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[JohnM]

I'd be interested in buying one. I think the last time I saw one in auction it was £120 to £150, but that was a good while ago.

[dramboyo]

Hello to all.
I'd though I'd introduce myself by starting off with details of my collection so far.

2 X Old Comber 30-Year-Old PPS
2 X Bushmills Special Single Barrel Millennium (Wooden boxes)
2 X Bushmills 1608 400th Anniversary
1996 Midleton VR
1998 Midleton VR

Slàinte

[varizoltan]

Hello to all.
I'd though I'd introduce myself by starting off with details of my collection so far.

2 X Old Comber 30-Year-Old PPS
2 X Bushmills Special Single Barrel Millennium (Wooden boxes)
2 X Bushmills 1608 400th Anniversary
1996 Midleton VR
1998 Midleton VR

Slàinte

a good start

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Hello to all.
I'd though I'd introduce myself by starting off with details of my collection so far.

2 X Old Comber 30-Year-Old PPS
2 X Bushmills Special Single Barrel Millennium (Wooden boxes)
2 X Bushmills 1608 400th Anniversary
1996 Midleton VR
1998 Midleton VR

Slàinte

Welcome Dramboyo ... not from COrk by any chance

Is the Bushmills Millennium the 1982 17yo one. Nice

If not can you post a picture

[shanel23]

Well here goes

Blackbush
Brogans Legacy
Bushmills Milenium
Coleraine
Glengeary
Green Spot
Greenore
Hennessy Na Geanna
Jameson "Marconi"
Jameson 12yr old
Jameson distillery Reserve Dublin
Jameson distillery Reserve Cork
Jameson distillery Reserve Cork
Jameson Signature reserve
Ken Lough
Kilbeggin
Knappogue 1995
lockes
Locke's Special bottle ( no.44 of 5000 )
Magilican 46% reserve
Mcllyods
Michael Collins Malt
Michael Collins Blend
Midleton Single cask ( 95591 )
Midleton Very rare 1996
Midleton Very rare 2000
Midleton Very rare 2007
Midleton Very rare 2008
Shanahans single malt
Tyrconnell
Tyrconnell special
Writers Tears


Wild Turkey Barrel reserve

Bruichladdich 17yr old 43% Private label
Scottish Parliament ( no xx of 5000 )

[varizoltan]

that is a goodone

[JohnM]

Well here goes

Blackbush
Brogans Legacy
Bushmills Milenium
Coleraine
Glengeary
Green Spot
Greenore
Hennessy Na Geanna
Jameson "Marconi"
Jameson 12yr old
Jameson distillery Reserve Dublin
Jameson distillery Reserve Cork
Jameson distillery Reserve Cork
Jameson Signature reserve
Ken Lough
Kilbeggin
Knappogue 1995
lockes
Locke's Special bottle ( no.44 of 5000 )
Magilican 46% reserve
Mcllyods
Michael Collins Malt
Michael Collins Blend
Midleton Single cask ( 95591 )
Midleton Very rare 1996
Midleton Very rare 2000
Midleton Very rare 2007
Midleton Very rare 2008
Tyrconnell
Tyrconnell special
Writers Tears


Wild Turkey Barrel reserve

Bruichladdich 17yr old 43% Private label
Scottish Parliament ( no xx of 5000 )

Welcome Shane. That's a nice collection.

I think I recognise your name from the boards.ie forum. Anyway, hope you can stick around.

John (Brockagh)

[shanel23]

Cheers John - one and the same

[TheWhiskeyBro]

Welcome on board Shane, thats a very respectable collection, careful though collecting is addictive and heavy on the pocket... couple of good threads elsewhere on collecting... now where did we hide that thread

[varizoltan]

Welcome on board Shane, thats a very respectable collection, careful though collecting is addictive and heavy on the pocket... couple of good threads elsewhere on collecting... now where did we hide that thread

all over the forum

[shanel23]

Welcome on board Shane, thats a very respectable collection, careful though collecting is addictive and heavy on the pocket... couple of good threads elsewhere on collecting... now where did we hide that thread

Thanks - thats for sure - worst part is that two of everything has to be bought - one to taste and one to keep

[varizoltan]

you should buy 3, 1 to drink, 1 to keep, and 1 to sell

[IainB]

you should buy 3, 1 to drink, 1 to keep, and 1 to sell

I've tried this. It always ends up being one to drink, and another one to drink when the first one runs out.

