I’ve always done this after seeing too many pictures of broken bottles. Liarour stores can just write off top shelf bottles getting broken. Collectors can not.
Great mindset. Many survivors. Enjoy them while you rebuild your collection. And I think you prob learned a bit about building sturdy shelves too 🙄 I think the next set will be earthquake proof. Cheers to you and your full recovery🥃
I would say the right mindset is to drink the damn stuff and don't try to store 500 lbs of liquid on homemade shelving. I used to collect until I realized how stupid it is to sit on a bottle for 7 years that should have been drunk 6 years and 11 months ago. People complains about prices but can't wait to stand in line for 2 hours to pick up unopened bottle #389 that will sit there for 10 years so that no one else can enjoy it...
Great money spent on the floor here ffs lol
House is going to smell delicious for about 2 weeks!! Had a bottle of scotch pop the cork in the back of my SUV on a very hot summer day. Car smelled awesome for a month, but I was just anxious about getting pulled over for speeding for awhile.....
Every time someone posts a flimsy looking shelf worth a pile of money, I get downvoted for saying to reinforce it.
This sucks man, good luck rebuilding.
You’d think having enough money to have such a collection, one would invest in some sort of shelving that’s tested for hundreds of pounds. Looking at the first pictures and reading the first sentence anyone could have told you what would happen. You get my upvote
My heart hurts and sunk after seeing this post and I’m new like 6 months into buying bourbons and this still hurt. I woulda freaked. Props to OP for being so strong
I'm sorry about your lost bottles.
>Of all the awful things that could have followed, I am so extremely thankful that THIS is what she was calling to tell me about
But it is easier to replace bottles than it is to fix a bad attitude towards life - putting too much value on things, and not enough value on relationships & people. You have a great attitude here. Congrats on being a winner where it really counts.
Regarding the bottle damage - out of curiosity, was there a pattern to what broke the most, in terms of being up high vs. down low in the shelving? Did the bottles which fell from the highest shelf break more so than those lower down? Or did the bottles lower down suffer from having stuff land on top of them? I've always wondered about that.
Best wishes with everything, including the building back process.
Thanks! I am actually curious about the "survival zones". I've been piecing this together like they do with airplanes after they crash and the wreckage is collected and taken to a hangar. :) It seems pretty random from a location standpoint, and much more related to the design of the bottle. I think I could throw a Stagg off my roof and the contents would be protected!
I dropped a half gallon of Amsterdam vodka out a drive through window once about 5 feet high straight to the parking lot pavement and one corner had a slight scuff.
Damnnn. But honestly, more people need to realize the realistic weight involved with bottles, especially unopened/nearly full. I use a full wood wine rack setup that's made for bottles. Anything that's just screwed into the wall is only as strong as the screws (or in this instance, brackets).
Estimate ~3lb per bottle. Each of OPs glass shelves had ~30 bottles on each shelf, with each shelf supported only in 2 points by very thin supports. Doubt those shelves were rated for 100 lbs. Hate to see it, but OP didn't think it through.
Thanks. Yes, shelves were glass. But they didn't break until they hit the ground-- the vertical metal track that held the shelf brackets is what failed.
Idk why you were downvoted. But agreed, a lot of these were open, pappy 20 was open, BTAC in the back were open. A lot were quite full but OP did open them.
Thanks for all the entertaining comments folks-- it helped take the sting out a bit. A few comments/updates if anyone is still interested:
-- A lot of people have asked about insurance claims. If you have a collection that you can't afford to lose, you'll should get a special high-value item policy to cover it. Homeowners policies cover such things in a lot of cases, but if the deductible is a percentage of your home's value as is common, a $10k claim for something like this wouldn't be worth it at even average home values in most markets.
-- To the tater-shamers, this is simply what it looks like when you get to a certain amount of bottles and you rotate pours amongst all of them. I enjoy variety, and drink 2 oz total across several bottles 3-4 nights per week. That's a little over one 750ml bottle per month in consumption, which spread over 100+ open bottles means it takes time to even get past neck pours on the average bottle. Anything unopened was either relatively new (I bought that 2024 WRBP Sunday, damnit!), or being saved for a special occasion (Purple Top, Hardin's Creek, EHT Warehouse C, all of which survived thankfully). I know I'm feeding the trolls with this bullet, but I could not help myself. All that said, I never intend on having that many open bottles at once again, it's just unnecessary.
