What is in your liquor cabinet

[CaptainYooh]

How would you compare it to Bowmore 15?

[Fuzz]

Stronger!


I think it's one of those that needs a touch of water. It's probably less smokey and caramel than the 15, similar peat. Maybe a bit more salt. With a drop of water it's a bit smoother. Overall not a lot different, other than the strength. Just subtle differences.


Why yes, you did make me go taste them back to back just now.

[CaptainYooh]

LOL, well, it was open anyway, right?

To be quite honest, for a very long time, I used to be a single malt purist and a staunch proponent of having Scotch neat only. Lately, more and more often, I find myself enjoying it with an ice cube. I bought a large ice cube maker on Amazon; makes 1.5-inch ice cubes. I use carbonated spring water to make them and they freeze pretty clear. Just have one cube at the bottom of the glass and sip slowly while watching a movie. You can see the flavour swirling around ice; it's fascinating, actually...

[MoneyGuy]

-Real Marinero mango liquor bought in the Caribbean last winter
-Pisco from South America (wanted to make Pisco sour but it’s unopened)
-Don Julio tequila
—Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye (one unopened)
-The Ballvenie 14 Scotch (being opened tonight)
Highland Park 12 Scotch (unopened)
-GlenFiddich 15 Scotch (unopened)
-Mount Gay rum (my favourite rum, unopened)
-probably about 50 bottles of various wines plus my home-made stuff
-various beers, especially Innes & Gunn (my favourite), Guinness stouts, and numerous Wild Rose craft beers (friends are about to open a local craft beer operation, which I’m eager for because he makes the best beer)

*most of my bottles of Scotch were gifts

[shermanator]

Right now it's a mix of liquor I actually buy myself, cheap liquor for mix, and various gifts and liquor left at my house over the years. Currently consisting of:

What I've bought for myself

- Lagavulin 16
- Writer's Tears
- Pink Whitney
- Malfy Grapefruit Gin
- Martini Vermouth Rosso
- Campari

Cheap liquor for mix

- Captain Morgan
- Stoli Vodka
- Kraken
- Canadian Club

Gifts / liquor left at my house

- 1800 Anejo Tequila
- Asom Broso Silver Tequila
- Tequila Orendain Extra
- Dupuy Cognac
- 2 bottles of Soju
- Cointreau

Working on the whiskey collection. Next up is a bottle of Suntori and probably something a little more peated; maybe Port Charlotte

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by CaptainYooh

LOL, well, it was open anyway, right?

To be quite honest, for a very long time, I used to be a single malt purist and a staunch proponent of having Scotch neat only. Lately, more and more often, I find myself enjoying it with an ice cube. I bought a large ice cube maker on Amazon; makes 1.5-inch ice cubes. I use carbonated spring water to make them and they freeze pretty clear. Just have one cube at the bottom of the glass and sip slowly while watching a movie. You can see the flavour swirling around ice; it's fascinating, actually...

As you know, when you go tasting in Scotland they all have water droppers to add. So with 4 on a flight, I always felt it worth experimenting by adding a little water later in the tasting. Some scotches it works for, some it definitely doesn't. I find it tough to compare a cask strength with an 80 proof directly, so find I need to add a touch of water to balance it before comparing flavours.

I play around with ice ocassionaly, but usually just like them as they are made if I'm just sipping on one.

I heavily ice the cheaper Canadian and Irish whiskeys and enjoy the transition as the ice melts.

I bought one of those ice cube trays that does ~2" square or so as well. I call them 454's. Big Block!

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01434TXPQ

[CaptainYooh]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

...I bought one of those ice cube trays that does ~2" square or so as well. I call them 454's. Big Block!

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01434TXPQ

Same one I bought.

[aaronck]

Highlights-

Gin- Eau Clare Cherry - YUM- also some Hendricks, Sapphire, Bulldog- I love Gin
Rye- Wisers and Alberta premium- Don't love rye like I used to, but it still has it's place
Rum- Bumbu and Kracken- Bumbu is an awesome nightcap, or daytime, or whenever.
Vodka- Russian Standard
Also Baileys, Kaluha, GM, brandy, Drambui, tequila, blue curaco, Chambroid Royale- decently stocked for most occasions

[MoneyGuy]

^No Pilsner? Shocking.

[MRCboicgy]

I tend to stick to a few distilleries
Springbank:
20 yr single cask sherry
17 yr sherry wood
15 yr rum wood (x2)
15 yr single cask rum
12 yr Cask Strength 2019
Local Barley (x3 - 9, 10, & 11 yrs)
Longrow 18 yr 2020
Longrow 21 2019
Longrow 21 2020
Hazelburn 14 Oloroso

Glen Scotia
21 yr G&M
11 yr double sherry (best new scotch I tried all year)
2019 Festival Rum Finish (x2)
2020 Festival Port Finish

Glendronach
10 yr port
18 yr allardice
1993 single cask
2003 single cask

Balvenie:
Tun 1509 (batches 3,4, & 6)
15 yr sherry

Bunnahabhain:
2008 PX Finish
2008 Manzanilla
1997 Palo Cortado


Then a bunch of one-offs like a 19 yr Ledaig sherry, Ardbeg Grooves Committee, 1996 Clynelish, Tamdhu 15, Black Art 7.1, Glenallachie 13 yr Ralfy edition

