Lets do top 5...not talking unicorns or favorites of all time just bottles that are go tos for you. Mine in no particular order: Wild Turkey 101, Wild Turkey rare breed, Knob creek 12, Michters single barrel rye and Knob creek 120 proof.

Tullamore Dew Original

Tullamore Dew 12 yr special reserve

Tullamore Dew 18 yr single malt.

ummm....that's it.

I have one.  Sonoma Distilling Company - Cherry Wood Rye.   

 

I have quit drinking tho.  I have come to a realization I am not immortal.  

 

I might have 5 drinks per year.  hahahha...

I keep a bottle of The McCallan 18 but rarely drink anymore. Like @Darth-Baiter, might have four or five drinks a year. So far this year I’ve had two or three beers, 0 scotch.

This is my drink of choice.

 

I like “the next one” so I’m always bringing new stuff in as sippers. For cocktails I tend to keep a bottle of makers, a Jameson caskmates stout, and a bullet rye. Basil Hayden toast is usually in the cabinet. And crown vanilla/apple/peach in some combine there. 

3 hours ago, casts_by_fly said:

I like “the next one” so I’m always bringing new stuff in as sippers. For cocktails I tend to keep a bottle of makers, a Jameson caskmates stout, and a bullet rye. Basil Hayden toast is usually in the cabinet. And crown vanilla/apple/peach in some combine there. 

I'm kinda the same way...I've got the staples but I'm always bringing different stuff into the rotation.

 

10 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Tullamore Dew Original

Tullamore Dew 12 yr special reserve

Tullamore Dew 18 yr single malt.

ummm....that's it.

I wanna try the 12 year sometime

Chivas 25 was my best friend since college, Recently my Japanese friend brought me that Japanese whisky along with some lures and I am looking to find some of my friends to drink it with.

Laphroaig, mclellands islay. That’s really the only two but for the sake of the exercise , we shall round out the top 5 with Talisker, Johnny walker black, and maybe some buffalo trace flagship for the guests that don’t like scotch 

Knobel Barrel Strength

Knob Creek 12yr

Old Forester 1920

Woodford Reserve (store pick from somewhere)

Smokewagon straight bourbon

Michter's rye

 

Runners up:

Jameson

Plantation 5yr rum

Penelope Barrel Strength

 

These are all readily available in our area and we try to never run out.  

2 hours ago, BigAngus752 said:

Knob Creek 12yr

Old Forester 1920

Woodford Reserve (store pick from somewhere)

Smokewagon straight bourbon

Michter's rye

 

Runners up:

Jameson

Plantation 5yr rum

Penelope Barrel Strength

 

These are all readily available in our area and we try to never run out.  

We are very alike....we've both got KC 12 and michters rye on our lists and I chose KC 120 proof but I considered old forester 1920 instead.

9 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

We are very alike....we've both got KC 12 and michters rye on our lists and I chose KC 120 proof but I considered old forester 1920 instead.

The wife and I agree that those are both outstanding.  Not only is the 1920 a good sipper, I feel like it's a more versatile mixer for things like old fashioneds and whisky sours.  Also, we can buy it at almost any grocery store or gas station around here.  

Jameson black barrel. Best bang for the buck. 

@deaknh03 gotta admire your consistency, this is always your response. I will admit the Black Barrel is very good for the money, I was pretty surprised by it.

14 years sober now, but back in the day it was Bushmills Original. 

41 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

14 years sober now, 

Fantastic! Congrats!

Jack Daniels Old No 7- sometimes guests ask for whiskey but actually want a Jack and Coke

Knob Creek 9- excellent for mixed drinks and a solid sipper

EH Taylor BIB- excellent pour when you can get it at retail

Blantons- solid pour, best looking bottle in the cabinet

Wild Turkey Rare Breed- excellent neat or with ice, even a whiskey "snob" will likely enjoy it

11 hours ago, NorcalBassin said:

Jack Daniels Old No 7- sometimes guests ask for whiskey but actually want a Jack and Coke

Knob Creek 9- excellent for mixed drinks and a solid sipper

EH Taylor BIB- excellent pour when you can get it at retail

Blantons- solid pour, best looking bottle in the cabinet

Wild Turkey Rare Breed- excellent neat or with ice, even a whiskey "snob" will likely enjoy it

Rare breed is one of the best options for cost to quality for me...also I typically keep the knob Creek 9 on hand, I couldn't decide between that or the Turkey 101.

Ha...EH Taylor and Blantons, yep your definitely from California aka the bourbon land of plenty, meanwhile in northwest Iowa its hard enough to find regular buffalo trace half the time.

6 yrs sober now, but in the day, it was Blantons. I live about 45 mins from Lynchburg, TN and gentleman Jack or single barrel was always on my countertop. Bulliet Rye (sp?) was a daily whiskey for me that could get out of hand quickly because of how smooth it was. 

Absolute top for me is Lagavulin 16 year. I keep at least 2 backups handy just in case. I think we started top 5? I really only have a top 3 so here they are. 

 

1) Lagavulin 16y

2) Glenmorangie 18y

3) Glenlivet Caribbean Cask

 

Some good choices in this thread!

 

I think I messed up recently when I purchased some of this... not sure if I will finish the bottle or pass it on... call it an impulse purchase.

 

 

 

Just picked up another bottle.... Its called Hell House Whiskey made by some people I have known for decades... This is made by the widow of the late great Ronnie Van Zant, former lead singer of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band. They are getting ready for a new tour with Foreigner and this whiskey is a tour sponsor.

 

 

You can see it is included right in the middle of the tour dates poster right in between the names of the two bands... and BTW, if any of you are interested in going to any shows, these are the official upcoming concert dates so far...

 

 

For those who may not be aware, but the name "Hell House" is the name Skynyrd band members gave to the small cabin they rented to write songs within and rehearse that was located on an old horse ranch just outside of Green Cove Springs, Florida from 1970 long before the band got famous, right up to their 3rd album in 1975 before relocating to more professional studio accommodations closer to home in Jacksonville area.

 

The cabin was located along Peters Creek and had a small dock that band members liked to use to fish from.

 

The band used to write and rehearse in Jacksonville but they were bothered endlessly by people stopping by and interrupting the band. And neighbors often called the police on the band for playing too loudly, so they had to go somewhere remote out in the woods behind locked gate to get away from all people, and police.

 

And it was at this specific location, and small cabin in the woods that the great Lynyrd Skynyrd band wrote many of their most famous songs like FreeBird and Tuesday's Gone and Simple Man, and many others.

 

The cabin was called Hell House because it was so hot and did not have air conditioner, and band members always complained about it and the bugs, and each night at least one band member was assigned guard duty and had to sleep inside the cabin to protect the band's guitar amplifiers and gear from being stolen. It happened once here. They would not let it happen twice. Fortunately no guitars were left there. Only amps were stolen and hauled away by boat down Peters Creek.

 

Photos on the cover of the band's 3rd album Nuthin' Fancy were taken here.

 

This is Hell House!

 

Some of the greatest rock n' roll ever created came out of this small remote cabin deep in the swamps of Florida!