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I quite like the idea of having a couple of crystal decanters on the side for an enjoyable evening tipple, one with a fine rum and the other with an vintage port.
What’s in yours?
Kids' art stuff and other random stationary.
The last of the Christmas whisky is out on the kitchen worktop though. Handy.
White lightning and Windowlene.
I have a couple of decanters. One has Maker's Mark, the other currently empty. They're Nice Things.
Currently 16 single malts and a bourbon.
A Port Charlotte 10 and a Glenfarclas 15 were the latest arrivals this week.
Mrs B also has half a dozen gins on there.
Whiskey (a malt and a blend), Bailey's for the lady, fake Bailey's, cooking brandy, port (random), some disaronno (don't knock it), vermouth (what) and Pimm's.
A embarrassment of riches. Or maybe just an embarrassment.
talisker
tanqueray
Martini Rosso
Campari
Bitters
Blackberry gin we got for Christmas
No decanters, what's the point?
To be honest though, we did have a new year clean out
My cousin and his wife had his and hers drinks cabinets by their bed. One day she complained to me that he was drinking vodka in bed out of a mug.
Nothing wrong with vodka in bed ,it was the fact that he was using a mug.
Insert cool starry bra picture here...
At last glance:
Vodka
Gin
Rum
Single Malt
Vermouth
Campari
Amaretto
Tawny Port
Vintage Port
Madeira Wine
Sloe gin
Crème de Cassis
Baileys
I missed the white vermouth but that's for cooking
In decanters - 20yr tawny & matusalem; on salver - Caol Isla 12 yr, Carn Mor 1992, Connemara whiskey; in cabinet - random stuff.
Also wine cabinet and beer cooler.
Best to be prepared!
Good grief, where shall I start? There are about six bottles of Malt, a full bottle of Baileys and one with a crusty cap, from memory there's a nearly full bottle of Harveys Bristol cream, a couple of LBV ports and a vintage port still in its coffin from 25 years ago (keep hoping the value will plummet so I can drink it...) Several gins, including one of those ridiculous tangerine flavoured ones with gold flakes in it, a half bottle of Ouzo, various vermouths of questionable quality, a bottle of Drambuie which may be as old as I am, and a vast selection of hedge brews- sloe gin, damson gin, damson vodka, bramble whisky even a sloe whisky (not a fan) and some garish yellow banana flavoured liqueur brought back from a holiday in the Canaries by a well-meaning relative which I haven't got the heart to throw away.
Scapegoat - you've got all the ingredients for DIY cocktails!
My cousin and his wife had his and hers drinks cabinets by their bed. One day she complained to me that he was drinking vodka in bed out of a mug.
Nothing wrong with vodka in bed ,it was the fact that he was using a mug.
I no longer have any concerns about how much I drink
A large selection of gins
No cabinet, no drinks. We have cupboard with teas, coffee, and hot chocolate in though 😜
some disaronno (don’t knock it),
I won't, you can make a delicious whiskey sour with that!
Feel free to sub in your blended whisky^^
Just going to look.
If you like amaretto, ditch disaronno and drink Saliza!
About 40 bottles of gin and 20 of other various spirits/mixers, no fancy decanters. I've not had a drink in about 18 months.
I’ve got a bottle of 19 Crimes on the kitchen side and a few bottles of Fullers Honey Dew next to the fridge. Does that count? Drinks cabinet… 😂
If you like amaretto, ditch disaronno and drink Saliza
I'll give it a try!
The ubiquitous bottle of Angostura bitters.
Thanks shermer; libation - there's a much under-used word.
Earlier post didn't specify what's IN the cabinet so...limited edition cask aged vodkas from chase, tanqueray 10, grey goose, vintage rum, bitters, frangelico, noe, apostoles, px, tequila, mescal, saliza, noilly prat, kahlua, kummel, campari, cassis, mure sauvage.
You have impeccable taste @frankconway - Matuselum, Apostoles and Noe are all delicious and often make up part of our cabinet
12 bottled of random gins
1 ammereto
1 triple sec
1 tequila
And a few whisky miniatures
Only issue us that I don't drink that much, so that lot will take me years to get through
An STW game I can actually play!!
Tanqueray, Tanquerey 10, Seville, Royale and Grapefruit & Rosemary. Gunpowder Gin, Hendricks, Gordons & Gordons Pink
Benrinnes 21, Lagavulin Distillers edition, Mortlach 12 & 16, Johnnie W Black,Gold Blue + Blue Port Ellon. Game of Thrones complete set, Cardhu 12, Cointreau, Kahlua, Tequila, Ron Zacapa 23 x2, Ron Z Limited Edition (2015), Bourbon and some other bits & bobs.......oh,and a bottle of Angostura Bitters! I have some other stuff in the attic but can't remember what!
I want a drinks globe.
I have a bottle of woodford reserve, disaronno, gordon's gin, lone wolf cloudy lemonade gin, cardhu(?), a posh bottle of rum, Taylor's LBV port, Arran single malt (sherry cask), homemade sloe gin, Kirsch, limoncello, and loads of red wine.
Rum
With a 2nd unopened bottle of rum in standby.
Empty. I gave away the malt whiskeys that I did have to friends when I went 'dry'
Red Bull and Hennessy
The most important bottle in my cabinet is Kahlúa.
Because it's so bloody nice 🙂
Other than that, I have port, whisky, gin & vodka. And maybe some others lurking at the back...
Nothing because if it in the house I drink it so i don't keep anything. anyone who keeps booze is automatically suspect and will be referred to the authorities
I have such poor self control with alcohol I could never have one.
