10

Glenlivet 16 Nadurra

Glenlivet 18

Glenmorangie 10

Highland Park 18

Lagavulin 16

Laphroaig Quarter Cask

Longmorn 15

Macallan 12

Royal Lachnagar 12

Scapa 14

Talisker 18

Tamdu

IRISH & CANADIAN WHISKEY:

Bushmills

Connemara - mini

Connemara 12 - mini

Connemara Cask Strength - mini

Crown Royal

Crown Royal Reserve

Redbreast 12

TEQUILA:

4 Copas Reposado

Cava de Don Augustin

Chaya Blanco - mini

Cielo Anejo - mini

Cielo Reposado

Don Fulano Imperial

Don Julio 1942

Don Julio Anejo

Don Julio Blanco

El Tesoro Anejo

El Tesoro Blanco

El Tesoro Reposado

Espolon Anejo

Espolon Reposado - mini

Gran Centenario Anejo

Gran Centenario Reposado

Hacienda de la Flor Reposado

Herradura Anejo

Herradura Reposado

Herradura Selection Suprema

Jesus Reyes Reposado

Jose Cuervo Reserva de la Familia

Jose Cuerve Traditional - mini

La Cofradia Anejo

Los Fernandez Blanco

Los Fernandez Reposado

Marquez de Valencia Reposado

Oro Azul Reposado

Partida Reposado

Real Hacienda Reposado

Sauza Tres Generationes Anejo

Sauza Tres Generationes Reposado

RUM:

Bacardi 8

Barbancourt White

Cruzan Singel Barrel

Goslings Black Seal

Havanna Club

Mount Gay Extra Old

Pyrat

Ron Zacapa 23 Year

Santa Teresa 1796

Sea Wynde

Zaya

VODKA:

Hangar 1

Stoli

Stoli Elit

Stoli Blueberry

Stoli Raspberry

Tito's

Turi

GIN:

Bombay Sapphire

Tanqueray

Tanqueray #10

[ggilbertva]

Wow...big bunker. Mine is still small time. Although, I did add 1 '06 Stagg and a bottle of Wathens SB. I guess building the bunker happens one or two bottles at a time.

[TBoner]

What's in my bunker? A helluva lot more than there was before I found this site.

Off-hand, I'll say:

5 bottles of OGD BIB from the ND era.

Old Fitz BIB

Old Heaven Hill BIB

J.W. Dant BIB

WT 101

ER 101

WTRR 101

WT Rye

Charter 12yo

Heaven Hill 86 proof

Old Weller 107 - Louisville bottling

Booker's

Old Forester BIB

ERSB 10-year

Some others, but that's most of it...

[TimmyBoston]

Here's a picture of my bar, now there is Scotch in there and a couple bottles of tequila is you look really hard.

[ggilbertva]

What's in my bunker? A helluva lot more than there was before I found this site.

Isn't that the truth. Before this site, I had maybe 5 bottles. I think I'm up to 25 and will be adding many more by next week.

Cheers/g

[heatmiser]

Mmmmm... Ardbeg Uigeadail...

BTW - I like the Macallan Cask Strength over their 18 year. Good choices Tim!

[OscarV]

Here's a picture of my bar,3651[/ATTACH]

Nice pic, I like your set up.

So how do you like the WT Tibute?

[Wade]

Here's my small collection. The BT and Rittenhouse were just added, but they'll be opened soon.

Buffalo Trace

EWSB 88

EWSB 94

GTS (140.6 proof)

Old Forrester BIB (70's 1.75L)

Rittenhouse Rye BIB

Seagram's Benchmark

VW Lot B

WT Kentucky Spirit ('97 I believe)

WT Russell's Reserve 101 (2X)

WT Rye

WT 12YO (current export bottling)

Wade

[TimmyBoston]

Nice pic, I like your set up.

So how do you like the WT Tibute?

IMO it's the best bourbon I have.

[OscarV]

IMO it's the best bourbon I have.

Oh man, oh man,.... I was afraid you would say that.

Now I will have to do a search for a Japanese seller and pay a ton of bucks for one.