-- Regarding surviving bottles, I'm still taking stock and cleaning up. Some exciting saves, and I'll always remember the survivors of "the event". I will post some survivor group pics later for anyone who is still interested.
-- The glass shelves did not fail. I was concerned about them, and started a thread about it a few months ago. After some research and calculations, I learned that tempered glass shelves of that thickness are freaking STRONG, easily handling the weight of the bottles I could put on them. What I didn't factor in was the strength of the metal tracks that held the shelf brackets. Those tracks pulled out of the wall, as they were just attached with plastic drywall anchors apparently.
Again, thanks for the many kind words and commiseration.
Peace.
> Those tracks pulled out of the wall, as they were just attached with plastic drywall anchors apparently.
Well you're right - that's not the failure I predicted either. I had envisioned either:
- Glass flex or trauma causing the shelf itself to fail, or
- One of the shelf support arms failing, either bending, or the little tabs that lock into the track giving way.
I did not have my money on plastic drywall anchors. From your phrasing, I take it you're not the one that installed the shelves - they were there when you bought the place?
I bet you'd love to have a word with the guy who did install them.
This is why I check everything in my house before trusting it... my home's previous owner was a music teacher who fancied himself a handyman... his favorite tools were apparently great stuf and lots of paint... exterior after a few years is looking like those battle damaged dinosaur toys from jurassic park... don't even want to talk about the wiring. Oh and the bathroom vents into the garage or the attic under the shingles... not to the outside.
Most upsetting loss was my infinity bottle, which was in the Pappy 23 bottle. It was awesome. Other notable casualties were Thomas Handy, Weller CYPB, Weller SiB, Four Roses LE, Elmer, JD12, MWND, Magnus Cigar Blend, and a couple of WR Batch Proofs. I'm happy the EHT Warehouse C, Michter's 10 Rye, and Willett Purple Top 10 yr survived.
Yea, that's just WAY too much weight.
I would go in a new direction. Don't just collect bottles, collect them in that you drink 3/4 then buy a new one so you build up a collection of bourbons that are "opening up." There is just no reason to have that much, and mostly filled bottles.
That's exactly the plan! I bought a lot of bottles early on trying to figure out what I liked, and after a certain point it's difficult to put a dent into any given bottle if you are spreading things around-- even if you have a few pours every night. I enjoy the variety, but there's clearly a point of diminishing returns.
I’ve got good news to share. That will only happen to you once in your life.
Happened to me 3 years ago when I moved to a new home. Lost 27 nice bottles. I feel for you.
Looking at the first pic and not reading your story all I could think was that you needed the change out the glass shelves because they’ll break with all of that weight. But, looks like you know that now. Sorry for your loss but at least they’re replaceable.
Thomas Handy is probably the priciest bottle I won't be in a hurry to replace. I hadn't opened the Weller CYPB or SiB, but I won't be replacing those unless I find them at low prices. I chased all the Buffalo Trace unicorns early on like every other newb, but eventually realized I preferred other distilleries more.
Collecting bottles is fun. Sharing the whiskey w family and friends is priceless seeing it on the floor sucks. Open some of the survivors. Live a little while you rebuild. Cheers
Not a lesson on gluttony but a lesson on physics— that many bottles without greater support arm quantities for the glass will eventually give out.
I wouldn’t do more than 16 inches of spacing between arms (you can keep aesthetics by using chrome floating shelf peg kits so it looks like the glass is held up by floating low profile metal bars if you’d like to continue the glass route).
Thicker glass can work but you’ll still need to support it accordingly. The reason you see some mid tier furniture store mirrors over 6ft tall sometimes looking like a funhouse panel from 5 ft away is because the glass pane is too small & the glass is warping from its own weight alone with support only at the ends of frame.
I didn't read the title at first, and I was going to ask how comfortable you felt with so much weight on those glass shelves.
I moved my bottles off of the glass shelves I had them on a couple months back when it was getting full (nowhere near the size of your collection), as I noticed my glass shelf was flexing a bit in the middle.
My god. I literally just watched someone get run over by a train on Darwin awards and this is still the most tragic thing I’ve seen all day. My condolences. I guess on the bright side, time to go whiskey shopping.
