# What's in your liquor cabinet right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889 "2017-04-21T01:07:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/21 "2017-04-21T12:33:38Z")
Hah! Like **Silenus** , I moved recently (actually, three times in quick succession), and a number of ‘common’ liquors that I had and rarely drink I just gave away to friends or threw away, in an effort to lighten the load. But, even so, I keep a light liquor cabinet. I’ve got: Beefeater Gin Bar Hill Gin Bar Hill Tomcat Bar Hill Vodka (Bar Hill is a local distillery with high accolades; if you can get their gin I highly recommend it; the Tomcat is a barel-aged gin, which is also great, much more like a whiskey than a gin. Their vodka is good, I guess, but as I’m not a big vodka drinker, I think it’s way over priced). Campari) Knob Creek Glenfiddich ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/22 "2017-04-21T12:47:32Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I inherited the liquor cabinet from my parents. I don’t drink, and neither did they, so whatever’s in it is stuff other people gave them and was probably never opened. Like several decades old. Unless the cork or cap is loose enough to allow evaporation, spirits don’t deteriorate. (Unlike some wines, they don’t get better, either.) Lessee, I have [ul] [li]Bulleit (get it?)[/li][li]Sailor Jerry’s[/li][li]Kahlúa[/li][li]A Kirkland knock-off of Bailey’s[/li][/ul]I’m such a light-weight. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/23 "2017-04-21T13:06:32Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > Bombay Sapphire > Wild Turkey rye > Bacardi white rum > Everclear > Absolute vodka > Goslings > Reposado 1800 > Becherovka (Czech spiced vodka) > Serkerde cognac > Romana sambuca > Vermouth > Limoncello > Domaine de Canton > Kahlua > Luxardo > Creme de Violette > Campari > Licor 43 > McClennands? scotch > Cointreau I might not have anything else, but I always have Everclear. It makes ANYTHING into a liquer. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/24 "2017-04-21T13:21:56Z")
I’m more of a wine drinker, but I do have these. Speyburn scotch Jamison caskmates Gin (don’t recall the brand, but the bottle’s been unopened for over 20 years). Midori Chambord Cointreau (we went through a liqueur phase about 15 years ago). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/25 "2017-04-21T13:28:02Z")
Nothing. I don’t have one. Now, if you asked what was in my wine cellar… ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/26 "2017-04-21T14:32:52Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > I might not have anything else, but I always have Everclear. It makes ANYTHING into a liquer. Even weed. I have a friend in Alaska who uses it to extract the THC and create an \*alcohol \*he calls “green dragon”. Calling it a liqueur might be a stretch, though. It’s still got that Everclear kick! I have to admit that I’ve probably used the Everclear more often as a household solvent than as a libation. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/27 "2017-04-21T16:20:45Z")
I am currently trying out a whole bunch of ways to use Pama, a pomegranate liquor. It’s quite tasty! ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/28 "2017-04-21T16:24:50Z")
I don’t drink, so…nothing. Actually, the only beverages I have in my house are water and milk (although that’s not for drinking). I’m fascinated that it’s normal to keep 8, 10, 12 bottles of alcohol handy. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/29 "2017-04-21T17:09:42Z")
Evan Williams (Bourbon) Aberfeldy 12 (single malt Scotch) Glenmorangie (single malt Scotch) The Famous Grouse (blended Scotch) Tanqueray (gin) New Amsterdam (gin) Stolichnaya (vodka) Pimm’s No. 1 Cup (liqueur) Pere Magloire (Calvados) Boulard (Calvados) Also, maybe a dozen bottles of wine in the “cellar” (pantry) and a few beers in the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/30 "2017-04-21T17:34:14Z")
