Don't Do What We Did! A Cautionary Tale for Whiskey Drinkers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ส.ค. 2024
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2:57 The cause
5:30 2 weeks later, announcements, Patreon appreciation!
8:13 Before the Bourbon Library
9:26 Has thing ever happened to you?
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"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."
― Chad, sensing the destruction of the rye collection
Thanks for sharing and for the perspective. Something we all need to keep in check.
Hug your bottle close friends, you never know what can happen.
I walked into a liquor store one time and their “special bottle” cabinet with glass shelves had just collapsed out of nowhere. They were standing there looking at it like they were at a funeral. There were no survivors.
Ouch!!!
Chad, admit it-- you're a 'dram' (A) queen 🤣🤣-- btw, you're supposed to tip your cap to your 🔉 audience!
😆🤣🤣
It was probably overpriced anyway and a museum
@@1882dmac Sounds like some karma took place lol!
Silver lining: Now you have an excuse to do some serious whiskey shopping.
Hahaha, right?
Brutal! If you ever need temporary storage like this again, I recommend the large heavy duty metal rolling racks from Sam's Club.
They're typically around $100 and are commercial grade, rated for up to 1000 pounds per shelf (versus the 200-250lbs for the Lowe's plastic units), with 6 shelves total. I've used them for very heavy gear and never had issues.
My condolences for your loss 😢
Aww sorry to hear Chad. At least it was only some of them, not all.
The good thing to come out of this is whomever sees this video will learn from this and avoid the same issue. Thank u for the safety lesson.
My Dewalt steel shelves may not be aesthetically pleasing to some, but they will never fail.
My plan to avoid such a disaster is to buy a couple of bottles of whiskey, place them on the bar, and drink them. When they are gone I go buy more. By using this method I avoid having whiskey on shelves.
Yes, and laser focused ambitions....
Classic comment 😂
Cute. That’s great if you only drink the same bottles all the time or you are an alcoholic.
Completely irrelevant for an enthusiast or taster of many whiskies. The goal is not to kill every bottle you buy, but to enjoy many experiences from variety.
That means you’re not draining every bottle destroying your liver. and you tend to accumulate bottles like a library for future comparisons and experiences.
Very unfortunate what happened, and I’d be crushed if it happened to me, but it’s actually better the lost quantity didn’t have to pass through his liver or that it was his bourbon collection he was moving around.
@@tiredoffools8929 Joke: A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.
I get through one or two bottles of whiskey per year, but I appreciate the insinuation that I must be an alcoholic because I don't hoard vast amounts of whiskey to prevent others from enjoying it. I guess your screen name should clue me in to how much of a sense of humor you have. I hope the enjoyment of your whiskey hoard helps with your anger issues!
I agree…never understood the collecting mentality for whiskey!
My first thought when I started watching the video is that at least the room probably smelled really good. I chuckled when you confirmed that. I'm sorry that this happened, but you live and you learn. Kudos for admitting the mistake and making this video. You do have a rather healthy attitude considering the situation.
Ive had it happen, luckily not as many bottles broke as he lost, but yes, the smell is absolutely amazing haha. When my shelf failed, it fell on me and one of my dogs on the couch under it. Lost an eagle rare pick i had 1 pour of, woodford double oak i had 1 pour of, knob creek 15 3/4 full, couple old elk picks corks fell off and lost some but did break, and another bottle or 2. For over a week, every time walked in the house got hit in the face w a great whiskey smell. Walking in the room was even better. Luckily my dog didnt get hurt. Scared the crap out of her, she was shaking uncontrollably, but i got her out the room wo a scratch. I had a nasty gash on my had, glass in my hair, blood every where because i was moving ans securing bottles finding all the ones that didnt break/looking for the most expensive ones before i took care of the gash, so blood all over the bottles. Oh man, quite the experience. I hope i never forget that smell, but never experience it again. Not like that anyways haha
I believe this video is a great example of making lemons out of lemonade. love the song LOL
Gotta agree with ya there. At least it became content!
Very sorry this happend, different scenario & perspective…, i built from” ikea “ on a wall 5 shelves, 12’ long, bottom shelf was our desk/computer stand, per instructions drywall anchored min 20 of them, wife continued to ADD books & glass crafts, memorabilia, on most shelves , 100’s of books, my 7 yr old dauther at time was computer playing games & the whole thing at once seperated from wall & came tumbling down on daughter, few cuts, bruises & long headache + a lot of tears…. Moral of story, no one was hurt in our two scenarios & we all are living a blessed life 🙏 , great video & psa from you both…
My heart is breaking and I can't imagine what you both are feeling about that loss! Dang.
Sorry for your loss…. 😢
Thank you for sharing your story for the rest of us to learn from.
I have my collection in heavy-duty tubs with lids. Tall enough to fit the tallest of bottles. Learned quickly that stacking them 4 or 5 high was too much for the lids on the bottom. Had plywood sheets cut into rectangles that fit the tops - this distributes the weight better and lets you safely stack things without issues. Keeps the bottles out of the sunlight, you can label the tubs with what's in there and I even worked out getting different colored lids to let me know unopened versus opened contents. So far, this system is working great for me and I can get more tubs or swap them around for other types of bottles as the collection ebbs and flows.