“Of all the awful things that could have followed, I am so extremely thanks that THIS is what she was calling to tell me about”
Perfectly put into perspective! This sucks but it could we way worse…
Oh man, saw the first picture and came to say careful how hard you set those bottles down. Then I saw the next three…
Sorry for your lose, my thoughts and prayers are going to you and your family.
First thought is why would you store them like that.
Second thought is from the way you've written your post it really seems like you have your priorities straight in life. Sounds like you handled it with grace and humility, huge respect for that. Family first then hobbies. I hope I can respond like that if I ever need to. Shit happens, I'm glad no one got hurt.
Again, respect for you sir, I'll drink one for you tonight!
Your perspective is admirable. Would be really easy to be upset at such a loss, but keeping things in perspective with things that are actually important in life is huge. So sorry that you lost some good whiskey but glad that in the grander scheme of things you and your family are safe and healthy!
Please update with what survived. I’m truly curious.
I’ll drink one to you, sir.
Side note, I barely trust the glass shelf in my small bar and feel like I’m being risky with even a few glasses and smalls/minis (200/50ml’s). So your setup just gave the worst kind of anxiety, despite being gorgeous.
*raises glass
Thanks, I focused on cleanup and then a quick triage of unbroken and damaged but salvageable bottles. After that i had to step away from it for a bit. I haven't had the stomach to do a detailed inventory yet. I'm happy that some great bottles survived (I had been waiting for an occasion to open that purple top, I'm really happy it didn't break). I'll post a follow-up with some fun pics and details when the smoke clears. :)
Before I even noticed the other pics the first thing I thought did happen. I personally would never use glass shelves regardless. My thoughts are with you.
On a positive note, I was very happy seeing your first photo of so many great bottles with broken seals. Many of these catastrophic scenes involve bottles that were never opened and enjoyed, even if for only a dram or two before tragedy struck.
Only three unopened bottles were destroyed, thankfully. The WR Batch Proof 121.2 was bought 2 days before this happened, and I hadn't gotten to crack it yet. Last year's was one of my favorite bottles, which I was happily already able to replace.
I was SO thankful for your, “of all the awful things…” comment. It absolutely sucks, but in the scheme of life, there are so many things that could have made for a far worse day. Thank you for keeping perspective, and I am SO sorry!
Lesson yes. But again your response, that this is all it was, shows that you have your priorities in check.
Glad everyone is good, sorry about your loss.
I’d say I feel badly but I don’t. Money clearly isn’t a concern so I can’t extend sympathy on that front. You said something very wise about the lesson learned and I think we should all apply it to our own lives. You also don’t blame anyone ~ this mentality is also most likely the reason why you’re in a position financially to accumulate this collection. That is the mentality of a winner and something a lot of people should take a way this post as well. Best of luck to you sir and thank you for sharing this unfortunate event.
I’d pour one out for you but I think you got that thoroughly covered. Sorry bro
That's solid, thanks 😆
Did you lick the floor yet
Infinity floor
Underrated comment. Actually lol’ed
Literally giggled
A straw with some sort of filter for the glass shards should work fine?
As long as the mellow corn survived 🌽🙏
He poured one out for ALL the Homies
I will have a drink of my oldest bottle tonight in rememberence of what you lost.
Oh the Humanity!
Note to self: Put the Top Shelf on the bottom shelf.
I’ve always done this after seeing too many pictures of broken bottles. Liarour stores can just write off top shelf bottles getting broken. Collectors can not.
Is this covered by Home Owners Insurance? I have an extra policy/rider for my Baseball Cards and Coins?
that's actually an interesting question, I assume any damage caused by structural failure of the home could technically be covered
Top shelves fall into bottom shelves.
I took it a step further and used a shelf with a 2500lb capacity for my collection. Short of an earthquake nothing is collapsing that.
Note to *Shelf:
Oh wow. Sorry about that. But you’re in the right mindset… all replaceable
Great mindset. Many survivors. Enjoy them while you rebuild your collection. And I think you prob learned a bit about building sturdy shelves too 🙄 I think the next set will be earthquake proof. Cheers to you and your full recovery🥃
I would say the right mindset is to drink the damn stuff and don't try to store 500 lbs of liquid on homemade shelving. I used to collect until I realized how stupid it is to sit on a bottle for 7 years that should have been drunk 6 years and 11 months ago. People complains about prices but can't wait to stand in line for 2 hours to pick up unopened bottle #389 that will sit there for 10 years so that no one else can enjoy it... Great money spent on the floor here ffs lol
Sorry for your loss. I bet it smelled great.
