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That was the moment... I make sure the number of open bottles on my shelves never exceeds 48. Pretty soon after I started my quest for the perfect single malt, my old drinks cabinet proved
too confining for my quickly expanding collection. To give my bottles the room they deserve I took an old cabinet, tore off the doors and transformed it into my private single malts cabinet. My 'drinking collection' is distributed over 3
shelves, with room for 16 bottles each. These 48 open bottles are in various stages of emptiness, while the malts in my 'Reserve Stock' are still undeflowered. At an average drinking speed of less than three bottles a month, some bottles enjoy
the hospitality of my shelves for more than a year.
Top Shelf: Dreams
Most
malts that score more than 85 points end up on my top shelf. A lot of the affordable 'old favourites' are replaced as soon as the bottle is empty - finances and allround availability permitting, that is... Every now and then an expensive 'Special Occasion' bottle makes it to my top shelf as well, but you usually won't find many malts here that cost
more than 50.- Euro's.
These are the malts I pour when I have the time to really explore and enjoy them.
Middle Shelf: Drams
The fact that some
old favourites are steady residents on my top shelf makes it hard for other good bottles to reach it. My middle shelf used to contain 'average' bottles, but the growth of my discretionairy income has banished some fairly excellent bottles to
my middle shelf. As a result, most of the bottles on my middle shelf score way above average these days. These malts are not neccessarily the best malts money can buy, but they represent a lot of different malt 'styles'. There's a
malt for every season and occasion on my middle shelf.
Drinks
These malts are not likely to be replaced any time soon, although most of them still beat your average blended whisky with a stick. This makes them perfectly suited for 'Bad Nose Days'. My bottom shelf carries a combination of
'value' malts for serious sloshing when I need writing fuel and 'high profile' malts that just don't meet my personal enjoyment standards.
So, there you have it. I'm quite mad when it comes to single malts (hence the name of this site), and after I started my The snapshot at the left shows the contents of my
'historical' cabinet in December 2000. Connoisseurs may recognize some great malts like Ardbeg 17yo, Balvenie 21yo Port Wood Finish, Macallan 10yo '100 Proof', Macallan 18yo 1982, Lagavulin 1979 Double Matured and Longmorn Glenlivet 1963.
Sweet memories indeed...
I told you I had a system, didn't I? The list changes after almost every new acquisition or tasting session, so check back here some time if you want to keep tabs on my progress.