I’m disappointed to not see more tequila. Personally, I don’t keep a lot, but: Fireball (in the freezer, for shots around a fire) Cherry Doctor McGillicuddy’s (cherry bombs) Captain Morgan Captain Morgan Private Stock Black Velvet (laugh, but for a $12/1.75l whiskey, it’s not too bad!) Crown Royal Smirnoff Jose Cuervo Gold (haven’t been able to get rid of this since I realized how bad it is) Patron Silver Cabo Wabo Anejo Don Julio 70 Intrepido Extra Anejo Don Julio 1942 Also about 10 bottles of wine and a lot of beer in the fridge and kegerator. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/31 "2017-04-21T20:02:54Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > Germain Robin XO brandy > Copper & Kings Butchertown brandy > Chateau de Pellehaut Reserve Tenareze Armagnac 2x > Thomas Handy Rye 2x > High West Midwinter Night’s Dram > Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye > Black Maple Hill 23 y/o Rye > Brennevin special cask selection > Old Granddad BiB > Bulleit Rye > Macallan 15 y/o fine oak scotch > Aberlour 10 y/o scotch > Cynar, regular and 70 proof > Benedictine > Chartreuse green > Luxardo cherry liqueur > Creme de Violette > Torani Amer > Amaro Montenegro > Fernet Branca > Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur > Aperol > Cointreau > Liquore Strega > Balcones Brimstone corn whiskey > High West Campfire > Campari > Zara 12 y/o rum > Averna > Byrrh Quinquina > Old Potrero 18th century style whiskey > Pernod > Lucid absinthe > Carpano Antica vermouth > Cocchi Americano > About a million bottles of bitters With that collection I’d be curious to know some your favorite cocktails … ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/32 "2017-04-21T20:06:28Z")
Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve (bourbon) Gran Centenario tequila Cointreau Grey Goose vodka Kahlua 1/2 dozen bottles of wine ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/33 "2017-04-21T22:47:21Z")
It’s a table, not a cabinet. (4) bottles Montanya Platino Rum (4) bottles Montanya Oro Rum Montanya is not available where I live so I mail order larger quantities when I run low. (5) bottles Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum Production recently moved from Maui to Puerto Rico. I found the last bottles of the made in Hawai’i variety and snatched them up. Koloa White Rum Koloa Gold Rum Bayou Satsuma Rum Taildragger Coffee Rum (my wife’s…I don’t drink coffee) Pau Maui Oaked Vodka Paniolo Brown Sugar Blended Whiskey The last two were gifts from friends. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/34 "2017-04-21T22:55:03Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > With that collection I’d be curious to know some your favorite cocktails … Oh lord. Where to start? Any of the Manhattan variants, especially the [Little Italy](http://imbibemagazine.com/little-italy-cocktail-recipe/). Almost always with rye instead of bourbon, except when I’m out. The [Liberal](http://www.kindredcocktails.com/cocktail/liberal), the [Nirvana](https://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/amer-picon/), the [Vieux Carre](http://imbibemagazine.com/vieux-carre-recipe/), the [Cocktail a la Louisiane](http://www.cocktailchronicles.com/2006/11/15/cocktail-a-la-louisiane/). The [Last Word](http://imbibemagazine.com/last-word/), the [Corpse Reviver #2](http://imbibemagazine.com/corpse-reviver-2-recipe/), the [Aviation](http://imbibemagazine.com/recipe-aviation/). The [Loathsome Bastard](http://www.seattlemag.com/article/bar-cotto), the [Bijou](http://imbibemagazine.com/bijou-cocktail-recipe/), The Industry Sour and the [Industry Sour #2](http://www.libertybars.com/old-menu/cocktails/liberty-classics/). This is all just off the top of my head. I have several books I rely on. Jamie Boudreau’s new book of recipes from [Canon](https://www.amazon.com/Canon-Cocktail-Book-Recipes-Award-Winning/dp/054463103X) as well as the older, [out of print book he wrote](https://www.amazon.com/The-Pacific-Northwests-Gentlemans-Companion/dp/0615940978/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8), and the [PDT](https://www.amazon.com/PDT-Cocktail-Book-Bartenders-Celebrated/dp/1402779232/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492815102&sr=1-1&keywords=pdt+cocktail+book) book get the most use though. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/35 "2017-04-22T00:29:56Z")