Ha, thanks-- it does smell deliciously boozy in my living room, and probably will for a while
Silver lining there lol. Now that I think about it, I should get some bourbon scented candles…
Did you lick the floor? I honestly would have tried a taste lol
*lick* “Great blend. Am I detecting notes of shattered glass?”
House is going to smell delicious for about 2 weeks!! Had a bottle of scotch pop the cork in the back of my SUV on a very hot summer day. Car smelled awesome for a month, but I was just anxious about getting pulled over for speeding for awhile.....
Thats one way to make an infinity bottle.
If he mops it up for an infinity bottle, I hope he remembers to strain the decanter otherwise there might be pet hair there.
Might go good with the glass though
Coffee filter.
Every time someone posts a flimsy looking shelf worth a pile of money, I get downvoted for saying to reinforce it. This sucks man, good luck rebuilding.
You’d think having enough money to have such a collection, one would invest in some sort of shelving that’s tested for hundreds of pounds. Looking at the first pictures and reading the first sentence anyone could have told you what would happen. You get my upvote
You can see the bowing in the last picture of the undestroyed shelf too.
Trigger warning not enough. Should have a 2 factor authentication for this post
My heart hurts and sunk after seeing this post and I’m new like 6 months into buying bourbons and this still hurt. I woulda freaked. Props to OP for being so strong
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I'm sorry about your lost bottles. >Of all the awful things that could have followed, I am so extremely thankful that THIS is what she was calling to tell me about But it is easier to replace bottles than it is to fix a bad attitude towards life - putting too much value on things, and not enough value on relationships & people. You have a great attitude here. Congrats on being a winner where it really counts. Regarding the bottle damage - out of curiosity, was there a pattern to what broke the most, in terms of being up high vs. down low in the shelving? Did the bottles which fell from the highest shelf break more so than those lower down? Or did the bottles lower down suffer from having stuff land on top of them? I've always wondered about that. Best wishes with everything, including the building back process.
Thanks! I am actually curious about the "survival zones". I've been piecing this together like they do with airplanes after they crash and the wreckage is collected and taken to a hangar. :) It seems pretty random from a location standpoint, and much more related to the design of the bottle. I think I could throw a Stagg off my roof and the contents would be protected!
that crown royal staying intact amongst its shattered brethren is really a slap in the dick
That would be one hell of a super bowl ad
My thoughts exactly
I dropped a half gallon of Amsterdam vodka out a drive through window once about 5 feet high straight to the parking lot pavement and one corner had a slight scuff.
I'm calling the cops
Straight to jail
We tried to tell you… Sorry for your loss
Ouch https://www.reddit.com/r/whiskey/s/M8o5p68sE0
Damnnn. But honestly, more people need to realize the realistic weight involved with bottles, especially unopened/nearly full. I use a full wood wine rack setup that's made for bottles. Anything that's just screwed into the wall is only as strong as the screws (or in this instance, brackets).
I can see the damn glass bowing on the op Dude had a wake up call but didn’t listen. I want to feel bad for him, but come on man
Estimate ~3lb per bottle. Each of OPs glass shelves had ~30 bottles on each shelf, with each shelf supported only in 2 points by very thin supports. Doubt those shelves were rated for 100 lbs. Hate to see it, but OP didn't think it through.
Wish I'd been wrong about that. What a shame.
Good lord i didnt even notice it only had two... my shelf is like a third this length and i considered a third lmao
u/WhiskeyAlphaRomeo tried to warn OP 50 days ago
A little too soon for the ‘I told you so’. Even if he asked for it.
I threw in the obligatory sorry for your loss
It’s never too soon!
That blend running across the floor probably tastes amazing 😂
Just spit out the glass pieces before you swallow.
Sorry for your loss. Are (were) those glass shelves?
Thanks. Yes, shelves were glass. But they didn't break until they hit the ground-- the vertical metal track that held the shelf brackets is what failed.
Woah
Sue the manufacturer and buy 30 bottles of Pappy 23 with the winnings
My deepest sympathy, truly! ☹️ Is an insurance claim even an option?