[IainB]

Finally , I've just finished updating my list - turned out I had a few more than I thought.

Anyway, Here's the Irish Bit:

Bushmills

Bushmills Millenium Malt Cask 310 43%
Bushmills Millenium Malt Cask 293 43%
Bushmills Millenium Malt Cask 339 43%
Bushmills Millenium Malt Cask 150 43%
Bushmills Single Bourbon Cask 8156, 1989 56.50% CWS
Bushmills Single Bourbon Cask 8153, 1989 56.50% CWS
Bushmills Single Rum Cask 16267, 1989 53.70% CWS
Bushmills Single Sherry Cask 7436, 1989 53.70% CWS
Bushmills Single Bourbon Cask 4649/128, 1990 57.50% La Maison du Whisky
Bushmills 21yo Madeira Finish
Bushmills 16yo Port Finish
Bushmills 12yo Select Casks
Bushmills 12yo Distillers Reserve
Bushmills 10yo
Bushmills 5yo
Knappogue Castle 1995 (Bottled 2007)
Knappogue Castle 1994 (Bottled 2004)
Knappogue Castle 1993
Clontarf Single Malt

Bushmills 1608 - 400th Anniversary 43%
Bushmills 1608 - Old Bottling
Bushmills 1608 - 12yo
Black Bush
Black Bush 1980's Bottling
Bushmills Original - Old Bottling
Bushmills Original

Cooley

Connemara Single Cask K92/334083 13yo 46%
Connemara Single Cask K92/303713 13yo 46%
Connemara Single Cask K92/354293 13yo 46%
Connemara Single Sherry Cask 112 17yo 46%
Connemara Single Sherry Cask W07/0807 13yo 46%
Connemara Small Batch Sherry Finish 46%
Connemara 12yo
Connemara Cask Strength 58.80%
Connemara Cask Strength - Old Bottling
Connemara

Tyrconnell Single Cask 5306/92 17yo 46%
Tyrconnell Single Cask 3169 13yo 46%
Tyrconnell 10yo Madeira Finish 46%
Tyrconnell 10yo Port Finish 46%

Lockes Grand Crew Cask 700 58.90%
Lockes Grand Crew Cask 696

Knappogue Castle 1992
Clontarf Single Malt
Tullamore Dew 10yr old Malt
Magilligan 1991 Sherry Finish

Greenore 15yo 43%
Greenore 8yo
Greenore 6yo

Kilbeggan 15yo
Kilbeggan
Millars
Inishowen (Min)
Clontarf Special Reserve

Cooley & Kilbeggan

Spirit of Kilbeggan aged 1 Month
Spirit of Kilbeggan aged 1 Year
Spirit of Kilbeggan aged 2 Years

Midleton - Pot Still and Malt


Jameson 15yo
Midleton 14yo Single Cask (CWS 2009 Bottling)
Redbreast 15yo (2005 Bottling) 46%
Redbreast 15yo (2008 Bottling)
Redbreast 15yo (2009 Bottling)
Redbreast 12yo

Green Spot 10yo
Green Spot

Erin go Bragh

Midleton - Blended

Jameson Rarest Vintage Reserve 2007 46%
Jameson 18yo
Jameson Gold
Jameosn 12yo
Jameson Distillery Reserve 12yo
Jameson Signature Reserve
Jameson Crested Ten
Jameson NAS

Jameson 15yo Blend
Jameson 1780 - Picture of John Jameson 2
Jameson 1780 - Red and Yellow label 2
Jameson 12yo Midleton Distillery Reserve (Old Bottling)
Jameson 12yo Red Label
Jameson 12 yo Distillers Selection 3
Jameson Gold Old Bottling
Jameson Marconi
Jameson Crested 10 Old Bottling
Jameson NAS 1980's Bottling

Midleton Single Cask (CWS 2008 Bottling) 46%
Midleton Very Rare 1997
Midleton Very Rare 2000
Midleton Very Rare 2001
Midleton Very Rare 2002
Midleton Very Rare 2004
Midleton Very Rare 2006
Midleton Very Rare 2008

