Two bottles of Franconian Zwetschge (that’s apparently also the English name)
One bottle of Franconian Quince
One botlle of Bailey’s Cream
One bottle of Walcher Grappa
One bottle of Ramazzotti
One small bottle of generic white rum (used mostly for baking)
One bottle of Borisov Vodka
One small bottle of Tunel Hierba
One bottle of Ricard
No whisky or brandy right now, although I sometimes like to drink a glass. I just don’t have the nerve to buy anything new with all those unfinished bottles sitting around.
This thread inspired me to do an inventory. In the order I came across the bottles:
Mad River Rye
Woodford Reserve Bourbon
Bowmore 12 Yo
Copper Fox Vir Gin
Black Walnut Bitters
Orange Bitters
Chocolate Bitters
Peach bittrs
Lemon Bitters,
Mint Bitters
Grapefruit Bitters
Angostura Bitters
Peychaud’s Bitters
Whiskey Barrel Bitters
Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
Clement Creole Shrub
Orchard Apricot Liqueur
Corralejo Tequila
Southern Comfort
Benedictine
Drambuie
Dolin Sweet and Dry Vermouth
Barbancourt 4 you Rum
Goslints Black Seal Rum
Bacardi white rum
Marie Brizard Peach Liqueur
River Hill White Whiskey
Kahlua
Belle Grove white Whiskey
Crème de Menthe
Absolut Citron
Hendricks Gin
Gordon’s Gin
Leopold Bros Blackberry Liquer
Port
Malados Apple Brandy
Sherry
Ketel One vodka
Curacao
Grand Marnier
Disaronno
Pisco
Etter plum brandy
Appleton estate 12 you rum
Green Chartreuse
Yellow Chartreuse
Peppermint Schnapps
Crème de Cocoa
Copper Fox Rye
High West Double Rye
Oban 14 you
Jack Daniels
Wasmund’s Single Malt
V.S. 1898 Absinthe
Averna Amaro
Limoncello
I’m up there with **madmonk28 **and pork rind. Amateur mixology has been something of a hobby for about 8 years now, so I have quite the collection. Not all the bottles listed are anywhere near full, so there’s that.
Rittenhouse bonded rye
Evan williams bourbon
Knob Creek Reserve bourbon
Glenlivet 12 Single-malt scotch
Boomsma Oude Genever
Rutte & Zn Oude Simon Genever
Ketel One Jonge Genever
Yellow Chartreuse
Green Charteuse
Luxardo Maraschino
Leopold Bros. Maraschino
Luxardo Triplum
Cointreau
Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao
Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot
Briottet Creme de Peche
Benedictine
Galliano
Cherry Heering
Luxardo Sangue Morlacco
Luxardo Amaretto di Saschira
Plymouth Navy Strength Gin
Hayman’s Old Tom Gin
Luksusova Vodka
Grey Goose Vodka
Mathilde Creme de Cassis
Smith and Cross Rum
Goslings Black Seal Rum
El Dorado 8 yr Rum
Lemon Hart 151 Rum
Cruzan Silver Rum
Cruzan Blackstrap Rum
Appleton 12 yr Rum
Ypioca Cachaca
J. Wray Amber rum
Capel Pisco
Maison Rouge Cognac
New Orleans Spiced rum
Kahlua
Lunazul BLanco Tequila
Pimm’s #1
Laird’s Apple Brandy
Batavia Arrack van Oosten
Taylor’s Falernum
And a shitload of bitters (Angostura, Peychaud’s, Regan’s Orange, Fee’s Orange, Fee’s Aromatic, Elmegirab’s Bokers Bitters, a bunch of little Bitter Truth sample bottles), and some older, cheaper liqueurs that I haven’t got around to throwing out yet (Hiram Walker Triple Sec, for example).
I’m on something of a tiki drink kick lately, so I’m kind of rum-heavy at the moment.
A full 750ml bottle of Appleton Estate rum.
The dregs, maybe two shots worth, of a bottle of Mt Gay rum.
I picked up the Appleton duty free when coming back home probably 5 years ago.
Went through about 8 to 10 shots worth of the Mt Gay last election night. Started early knowing I would want to be plowed regardless of results.