Japanese: (almost all of these were picked up 5+ years ago)
Nikka from the barrel
Super Nikka
Nikka Coffey Malt
Nikka Days
Nikka Miyagikyo
Nikka Gold & Gold
Yamazaki 12
Hakushu 12

Bourbon:
Eagle Rare 10
Weller 107
William Larue Weller
Weller 12
Weller Special Reserve
Knob Creek 2001
Mitcher's American Whiskey

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by MRCboicgy

I tend to stick to a few distilleries
Springbank:
20 yr single cask sherry
17 yr sherry wood
15 yr rum wood (x2)
15 yr single cask rum
12 yr Cask Strength 2019
Local Barley (x3 - 9, 10, & 11 yrs)
Longrow 18 yr 2020
Longrow 21 2019
Longrow 21 2020
Hazelburn 14 Oloroso

Glen Scotia
21 yr G&M
11 yr double sherry (best new scotch I tried all year)
2019 Festival Rum Finish (x2)
2020 Festival Port Finish

Glendronach
10 yr port
18 yr allardice
1993 single cask
2003 single cask

Balvenie:
Tun 1509 (batches 3,4, & 6)
15 yr sherry

Bunnahabhain:
2008 PX Finish
2008 Manzanilla
1997 Palo Cortado


Then a bunch of one-offs like a 19 yr Ledaig sherry, Ardbeg Grooves Committee, 1996 Clynelish, Tamdhu 15, Black Art 7.1, Glenallachie 13 yr Ralfy edition

Japanese: (almost all of these were picked up 5+ years ago)
Nikka from the barrel
Super Nikka
Nikka Coffey Malt
Nikka Days
Nikka Miyagikyo
Nikka Gold & Gold
Yamazaki 12
Hakushu 12

Bourbon:
Eagle Rare 10
Weller 107
William Larue Weller
Weller 12
Weller Special Reserve
Knob Creek 2001
Mitcher's American Whiskey

I’m jealous of that collection. We should hang and have a tasting night.

[Buff]

Crown Royal
Jack Daniels
Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum
Kraken Black Rum
Wiser's Manhatten (2 bottles)
Wiser's Old Fashioned (2 bottles).... these last two I enjoyed them this summer so I bought myself another bottle of each and then my inlaws bought me some for my birthday.
Red Wine - Wine Men of Gotham - Shiraz (3 bottles) my favorite red wine lately.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Plantation 5 Year Rum
Gosling's Black Seal Rum
El Dorado 21 Year Rum
Appleton Estate Joy Rum
Ron Millonario XO Rum
El Dorado 25 Year Rum
St. Nicholas Abbey 20 Year Rum

Ketel One Vodka
Three Olives Vodka

Tomba Tequila Blanco

Bulleit Rye
Canadian Club Rye

Bulleit Bourbon
Eagle Rare 10 Year Bourbon
Wild Turkey Tradition Bourbon
Blanton's Gold Bourbon
Blanton's Straight From the Barrel Bouron
Orphan Barrel Reserve Bourbon
Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year Bourbon

Jura Superstition Scotch
Balvenie Doublewood 12 Year Scotch
Balvenie Carribean Cask 14 Year Scotch
Balvenie Portwood 21 Year Scotch
Glenfarcas 105 Scotch
Highland Park 18 Year Scotch
Aberlour Abunadh Scotch
Strathmore 22 Year Scotch
Dalmore Cigar Malt Scotch
Glenmorangie Signet Scotch

Bols Genever
Devine Genever
Broker's Gin
Botanist Gin
Sheringham Seaside Gin
Sheringham Kabuki Gin

Cinzano Rosso
Martini White Vermouth
Creme de Violette
Frangelico
Benedictine DOM
Fernet Branca
Creme de Cacao
Hypnotiq
Blue Curacao
Cointreau
Sortilege
Cynar
Maraschino
Lillet
Meletti
Creme de Cassis
Feeney's Irish Cream
Kahlua
Luxardo Amaretto
Amaretto di Mombaruzzo

... And many varieties of bitters.

[aaronck]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

^No Pilsner? Shocking.

Um, that goes in the fridge, not the liquor cabinet!

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by aaronck

Um, that goes in the fridge, not the liquor cabinet!

True, but many people are listing their beers and wines. Opportunity missed.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

-Real Marinero mango liquor bought in the Caribbean last winter
-Pisco from South America (wanted to make Pisco sour but it’s unopened)
-Don Julio tequila
—Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye (one unopened)
-The Ballvenie 14 Scotch (being opened tonight)
Highland Park 12 Scotch (unopened)
-GlenFiddich 15 Scotch (unopened)
-Mount Gay rum (my favourite rum, unopened)
-probably about 50 bottles of various wines plus my home-made stuff
-various beers, especially Innes & Gunn (my favourite), Guinness stouts, and numerous Wild Rose craft beers (friends are about to open a local craft beer operation, which I’m eager for because he makes the best beer)

*most of my bottles of Scotch were gifts

I made pisco sour this summer. It goes quite well with cerviche/cebiche which I also experimented with making this summer. The cerviche is a crap ton of prep, but when you make a good batch, it's so worth it.