Powers 12yo
Powers
Paddy
Hewitts
Redbreast Blend

Clontarf Classic Blend
Clontarf Reserve
Tullamore Dew 12yo
Writers Tears

Closed Distilleries

B. Daly Distillery Tullamore

Knappogue Castle 1951 36yo
Willie Napier 1945 44yo
Cadenheads 1949 41yo (Min) 65.30%

Old Midleton Distillery

Dungourney 1964
Midleton 1973, 25yo
Midleton 1967

Paddy 1970's
Paddy Whisky

Jameson Bow St

Redbreast 12yo 1980's

Jameson 12 yo 1950's
Jameson 7yo 1960's

Powers - John's Lane

Powers Pure Pot Still 1959/60
Powers Pure Pot Still 1960's
Powers Blended Whiskey

Comber

Old Comber 30yo

Royal Irish Distillery

Dunvilles Liqueur Whiskey (1920's)

[varizoltan]

good collection Iain

are these all full?

i will update my list hopefully the next time i go home,
some members got the chance to see how it is at the moment,
it is not easy to go through 850+ bottles...

[John]

That really is a fantastic Irish collection Iain
How long did it take to collect all of those?
J.

[IainB]

That really is a fantastic Irish collection Iain
How long did it take to collect all of those?
J.

About 6 years. Started with Greenspot, 12yo Jameson, 10yo Bushmills, 16yo Bushmills and then kind of got carried away.

[IainB]

And now scotland:

Islay Single Malt

Ardbeg 10yo
Ardbeg Uigedail
Ardbeg Almost There

Bowmore 25yo
Bowmore 18yo
Bowmore 15yo Darkest
Bowmore 12yo
Bowmore Maltmans Selection
Bowmore 7yo Feis Ile 2007
Bowmore 17yo
Bowmore 1990, 16yo 53.80%
Bowmore Dusk
Bowmore Darkest
McLelland Islay Malt (Bowmore?)

Bruichladdich 12yo
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte PC6

Bunnahabhainn 25yo
Bunnahabhainn Darach Ur
Bunnahabhainn 28yo - SMS Bottling

Caol Ila 25yo 1979 58.40%
Caol Ila 18yo
Caol Ila 12yo
Caol Ila Distillers Edition 2007
Caol Ila Distillers Edition 2006
Caol Ila Cask Strength
Caol Ila Cask Strength - Distillery Only

Kilchoman Autumn 2009 Release
Kilchoman New Spirit

Lagavulin 21yo 56.50%
Lagavulin 16yo 43%
Lagavulin 12yo 2002 58%
Lagavulin 12yo 2005 56.5%
Lagavulin 12yo 2006 57.50%
Lagavulin 12yo 2006 57.10%
Lagavulin 12yo 2007 57.10%
Lagavulin 12yo 2008 - 1st Fill Sherry Cask 48.00%

Laphroaig 25yo
Laphroaig 15yo 43%
Laphroaig 18yo
Laphroaig 10yo Cask Strength 55.70%
Laphroaig 10yo
Laphroaig Quarter Cask 48%

Port Ellen 6th Release 27yo 54.30%
Port Ellen 7th Release 28yo 54.70%
Port Ellen 1979 20yo Gordon & MacPhail 60.70%

Island Single Malt

Skye Talisker 25 yo 57.80%
Talisker 10yo 45.80%

Orkney Scapa 12yo
Scapa 14yo
Scapa 16yo
Highland Park 21yo

Arran Arran Single Sherry Cask 510 54.80%
Arran Malt 46%

Jura Jura 10yo


Campbeltown Single Malt

Springbank 10yo 46%
Hazelburn 8yo 46%


Lowland Single Malt

Auchentoshan 18yo 55.80%
Auchentoshan Triple Wood 43%
Bladnoch 10yo (Distillery Label)
Bladnoch Flora and Fauna 10yo 43% 2
Glenkinchie 10yo 43%
Glenkinchie 1991 Distillers Edition 43%
Littlemill 12yo
Rosebank 12yo Flora and Fauna 43%


Highland Single Malt

Aberfeldy 12yo
Ben Nevis 10yo 46%
Dalmore Cigar Malt
Glendronach 1971
Loch Lomond
Glengoyne 17yo 43%
Old Pulteney 12yo

Glenmorangie 10yo - Old Label 43%
Glenmorangie Sherry Wood Finish 43%
Glenmorangie Post Wood Finish 43%
Glenmorangie Madeira Wood Finish 43%
Glenmorangie Original 10yo
Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban - Port 46%
Glenmorangie Lasanta - Sherry 46%
Glenmorangie Nextar D'Or - Sauternes 46%