I’m not much of a hard liquor drinker, or a mixed drink maker, so the liquor cabinet is pretty sparse and used often just for cooking. Still, I’d like it if people jumped in with some suggestions. Sambuca – I know what to do with that, it goes in coffee. Also, I will have it, straight, \*con la mosca, \* of course. I bought it to do Angels on Horseback, with prosciutto, on the grill. Marsalla – for chicken, or veal or just plain mushrooms. The liquor store guy told me to try shrimp, I’m shocked I haven’t yet. Fleischmanns Vodka – for vodka sauce. For some people, Fleischmanns is pretty good vodka, but I bought because it seemed like it wasn’t. The very worst vodka, makes the very best vodka sauce. I can’t find the truly bad vodka I want – that would be Aristocrat vodka. Millefiori – I have no idea what to cook with this. I’ll toss it in a cake I’m baking, and it adds a nice scent, but I don’t have a standout recipe – any help. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/36 "2017-04-22T00:48:19Z")
No hard liquor in stock at the moment, just some Elysian Space Dust IPA and Boatswain Heavy Lift Vessel Ale. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/37 "2017-04-22T02:37:47Z")
I have nothing, but I want a margarita really badly right now. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/38 "2017-04-22T03:45:35Z")
I always keep a bottle of cheap-ass gin in my freezer, and a bottle of cheap-ass vodka in the cabinet. I’d keep them both in the freezer, but she-who-must-be-obeyed likes to store food in the freezer, too. Anyway, that’s generally enough booze to keep on hand. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/39 "2017-04-22T03:55:21Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > Oh lord. Where to start? > > Any of the Manhattan variants, especially the [Little Italy](http://imbibemagazine.com/little-italy-cocktail-recipe/). Almost always with rye instead of bourbon, except when I’m out. > > The [Liberal](http://www.kindredcocktails.com/cocktail/liberal), the [Nirvana](https://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/amer-picon/), the [Vieux Carre](http://imbibemagazine.com/vieux-carre-recipe/), the [Cocktail a la Louisiane](http://www.cocktailchronicles.com/2006/11/15/cocktail-a-la-louisiane/). > > The [Last Word](http://imbibemagazine.com/last-word/), the [Corpse Reviver #2](http://imbibemagazine.com/corpse-reviver-2-recipe/), the [Aviation](http://imbibemagazine.com/recipe-aviation/). > > The [Loathsome Bastard](http://www.seattlemag.com/article/bar-cotto), the [Bijou](http://imbibemagazine.com/bijou-cocktail-recipe/), The Industry Sour and the [Industry Sour #2](http://www.libertybars.com/old-menu/cocktails/liberty-classics/). > > This is all just off the top of my head. I have several books I rely on. Jamie Boudreau’s new book of recipes from [Canon](https://www.amazon.com/Canon-Cocktail-Book-Recipes-Award-Winning/dp/054463103X) as well as the older, [out of print book he wrote](https://www.amazon.com/The-Pacific-Northwests-Gentlemans-Companion/dp/0615940978/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8), and the [PDT](https://www.amazon.com/PDT-Cocktail-Book-Bartenders-Celebrated/dp/1402779232/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492815102&sr=1-1&keywords=pdt+cocktail+book) book get the most use though. Thanks. Some of those I’ve had and some I now want to try! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889/40 "2017-04-22T04:12:09Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I have nothing, but I want a margarita really badly right now. I couldn’t stand it. I went out and bought some tequila and some margarita mix. I’m now somewhat intoxicated. Is it terrible to say this feels good? I’m mixing a little more, and have a book. I’m going to prop myself up in bed and read and drink a little more. It helps me feel not so bad about my dog… I don’t have to go to work tomorrow, I can sleep as late as I feel like. Nathan forgive me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-liquor-cabinet-right-now/784889.md?page=3)