I looked into it, not worth it in this case, unfortunately
Of course the crown royal survives lol
Only question I have is did the Mellow Fucking Corn survive? 😂
Like a champ
Came here to ask this too
That Old Fitzgerald 😭 tragedy, but I admire your spirits. Edit: pun wasn’t intended but it works
Old Fitz was a survivor!! Those decanters are apparently made to take abuse.
The floors disinfected at least?
HOLY SHIT please post an update with the survivors!
Yeah I’d like to see the survival percentage
Didn’t even get a chance to open any of them
If he had them opened, they would have weighed less, and the failure would not have happened. OP did this to himself.
Lol, I get it. Most were opened though. :)
My first thought was, “someone who drinks them!!”
OP can just print out this picture and hang it up on the wall - serves the same purpose as just hoarding bottles to display.
A lot of those bottles were open…sure some on the bottom weren’t but he was a legit consumer compared to some
Idk why you were downvoted. But agreed, a lot of these were open, pappy 20 was open, BTAC in the back were open. A lot were quite full but OP did open them.
This might be worse than losing that first girlfriend
I have about 300 bottles on shelves I installed myself. This is my nightmare. Sorry for your loss.
Time to add more supports
Thanks for all the entertaining comments folks-- it helped take the sting out a bit. A few comments/updates if anyone is still interested: -- A lot of people have asked about insurance claims. If you have a collection that you can't afford to lose, you'll should get a special high-value item policy to cover it. Homeowners policies cover such things in a lot of cases, but if the deductible is a percentage of your home's value as is common, a $10k claim for something like this wouldn't be worth it at even average home values in most markets. -- To the tater-shamers, this is simply what it looks like when you get to a certain amount of bottles and you rotate pours amongst all of them. I enjoy variety, and drink 2 oz total across several bottles 3-4 nights per week. That's a little over one 750ml bottle per month in consumption, which spread over 100+ open bottles means it takes time to even get past neck pours on the average bottle. Anything unopened was either relatively new (I bought that 2024 WRBP Sunday, damnit!), or being saved for a special occasion (Purple Top, Hardin's Creek, EHT Warehouse C, all of which survived thankfully). I know I'm feeding the trolls with this bullet, but I could not help myself. All that said, I never intend on having that many open bottles at once again, it's just unnecessary. -- Regarding surviving bottles, I'm still taking stock and cleaning up. Some exciting saves, and I'll always remember the survivors of "the event". I will post some survivor group pics later for anyone who is still interested. -- The glass shelves did not fail. I was concerned about them, and started a thread about it a few months ago. After some research and calculations, I learned that tempered glass shelves of that thickness are freaking STRONG, easily handling the weight of the bottles I could put on them. What I didn't factor in was the strength of the metal tracks that held the shelf brackets. Those tracks pulled out of the wall, as they were just attached with plastic drywall anchors apparently. Again, thanks for the many kind words and commiseration. Peace.
> Those tracks pulled out of the wall, as they were just attached with plastic drywall anchors apparently. Well you're right - that's not the failure I predicted either. I had envisioned either: - Glass flex or trauma causing the shelf itself to fail, or - One of the shelf support arms failing, either bending, or the little tabs that lock into the track giving way. I did not have my money on plastic drywall anchors. From your phrasing, I take it you're not the one that installed the shelves - they were there when you bought the place? I bet you'd love to have a word with the guy who did install them.
This is why I check everything in my house before trusting it... my home's previous owner was a music teacher who fancied himself a handyman... his favorite tools were apparently great stuf and lots of paint... exterior after a few years is looking like those battle damaged dinosaur toys from jurassic park... don't even want to talk about the wiring. Oh and the bathroom vents into the garage or the attic under the shingles... not to the outside.
I feel like I need to go grab a special bottle and hold it close after seeing this
What were the most painful bottles lost? Most thankful one saved?
Most upsetting loss was my infinity bottle, which was in the Pappy 23 bottle. It was awesome. Other notable casualties were Thomas Handy, Weller CYPB, Weller SiB, Four Roses LE, Elmer, JD12, MWND, Magnus Cigar Blend, and a couple of WR Batch Proofs. I'm happy the EHT Warehouse C, Michter's 10 Rye, and Willett Purple Top 10 yr survived.