If it's in the house i drink every night. If there's no alcohol that's fine and can happily go weeks without a drink.
Empty. I gave away the malt whiskeys that I did have to friends when I went ‘dry’
Yeah, you don't want to go stumbling about the garden 😉 End up falling over a poorly placed plant pot and injuring yourself.
@dyna-ti To be fair, if WCA had been drinking it might have been far, far worse.
I currently have two bottles of good whisky (one given to me about four years ago) and a bottle of gin from about 2015 in the drinks cabinet. Well, I say cabinet, but it is really just a drawer in my desk.
Mind you, I do also have a cellar with a healthy stock of mead and beer.
I don’t have a drinks cabinet, I have a Beer cupboard which also contains some Whiskey, Sherry And Gin. I then have a emergency beer cupboard which contains spares of my favourite beers and a barbecue beer cupboard with a selection of popular beers for guests.
Quality over quantity for stuff I actually drink... sort of.
Gran Orendain Añejo Tequila - a while back I thought I'd try a "sipping" rather than a "gulpin'" tequilq. Don't know if I just got lucky first time but this is lovely. On my second bottle, was a Christmas present from my Mum.
Castarede XO 20 year old armagnac. Used to buy XO cognac in duty free, but this is much better value.
12* Metaxa. It was recommended on here. It's horrible! So I don't drink it much.
A half bottle of 1970 port, waiting for a special occasion.
Then the general stuff:
Southern Comfort
Disaronno
Bombay Star Gin
A Russian vodka a colleague brought back from a work trip there. UAPCKAR seems to be the name. But in Cyrillic letters.
Then the "cocktail night" leftovers:
Aperol
Archers
Cherry Brandy
Midori
Blue Bols
Grenadine
Smirnoff
etc...
I can do you a french, espresso or pornstar martini or a margarita at teh drop of a hat.
For the sipping or mixing, Bowmore, glenlivet another singlemalt in a box, brandy possibly its coursevoir and a nice bottle of pinapple rum (bottle and the rum are nice) OVD (for coke) Brewdog Rum (wouldn't buy that on priciple but it was a gift and actually tastes alright... better than the beer at any rate, Dark matter (always with ginger beer) and massive bottle of disarono
For a little refresher, Dr Squid gin( turns black to pink and has the most amazing bottle) some harris gin left i think, a generic "micro gin distillery- made by others flavoured by them"
There is also some damson gin and some sloe gine and a couple of bottles of plum wine, oh yeah a bottle of marsala for proper tirimasu.
We don't drink much at all but its nice to have a decent choice for when the mood takes you*.
*i mean, i'll confess to always being in the mood for a big fruity cocktail but you know what I mean.
There's also some Mescal, rum, vermouth and other things to make cocktails with or cook with.
The ubiquitous bottle of Angostura bitters.
Funnily enough I do enjoy a pink gin occasionally.
Well, I say cabinet, but it is really just a drawer in my desk.
At least it's not the toilet cistern 😯 yet.
cellar with a healthy stock of mead
I've never tried mead, what's it taste like ?.
Probably one of our oldest alcoholic drinks, so im surprised you dont hear more about it.
And one for the brother in law. he's got one of the most extensive drinks cabinet collection i've ever seen. Must be about 50 bottles in it and each B/day and Xmas I look for something different to add to it. Now you've given me the idea of Mead 😀 so he'll be getting a bottle of that this coming march.
I got given a drinks globe by my SO. Always fancied one but resisted.
I like it. I keep a few malts, a couple of rums, a bourbon, and some liqueurs on the lower rack and gin, vermouth, Campari, and more gin inside. Plus some tiki glasses.
Similar to this one https://justglobes.uk/globe-bars/cook-laguna-italian-globe-bar.html
My cocktail ingredients, rums, liqueurs, syrups, etc I keep on shelves in the cellar. Means I have to think ‘what am I going to mix’ and then gather.
I can confirm that the Disaronno Sour recipe above is very nicesh. Mrs Sandwich and I have killed our bottle of Disaronno Amaretto this evening, ish a dirty job. . .
I’ve never tried mead, what’s it taste like ?.
Three parts cloudy cider to one part golden syrup. (-:
Don't forget a gobbet of distillers spit.
Bought my mate a bottle of Mead from the Lancashire Mead Company. He seemed to like it.
A little research and a place in Glasgow's west end called 'Valhalla's Goat' might stock mead. I'll give them a phone when they open at 12 today and get the lowdown.
As the brother in law has such an extensive alcohol collection, its the ideal birthday gift for him.
Mount Gay Black Barrel is on discount on Amazon currently, added a bottle to the “cabinet”.
Baruo De Vilar Porto Wine, Makers Mark, Singleton Malt, Ron Barcelo Rum, Bitters.
8 assorted Gin's & Aperol for the OH.
Most things don't last long enough to make it to the 'cabinet' 😆
I do have a good selection of Ardberg whiskeys though.... courtesy of a whiskey aficionado who went teetotal.
Slowly working my way through them.
Whisky: Scapa Skirin
Rum: Ninefold White Rum and just took delivery of this:
http://www.ninefolddistillery.com/shop/pure-single-rum-ed2-011-256
Drinks cabinet i don't have. I have a wickedly carved wooden box which would make Hunter S Thompsen proud. Doesn't get opened often as I'd like these days, suppose that's life. Got a bottle of Hibiki; master select (Japanese whisky) sitting on top of it tho. Bottle is too nice for a decanter imo.