Oban 14yo
Oban 1989 Distillers Edition 43%
Clynelish 14yo 46%
Clynelish 1992 Distillers Edition 46%
Dalwhinnie 15yo 43%
Dalwhinnie 1989 Distillers Edition 43%
Royal Lochnagar 12yo 43%

Blair Athol 12yo Flora and Fauna 43%
Clynelish Flora and Fauna
Teaninich 10yo Flora and Fauna 43%


Speyside Single Malt

Cragganmore 12yo
Cragganmore 1992 Distillers Edition
Knocando 1992, 12yo 43%

Auchroisk 10yo Flora and Fauna 43%
Benrinnes 15yo Flora and Fauna 43%
Dailuaine 16yo Flora and Fauna 43%
Dufftown 15yo Flora and Fauna 43%
Glendullan 12yo Flora and Fauna 43%
Glen Spey 12yo Flora and Fauna 43%
Glenlossie 10yo Flora and Fauna 43%
Inchgower14yp Flora and Fauna 43%
Linkwood 12yo Flora and Fauna 43%
Mannochmore 12yo Flora and Fauna 43%
Pittyvaich 12yo Flora and Fauna 43%
Strathmill 12yo Flora and Fauna 43%
Mortlach 16yo Flora and Fauna 43%

Mortlach 1993 Cask Strength, 13yo RMW Bottling 57.80%

Aberlour a'bunadh Batch No. 15 59.60%
Aberlour 15yo Sherry
An Cnoc 1990, Bott 2004 46%

Ardmore 12yo Single Cask SMS Bottling 58.60%
Aultmore 16yo Single Cask SMS Bottling 58.80%
Glen Grant 34yo Single Cask SMS Bottling 54.90%

Balvenie 1991 Port Wood
Balvenie 15yo Single Barrell 212 47.70%
Glendronach 1971 38yo
Glendronach 18yo
Glendronach 15yo
Glendronach 12yo
Glenfarclas 15yo 46.00%
Glen Garioch 15yo
Glen Garioch 21yo
Glenlivet Nadurra
Glenrothes Select Res 43.00%
Glenrothes Dist 94, Bott 06 43.00%
Glenrothes Dist 91, Bott 08 43.00%
Macallan 12yo
Macallan 18yo Fine Oak 43.00%
Tomintoul 27yo
Tullibardine 1993 Sherry Finish (Bottled 2006)

Ben Bracken 12yo Single Malt (Tamnavulin??)

Vatted Malt

Compass Box - Eleuthera
Compass Box - The Spice Tree
Jon, Mark & Robbo's Rich Spicy One
Jon, Mark & Robbo's Smokey Peaty One
Johnnie Walker Green Label
Serendipity

Single & Vatted Grain

Cameronbridge 1979 Duncan Taylor
North British 1991 Signatory Cask Strangth
Loch Lomond 2000 Organic Single Grain
Compass Box - Hedonism - Vatted Grain

Blended

Black Bottle 10 Yr Old
Campbeltown Loch 21 Yr Old
Johnnie Walker Blue Label
Johnnie Walker Gold Label
Johnnie Walker Black Label
Teachers
Bells
Famous Grouse

[IainB]

And the rest of the world:


North American Whiskey

Bourbon

Eagle Rare 17 Yr Old
George T Stagg Kentucky Straight Bourbon 65.9% abv
W.L. Weller Uncut 60.95% abv
Pappy Van Winkle's 20 Yr Old Reserve Bourbon
Buffalo Trace
Elijah Craig 12 Yr Old
Evan Williams Single Barrel
Golden Sun Kentucky Bourbon
Makers Mark
Old Granddad
Wild Turkey 8 Yr Old
Woodford Reserve

Tennessee Whiskey

Jack Daniels No. 7

Single Malt Rye

Old Potrero Single Malt Straight Rye

Straight Rye

Thomas H Handy Uncut
Sezerac 18 Yr Old
Rittenhouse 21 Year Old Rye
Rittenhouse Straight Rye 100 Proof
Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye
Wild Turkey Rye

Single Malt

McCarthys Single Malt

Other US

Hirsh 1987 American Whiskey (20 Yr Old)