Hendrick’s gin
Luxardo Marischino liqueur
Creme de Violette (top 3 items plus lemon juice make an Aviation, an excellent cocktail)
Grey Goose vodka
Appleton rum
Glenfiddich scotch
Jack Daniels bourbon
Jagermeister
Schnapps: Apple, cinnamon (these two combined with apple cider on Halloween) and peach
Grand Marnier
Cointreau
Chambord
Remy Martin cognac
Coirvoisier cognac
Various sherry, port, Marsala
Limoncello
Various other liqueurs, including several that friends from Bavaria have brought. Pretty bottles but I probably won’t like them - they seem to like a lot of herbal/medicinal stuff that I think is nasty.
The above is stored in/on a built in cabinet in the dining room. There are bottles of wine in a wine rack and under counter wine fridge in the kitchen, and beer in a small fridge in the garage.
right now, I have a bottle of Laphroaig for me, there is a bottle of SoCo for Mrs. Guest. We don’t drink a lot, and she hardly ever varies what she drinks.
I drink very little. Maybe 3-4 times a year. I also find it strange to always have large amounts of alcohol on hand. But I also find it more strange that so many people who do drink regularly seem to have trouble planning ahead. Case in point being a recent thread where someone was complaining that he and his wife couldn’t have a drink to celebrate her turning 21 because the liquor stores couldn’t be open on Sundays where he lived. If you knew there’s no liquor sales on Sunday, and you knew the first day your wife can drink legally would be Sunday, why didn’t you buy a bottle or three on Friday or Saturday?
My interest recently switched from beer to bourbon. My budget is fairly limited so I don’t keep a lot on hand. I’ve been working down a list of <$35 options I researched. I only keep three or four bottles at a time and don’t buy another until one is gone. My goal is to learn as much as I can about what bourbon tastes like and find one or two (or more) good every day options.
What I have now:
High West Rendezvous - My wife picked this up as a gift for me. I wouldn’t have bought it for myself because of the price point, but damn, it’s good. I also intend to let this sit and finish slowly. I’m interested in how it changes in the bottle. Basically I’m breaking all my rules on this one.
Knob Creek Reserve - A place the next town over had a sale for $33. It’s pretty darn good for Beam. I’d get it again.
Very Old Barton BiB - My cheap option. Part of my exploration structure is to keep a handle of cheap stuff and a couple 750s of nicer bourbons at a time. BiBs fit the bill perfectly. Evan Williams BiB was great and I think I like Barton even better. I’ll probably try Beam BiB next, but Barton may be The One. For $25, it’s a great value. I count myself lucky to have it too, because apparently you can’t find it much outside of KY.
Eagle Rare 10 is probably my favorite thing I’ve tried so far. Right now Dickel Hand Select is on sale so I’ll probably grab that this week.
Balvenie DoubleWood 12
Blantons (a private bottling from a friend)
New Amsterdam Gin
Aviation Gin
Kraken Black Rum
Svedka Vodka
Espolon Tequila Reposado
Jack Daniels
A decanter of bourbon, something cheap
~3L of a blended bottom shelf scotch that I barrel aged
A Russian liquor
A bottle of two or port
Several bottles of wine, various varietals
Well, correction. Once you get down to the bottom 5th of a bottle you should probably kill it off, because the evaporation space will cause the booze to eventually degrade. But spirits aren’t wines - they don’t “get better with age” or anything like that.
**Maine Craft Distilling: **
Queequeg Rum (spiced)
Ration Expedition Style Rum
Sprigge Barrel Rested Gin
Chesuncook Botanical Spirit (made from carrots!)
Blueberry Moonshine
Cold River: (made with Maine potatoes)
Traditional Gin
Distiller’s Reserve Vodka
Vodka
Blueberry Vodka
for the rare occasions when I’m out of the good stuff:
Absolut Vodka
for mixing:
O3 Orange Liqueur
Christian Brothers Honey Brandy
Captain Apple Jack Apple Brandy
Mr. Boston Blackberry Flavored Brandy
Mr. Boston Apricot Flavored Brandy
DeKuyper Peachtree Liqueur
DeKuyper Red Apple Liqueur
DeKuyper Melon Liqueur
DeKuyper Sour Apple Liqueur (probably from college)
Since it’s margarita season, there’s a bottle of Jose Cuervo Especial.
I always keep a bottle of George Dickel (black label) in honor of my dad. It’s typically consumed following the lighting of the Christmas trees.
I also have a tiny bottle labeled “Moldova” that I inherited from Dad…no idea what it is. He never opened it.
The wines and meads are kept in little racks in the pantry. Beer is in the fridge (the one in the garage, in accordance with local tradition).