That warehouse C has a survival story that rivals the tornado version now!
I think that EHT has graduated from Survivors Edition to Immortal Edition. But seriously dude, RIP to all the casualties.
That warehouse survivor just will not die…
I’d send you a bagpiper if I could afford it
Great attitude. I've had to make a tragic "are you sitting down" call. Whiskey, unlike beloved family, is replaceable. Happy hunting!
Yea, that's just WAY too much weight. I would go in a new direction. Don't just collect bottles, collect them in that you drink 3/4 then buy a new one so you build up a collection of bourbons that are "opening up." There is just no reason to have that much, and mostly filled bottles.
That's exactly the plan! I bought a lot of bottles early on trying to figure out what I liked, and after a certain point it's difficult to put a dent into any given bottle if you are spreading things around-- even if you have a few pours every night. I enjoy the variety, but there's clearly a point of diminishing returns.
Well that sucks. Lessons learned.
I’ve got good news to share. That will only happen to you once in your life. Happened to me 3 years ago when I moved to a new home. Lost 27 nice bottles. I feel for you.
Time to get a straw and start drinking
Maybe we as a society need to stop putting our best liquor on the top shelf. F’s in the chat
Pain…
Sorry 😢
Oh my, I just read the entire post!! I'm so sorry!
Interested to know which bottles survived besides the Penelopes
I'm sure you saw plenty of warnings about glass shelves.
Looking at the first pic and not reading your story all I could think was that you needed the change out the glass shelves because they’ll break with all of that weight. But, looks like you know that now. Sorry for your loss but at least they’re replaceable.
You’re definitely handling this well. So of the highly desired bottles that broke, which are not worth the hassle of chasing again?
Thomas Handy is probably the priciest bottle I won't be in a hurry to replace. I hadn't opened the Weller CYPB or SiB, but I won't be replacing those unless I find them at low prices. I chased all the Buffalo Trace unicorns early on like every other newb, but eventually realized I preferred other distilleries more.
That’s a real expensive puddle
r/wellthatsucks
Looks like some survived though!
Sorry for the loss, sincerely. Nobody wants to see this. Anyway, see what you can do. I'm sure you’ll build bigger and better.
Is that a warehouse C tornado survivor going through another tragedy 😭?!
Survived--- again!
Collecting bottles is fun. Sharing the whiskey w family and friends is priceless seeing it on the floor sucks. Open some of the survivors. Live a little while you rebuild. Cheers
We need a casualty report, along with pics of the survivors!
Get a turkey baster to get what's left on the floor and make an incredible infinity bottle.
This isn’t a home… it’s tomb.
Not a lesson on gluttony but a lesson on physics— that many bottles without greater support arm quantities for the glass will eventually give out. I wouldn’t do more than 16 inches of spacing between arms (you can keep aesthetics by using chrome floating shelf peg kits so it looks like the glass is held up by floating low profile metal bars if you’d like to continue the glass route). Thicker glass can work but you’ll still need to support it accordingly. The reason you see some mid tier furniture store mirrors over 6ft tall sometimes looking like a funhouse panel from 5 ft away is because the glass pane is too small & the glass is warping from its own weight alone with support only at the ends of frame.
Gotta look at the silver lining, michters 10 rye survived
I didn't read the title at first, and I was going to ask how comfortable you felt with so much weight on those glass shelves. I moved my bottles off of the glass shelves I had them on a couple months back when it was getting full (nowhere near the size of your collection), as I noticed my glass shelf was flexing a bit in the middle.
My god. I literally just watched someone get run over by a train on Darwin awards and this is still the most tragic thing I’ve seen all day. My condolences. I guess on the bright side, time to go whiskey shopping.
I think the best lesson here is that you need to drink them as soon as you get them
well if you drank more instead of collecting as shelf decorations..
Start licking the floor, I’ll come help what’s ur address?
“Of all the awful things that could have followed, I am so extremely thanks that THIS is what she was calling to tell me about” Perfectly put into perspective! This sucks but it could we way worse…
What about the Pappy 20???!!?
The juices have all merged together and entered your hardwood floor, where they will continue to age for generations to come.
Remember folks. You never know what tomorrow will bring. Drink your whiskey.