Canadian

Forty Creek Barrell Select
Hirsh Canadian Rye 10 Yr Old


Rest of the World


Europe

Ireland and Jon, Mark & Robbo's Smooth Sweeter One
Scotland Celtic Nations Whisky

England St George's Distillery Single Malt

France Eddu Silver
Glann Ar Mhor Single Malt

Netherlands Zuidam Dutch 5 yo Rye Whisky

Spain DYC Blended Whisky

Sweden Mackmyra Preludium 03

Wales Penderyn Single Malt


Asia

India Amrut Single Malt

Japan Suntory Hakushu 18 Yr Old Single Malt
Yamakazi 18 Yr Old Single Malt
10 Yr Old Single Malt
Hibiki

Nikka Miyagikyou 15 Yr Old Single Malt
Taketsuru 17 Yr Old Pure Malt

Hanyu Ichiro 7 of Clubs Single Malt (Bottled 2008)

Pacific

Australia Great Outback Single Malt

New Zealand Lammerlaw 10 Yr Old Single Malt

[IainB]

good collection Iain

are these all full?

i will update my list hopefully the next time i go home,
some members got the chance to see how it is at the moment,
it is not easy to go through 850+ bottles...

I did a quick tot on open bottles, I think there's about 80. There are also duplicates of some but I left them out. I think it's time to stop buying!

[varizoltan]

oh my goodness, about 500 bottles...
are you intend to drink it all?

[John]

Ok, where on earth do you store them!???

Do you 'divide' them up Iain in terms of what you don't mind drinking routinely and what you might be 'in fear' of opening at the end of a good session?

[IainB]

oh my goodness, about 500 bottles...
are you intend to drink it all?

No no the list includes the open bottles! With duplicates etc. I'd say there's about 350 - 380.

I suppose you could say the open bottles aren't part of a collection but to be honest most of what's there is intended to be opended some day. I buy things to try for the most part but then but other things and forget. Some of the opened bottles have maybe one or two measures taken and haven't been touched in a couple of years. I'm not really sure what to do with them in some cases. For example there's an open early Arran malt I'm not mad on - maybe 1/4 to 1/3rd of the bottle gone - do you want it?

Another example would be the Cambletown Loch 21 I opened years ago - a pleasant enough whisky but when there's so much else to chose from I never seem to get to it. Likewise the Glenmorangie original.

I started trying to clear the open ones but as, I think, IWC said, I found I was drinking probably a little too much so I could clear the bottles and get to open something new. I reckon with only one or two measures gone th quality should be ok.

Maybe we should have a forum for swapping open bottles we don't want! Or a society meeting where we all just bring along what we've got open and let people try whatever they fancy!

[IainB]

Ok, where on earth do you store them!???

Do you 'divide' them up Iain in terms of what you don't mind drinking routinely and what you might be 'in fear' of opening at the end of a good session?

In a room full of nothing but whiskey, cd's and guitars! And a couple of chairs.

Don't particularly divide them up - I've a few that I intend to keep but sometimes they do get opened - I see no point in buying whiskey for someone else to enjoy in the future!

[varizoltan]

oh my goodness, about 500 bottles...
are you intend to drink it all?

No no the list includes the open bottles! With duplicates etc. I'd say there's about 350 - 380.

I suppose you could say the open bottles aren't part of a collection but to be honest most of what's there is intended to be opended some day. I buy things to try for the most part but then but other things and forget. Some of the opened bottles have maybe one or two measures taken and haven't been touched in a couple of years. I'm not really sure what to do with them in some cases. For example there's an open early Arran malt I'm not mad on - maybe 1/4 to 1/3rd of the bottle gone - do you want it?

Another example would be the Campbeltown Loch 21 I opened years ago - a pleasant enough whisky but when there's so much else to chose from I never seem to get to it. Likewise the Glenmorangie original.

I started trying to clear the open ones but as, I think, IWC said, I found I was drinking probably a little too much so I could clear the bottles and get to open something new. I reckon with only one or two measures gone th quality should be ok.

Maybe we should have a forum for swapping open bottles we don't want! Or a society meeting where we all just bring along what we've got open and let people try whatever they fancy!

one thing for sure, never say no for a free bottle

i have a bottle of Arran sherry cask at home too, it is horrible
but as i always say; your s..t could be someone else's happiness