I like variety, and this is really evident by the contents of my liquor cabinet. It would take me a long time to drink all these, but fortunately they keep well. Here's what I've managed to collect over the years.
- Absinthe - infused with wormwood, anise, hyssop, and other herbs, very strong, should be diluted with water until it clouds (the "louche")
- Disaronno Amaretto - infused with bitter almond and sweetened, nice on its own or in a mixer
- Amarula - a cream liquor made from amarula fruit
- Bay Liqueur - infused with bay leaves
- Brandy - distilled from fermented fruit, specifically grapes if not otherwise specified
- Cognac
- Courvoissier VS
- Martell VSOP
- Calvados - apple brandy
- Calvados Boulard Grand Solage
- Domaine Dupoint VSOP
- Kirsch - cherry brandy
- Poire Williams - pear brandy
- St-Rémy VSOP
- Cognac
- Campari - a bitter used as an apéritif or mixer
- Cassis - infused with black currants and sweetened
- Chambord - infused with black raspberries and sweetened
- Chartreuse - infused with herbs and sweetened, very strong, nice as is or on the rocks, sometimes as a mixer
- Crème de Cacao - infused with cocoa and sweetened, used as a mixer
- Crème de Menthe - infused with mint and sweetened, used as a mixer
- Framboise - infused with raspberries and sweetened, used as a dégistif mixer
- Frangelico - infused with hazelnuts and sweetened
- Gin - infused with juniper and other spices
- Bombay Saphire - a good basic gin for mixing
- Dillon's - a Canadian gin with aromatic flavour
- Dillon's Rose
- Edinburgh Gin's Rhubarb and Ginger - an amazing hit of flavour on top of the usual gin botanicals
- Hendrick's - a somewhat complex and mature flavour
- Hayman's Sloe Gin - gin infused with sloe berries and sweetened
- Goldschläger - cinnamon schnapps with gold leaf
- Ice Wines - fruit wines made from cryoconcentrated juice to leave residual sweetness after it reaches wine strength, good as a dégestif
- Ice Cider - a concentrated, sweet hard cider
- Ice Wine - a concentrated, sweet grape wine
- Bakeapple Iceberg - an ice wine style made from bakeapples
- Limoncello - infused with lemon and sweetened, best served at freezer temperature (it stays liquid)
- Ouzo - infused with anise and sweetened, clouds when served with ice
- Pommeau - a mixture of apple brandy and apple cider, like an "apple port", sweet and tart
- Port - wine whose fermentation has been stopped early by the addition of brandy, strong and sweet; "tawny" ports have been aged longer and lost some of the ruby colour
- Graham's Ruby - a young port
- Graham's 10 year Tawny - an older port that has lost some of the red in the aging process
- Taylor Fladgate 20 year Tawny
- Rum - fermented and distilled from sugar cane
- Angostura - nice vanilla flavour
- Flor de Caña - good quality for the price
- Triple Sec - a class of orange liqueur
- Blue Curaçao - a coloured triple sec used as a mixer
- Cointreau - a sweetened triple sec with perhaps a touch of chile, can be used as a mixer but best on the rocks; the dilution causes precipitates to turn it white
- Grand Marnier - a sweetened triple sec used frequently in desserts
- Triple Sec (unbranded) - used as a mixer
- Vermouth Rosso
- Vodka - a neutral unaged spirit, made from a variety of sources
- Whisk[e]y - made from grains and aged in wood
- Canadian
- 66 Gilead Crimson Rye
- 66 Gilead Maple
- 66 Gilead Pine
- Canadian Club Reserve
- Canadian Club Rye
- Bourbon - American whiskey made largely from mais and matured in charred oak
- Buffalo Trace - enough refined flavour to drink on its own
- Bulleit
- Maker's Mark - good on its own, my preferred for cooking
- Woodford Reserve
- Jameson (Irish)
- Scotch - made solely from malted barley
- Aberlour (currently out)
- Arran 14 year
- Arran Machrie Moor
- Auchentoshan 12 year
- Balvenie Doublewood
- BenRiach 12 year
- Bowmore 12 year (currently out)
- Caol Ila 12 year
- Cardhu 12 year
- Chivas Regal 12 year
- Cragganmore 12 year
- Dalwhinnie 15 year (currently out)
- Glendronach 12 year
- Glenglassaugh Evolution
- Knockando (currently out)
- Johnnie Walker Black Label
- Johnnie Walker Double Black
- Johnnie Walker Platinum
- Lagavulin 16 year
- Laphroaig 10 year
- McClelland's no age statement
- Nikka
- Nikka Miyagikyo
- Nikka Taketsuru
- Nikka Yoichi
- Old Particular Longmorn 21 year
- Springbank Green 12 year
- Talisker Storm
- Tomatin Cù Bòcan 2014 Sherry Cask
- Sortilège Prestige - rye whiskey with maple syrup
- Canadian
- 94% alcohol - this nearly pure alcohol is used for homemade infused liqueurs, bitters, and flavour extracts