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I’ve recently had to downsize to the single liquor cabinet, at my wife’s insistence. We have teenage girls and she wants it lockable. Makes sense. The thought of some 17yo swigging my bottle of StaggJr was all the motivation I needed. Been kind of fun polishing various bottles of hooch that had 1/3 or less in ‘em, instead of clinging to that last bit forever. It’s kind of focused my attention on what I really enjoy most as well. I’ll miss the variety, but there’s still plenty of space for 25 bottles, or so. Will be sitting up a smaller, lockable fridge out in the storeroom soon as well… as it’s much more likely they or their friends would get after the wine, beer, canned cocktails, or hard kombucha anyway, I’d assume.
This reminds me of a story my parents tell me of a pre-wedding party they threw at my grandfather's house in La Jolla. My parents were married in their early 20's and didn't know 2 buck chuck from a good bottle.
They (or their guests) apparently got into my grandfathers wine cellar and made many batches of sangria out of good bordeaux my grandfather had put down.
Polishing off old bottles is fun. I've been doing this recently - having friends over to finish off the last 1/3 or 1/4 of whiskey or armagnac I've been hoarding.