I seriously don't get people who think they need a bar's worth of hard liquor to entertain.

Thank Goodness my partner never looks at DCUM. He thinks I'm weird for wanting to have more than one type of alcohol around. "Vodka? You don't even drink vodka."

Yes if you post photos on Facebook of you buying by the case. You'll need to stand beside your purchase with a smile on your face as your significant other takes the photo.

I like whiskey. Scotch (single malt and blended), bourbon, rye. I have a glass maybe 5-6 times a year.
My friends and family know I like it. So they give me a bottle here, a bottle there. The good stuff. For my birthday, father's day, thanksgiving, new years ....

Now I have almost a dozen bottles of whiskey on my bar. All full or nearly so, half unopened.
At this rate, in another five years I could open a bar.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it is a status symbol.

My mother insists anyone with a stocked bar is an alcoholic. She's crazy.

I don't think she is.

People in DC are so puritanical.

Some people entertain frequently.

And booze doesn't go bad, so it is easy to accumulate a lot.

For the hard liquors like rum, gin, vodka and whiskey there's no expiration date. Keep them in a cool place, however to avoid evaporation.

The supposed exception to this is tequila. From what I've read and my own experience, the agave taste/aroma in tequila is quite fragile and will lose its strength quickly once exposed to air. In three months, an opened bottle will generally lose 50% or more. After six months it becomes difficult to tell tequilas apart, even to distinguish between types. So it doesn't "go bad" but it does lose its best qualities. The effects of age are not as noticeable if used in cooking and margaritas or other mixed drinks, but are certainly noticeable when sipping it.

With brandy, cognac as well as some liqueurs you need to be a little bit more careful because they have components in them that can oxidize, so make sure that the bottles are corked tightly when not being used. Heat is obviously something you need to avoid of with liqueurs.

From what I've read, most fruit based liqueurs should be consumed within 6 months or so after opening (I think Chambord even has a warning included in the box).

Since they are basically just flavored wine, aperitifs like Vermouth should be refrigerated once opened and consumed fairly quickly.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it is a status symbol.

My mother insists anyone with a stocked bar is an alcoholic. She's crazy.

I don't think she is.

People in DC are so puritanical.

Some people entertain frequently.

And booze doesn't go bad, so it is easy to accumulate a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it says you are a drunk. Isn't it nice to offer someone a cocktail that they like, and you have things on hand to make it?

Do you really expect to be served complicated cocktails when you go to a friend's house? I know I don't.

I don't expect it, but I like it when the host offers something out of the ordinary.

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it says you are a drunk. Isn't it nice to offer someone a cocktail that they like, and you have things on hand to make it?

Do you really expect to be served complicated cocktails when you go to a friend's house? I know I don't.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it is a status symbol.

My mother insists anyone with a stocked bar is an alcoholic. She's crazy.

I don't think she is.

Why? The people who don't drink it frequently are going to have accumulated alcohol on hand. Most of the people I know with stocked bars have it leftover from holiday entertaining.

not in my world, it is not.

I don't think it says you are a drunk. Isn't it nice to offer someone a cocktail that they like, and you have things on hand to make it?

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it is a status symbol.

My mother insists anyone with a stocked bar is an alcoholic. She's crazy.

I don't think she is.

Anonymous wrote:I have a well stocked bar. Low-class boozer, middle-class cocktail-book priss, or upper-class degenerate?

How do I come across?

My guess: a proud drunk

Status is a relative term, but if you or your man are justifying said purchases with the phrase "oh it won't go to waste".

Then that's symbolizing something...

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Anonymous wrote:No. But I do have a friends with an amazing climate controlled wine cellar full of fine wines.

Now, this would be a status symbol. The hard stuff, not so much.

That's an intentional status symbol and so 90s.

I love the responses people come up with, too funny!