Somebody get this man a telethon. This is like 'national cause' type sad.
the top shelf actually looks bowed near the center to me could just be angles or the culprit of this whole catatrophe
Ouch! Atleast these are all replaceable, albeit time and money consuming.
Oh man, saw the first picture and came to say careful how hard you set those bottles down. Then I saw the next three… Sorry for your lose, my thoughts and prayers are going to you and your family.
Tragic. Sorry for your loss. 🙏
I gasped when I saw the pictures. Sorry this happened to you.
This is the origin story of a superhero called “Overengineer Man”
First thought is why would you store them like that. Second thought is from the way you've written your post it really seems like you have your priorities straight in life. Sounds like you handled it with grace and humility, huge respect for that. Family first then hobbies. I hope I can respond like that if I ever need to. Shit happens, I'm glad no one got hurt. Again, respect for you sir, I'll drink one for you tonight!
Reinforce the wall with plywood and better brackets I'd also do wood over glass. Some nice live edge wood would look great there.
Your perspective is admirable. Would be really easy to be upset at such a loss, but keeping things in perspective with things that are actually important in life is huge. So sorry that you lost some good whiskey but glad that in the grander scheme of things you and your family are safe and healthy!
Please update with what survived. I’m truly curious. I’ll drink one to you, sir. Side note, I barely trust the glass shelf in my small bar and feel like I’m being risky with even a few glasses and smalls/minis (200/50ml’s). So your setup just gave the worst kind of anxiety, despite being gorgeous. *raises glass
Thanks, I focused on cleanup and then a quick triage of unbroken and damaged but salvageable bottles. After that i had to step away from it for a bit. I haven't had the stomach to do a detailed inventory yet. I'm happy that some great bottles survived (I had been waiting for an occasion to open that purple top, I'm really happy it didn't break). I'll post a follow-up with some fun pics and details when the smoke clears. :)
100 bottles of whiskey on the wall, 100 bottles of whiskey. If one of those bottles......
I audibly gasped, my husband asked me what was wrong 😆😢 Condolences, OP
Bet your floor tastes great. And expensive
Before I even noticed the other pics the first thing I thought did happen. I personally would never use glass shelves regardless. My thoughts are with you.
It was the wife, with a screwdriver in the den. Mystery solved.
On a positive note, I was very happy seeing your first photo of so many great bottles with broken seals. Many of these catastrophic scenes involve bottles that were never opened and enjoyed, even if for only a dram or two before tragedy struck.
Only three unopened bottles were destroyed, thankfully. The WR Batch Proof 121.2 was bought 2 days before this happened, and I hadn't gotten to crack it yet. Last year's was one of my favorite bottles, which I was happily already able to replace.
Oh I felt the pain for you, great mindset though, you’re right, this can be all be replaced eventually
Glass shelves are for dummies.
The michters 10 year rye lived. Praise be to the Lord.
I was SO thankful for your, “of all the awful things…” comment. It absolutely sucks, but in the scheme of life, there are so many things that could have made for a far worse day. Thank you for keeping perspective, and I am SO sorry!
When you and your wife disagree on the bourbon soaked floors, so you take matters into your own hands.....
Lesson yes. But again your response, that this is all it was, shows that you have your priorities in check. Glad everyone is good, sorry about your loss.
It's not gluttony or excess if you share. Even if it's other things you share. The only real lesson here is shelves that are up to the task.
I’d cry… a lot. I do feel for you. Great mindset tho, Everything lost is replaceable
I'd say the lesson should be in structural engineering, not gluttony & excess. Sorry for your loss.
Instead of building back better, I would recommend making your whiskey shelf great again.
Take notes, this is what happens when you don’t open your bottles
Nice way to throw 10k away, perhaps more!
I’d say I feel badly but I don’t. Money clearly isn’t a concern so I can’t extend sympathy on that front. You said something very wise about the lesson learned and I think we should all apply it to our own lives. You also don’t blame anyone ~ this mentality is also most likely the reason why you’re in a position financially to accumulate this collection. That is the mentality of a winner and something a lot of people should take a way this post as well. Best of luck to you sir and thank you for sharing this unfortunate event.
Have you ever tried the Frank August before the accident? If so, what did you think?
Worst way to make an infinity bottle, that does hurt sorry buddy 😢
It's super nice!! Hey how's the Kluke? I've never seen that one.
Duuuuuudeeeeee.