how many open bottles do you have?

by **Ardbeg311** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:49 pm

I only have three open. I wish I could afford to have at least 30 open so I could more easily match my whisky and mood. Although my liver is probably thankful there is not more immediately at hand.

by **dram_time** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:34 pm

Just have four open at the moment, (my poor liver!!) but oddly enough, the nearer they get to being finnished, the quicker they get drunk !?

The four would last a month (one a week!!?? but not all to myself!!).

Dt.

by **Choochoo** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:43 pm

Any thoughts on the relation of number of open bottles to the length of time one has been an “enthusiast” for? When first getting into SMSW, I wanted to try all different sorts of whisky out there & would go and buy/open a new bottle every week. But now that I’ve tried a good amount of available stuff out there, there isn’t that initial extreme curiosity factor that may have originally led to me having a decent amount of open bottles.

by **Di Blasi** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 12:49 am

I've just opened 2 new bottles tonight. That's 5 total now, which is about right for me. I like to have a bit of variety, but not so many opened I feel I have to drink up, rather than enjoy. I'm a bit worried I guess they'll go bad, turn, before I get to enjoy them.

by **maverick** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:10 am

For me it's four at the moment. I usually like to finish a bottle before I open a new one.

by **Drrich1965** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 2:42 am

Nine now; including the wonderful 19yo Caol Ila from McGibbons. About 4 are low, but are newer bottles, so I am packing up samples for friends for holiday gifts.

by **BubbaC** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:05 am

I have 5 currently opened at the moment. I generally try to keep several different styles open, because my mood generally dictates what type of whiskey I wish to drink.

by **DramMeister** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:15 pm

9 currently. As many others have indicated, I too struggle with my inner demons tempting me to open yet another bottle. I've tried really hard not to have too many open at a time, but it's really hard not to open an old favourite or a brand new (to me) bottling.
At the moment I'm trying not to open:
Glenrothes 87
Ardbeg Still Young
Glen Livet 15 French Oak

But a couple of whisky buddies are dropping by tomorrow, bad influences.

by **Reggaeblues** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:43 am

Too many...

by **Whiskana** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:25 am

Too many, I admit...

Around twenty at the moment but should be less and I'm trying to keep the number at about ten.

by **Reggaeblues** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:54 am

Ok then..."too many" is 15.

...not counting the recently finshed Lag 16, Lag 12, Monkey Shoulder, FF Bladnoch 10, Balvenie 15 waiting to have their labels removed and stuck in a picture frame...

there's a "Beast" waiting to be opened on Christmas day, and me and my Lucie are going on an alcohol free detox 'til then.

Roll on the retox!

by **irishwhiskeychaser** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:27 pm

I now have 30 bottles open :oops:

by **Sphinx** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:43 pm

At the moment i have 9 bottles open.
But my 20 YO BenRiach and 14 YO Caol Ila from duncan Taylor´s Whisky Galore series, is only 1/8 full.
And then my 12 YO Redbreast and 10 YO Bushmills, hos both gone sour, so im done with the Irish Whiskeys :evil:

And the i have my JD, which i only use for mixin drinks.
So that makes 6 bottles of drinkable whisky

by **Deactivated Member** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:49 pm

Sphinx wrote:But my 20 YO BenRiach and 14 YO Caol Ila from duncan Taylor´s Whisky Galore series, is only 1/8 full.

Drink up! They're not going to get any better at that level.

by **karlejnar** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:57 pm

14 at the moment. 3 of them being 20cl's, which are down to or below half

Most of the rest are also below half, so I'm trying to finish them off, the longest opened first.

The goal is to get well below 10 before opening new, but I'm easily tempted. Christmas and New Year celebrations seem to be good oportunities to open new one's.

And our now traditional "Around Scotland" tasting 30th december is soon coming up - probably 6 new opened at least.

by **TheLaddie** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:29 am

MrTattieHeid wrote:Attaboy! I'd be happy to stop by next year and help you out, but aside from Heathrow, I've never been south of York.

Well, if you are ever tempted to sample life south of the A614 give us a shout.

by **alfie** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:54 pm

10 at present.......

The great bottlebank will get a lagavulin very soon!

by **peergynt323** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:06 pm

I finally dropped below 10. Now if I can just keep it that way! :wink:

by **badams** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:49 pm

1 until finished, always!

they only last a day or two/three anyway

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sipoholic :mrgreen:

by **dram_time** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:41 pm

Oh dear, up to seven now. The more I have open, the longer they seem to last.....at this rate i will be into double figures by the middle of January.

Dt.

by **Frodo** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:10 pm

One down, two to go. (Havana Club Barrel Proof bites the dust)...

by **Deactivated Member** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:40 pm

Two more than I did on christmas eve :lol:

by **TheLaddie** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:48 am

So far this month have sucessfully emptied one bottle.

Have sucessfully also opened 5. :oops:

I think I'm up to about 34 now. Must try harder and not buy any for a bit...

how many open bottles do you have?

number of open bottles in your possession

1