Oh…wow, I once dropped a whole pallet of champagne in a warehouse when learning how to use a forklift. The pallet just disintegrated and it was glorious
It is sad, glad you did this video to hopefully prevent others from having to go through the same. I’ve been through and upgraded a lot of my shelves to where I am now. The Gorilla shelves at costco, both large or the small are excellent and very beefy units. Ditched all my saggy and cheap plastic shelves.
Bummer, I'm sorry that happened. Thanks for sharing the cautionary reinactment.
I am so sorry for your loss 😢
So sorry for your loss 😢. My heart skipped a beat when you mentioned Bookers Rye. That would have been tragic. Hope your week gets better
I hope I have enough bourbon one day to necessitate a shelf stronger than plastic 🤣🤣. The dramatic reenactment was classic.
I had crummy plastic shelves like that for a couple years until I finally replaced them with the nice stainless steel "metro" shelving often used in kitchens. I got lucky and never had a shelf failure -- but they definitely looked sketchy, with a very visible bend from the weight of the bottles.
I use 1" thick boards used for stairs. Has a nice rounded edge to it. Easy to stain
Man that sucks! If you need a bottle of that Jack Daniels rye I'll send you one. I see them quite often here. Actually have about 4 now.
Holy crap!!! I was about to buy those same shelves for my whisky I keep in the storage unit.
I had my entire whiskey collection on a similar plastic shelf years ago. My collection grew and eventually the shelf had had enough. I have video from a security camera of it happening. Somehow, even with a concrete floor, not a single bottle was broken. The collection now lives on a steel and wood shelf unit.
That’s crazy! Glad you had better luck.
Wow!!!! Super lucky nothing broke!!
Always wondered what it would look like and happen if my shelves gave way. Ty for the insight!!
I got the same shelf for my board game collection. At first I was super impressed with it, and planned on buying more. Now it's less than a year after I got it and I noticed it has tons of shelf sag and leans a bit. I took games off but it still looks super sketchy.
Sorry for your loss!
Five seconds into the video, I was saying "OH NO." Such a bummer for you guys. But thank you for making the best of it with this video!
What a tragedy, I lost a bottle of Kentucky Owl Batch 4 Rye this way. It was on the very top shelf and I went to reach it came crashing down and exploded everywhere. RIP Wise old Owl
I’m sorry for your loss.
Had a rolling display cart(commercial grade) inside I had about 6 ceramic decanters from the 70’s (Beam and WildTurkey), it had wheels. I went to move it about 2 inches to get behind it and the internal shelf gave, only one survivor😢
Damn Chad, I have had dreams of that happening. Not dreams but nightmares. My steel shelving came with 1/2" particleboard and I replaced the most loaded shelves with 3/4" plywood. That gave me extra pieces of particleboard that I doubled up on the other shelves. Too bad it happened but your video could prevent a disaster in someone else's basement. Cheers!
That’s what we’re hoping!
My collection has become a bit of a sprawl, and my wife wanted to buy me a rack to shelve it all for Christmas. That crashing image has come to mind when thinking about some of those units and is part of the reason that i declined the offer. The other reason is that i dont want to have an excuse to keep buying more. I'm out of space. That's it. Drink up what i have. The only actual tragedy i can think of is losing my grip on a bottle as i was taking it out of the cabinet, and it dropped and cracked a ceramic kitchen floor tile. The cracked tile is still in place. I don't have any backup tiles of the same color. My bottles are currently kept in two kitchen cabinets, all across an overflow dresser (the long kind, not the tall kind) in the basement, and in an office file cabinet. Yeah, great display.
You think that's bad? We just reviewed a bottle of Traveller whiskey. I left it sitting on the bar top, and when I went back in there the next day, it was still there fully in tact! Cue the "dun dun dun" music. Anyway, this is a total bummer, but like you said, it's only whiskey! Good to see you're looking on the bright side. Cheers!
Hahahaha!
If that had happened with dozens of Traveller on the shelves, that would be categorized in the Comedy section.
😂
Id be pretty upset to see a bottle of traveller in my collection as well lol
Sorry to hear about this Chad! Definitely gives me pause about my set up.
I bought a steel framed unit with composite board shelves on sale from Lowe’s that claimed it could hold 450 lbs for shelf - shelves bowed heavily with less than 100 lbs on it, ended up replacing it with 1” or 2” plywood. So far so good
Ya i wouldnt trust that. Things these days are not made well. Id build something like he showed with the 2 by lumber and 3/4 pipe and pipe fittings. Anything store bought is not likely to last under heavy weight for long periods. Not worth the risk with money/value that could be lost, and damage it could cause. Trust me, been there.
Oh man Chad...at least your sense of humor didn't fail. BTW, this will never happen to me because I drink it with family and friends as fast as I get it...wait...is that a problem too? Nope, okay, I'm good
my sincere condolences for your loss...💔
That looks awful. Makes me cry for you. Also reminds me to fix some of the plastic clips in the home bar. Maybe I should replace them with metal ones. Also some more support for the middle of the long shelfed cabinets. Thankfully at the Whiskey Castle we used 2 by 12's and 3/4 inch galvanized steel pipes that are all welded together as well as being bolted to the wall and floor. Glad to hear none of your special bottles broke. I am also sure Chad, that Sara is never going to let you live this one down. Hoping your carpet is not also ruined either. Cheers
Condolences on your Rye collection...but look on the bright side...you have a large credit in your "Pour one out for your homies" column. So you've got that covered.
So sorry for your loss 😔
Hours after purchasing a bottle of ECBP C923 I went to a buddy’s house for a small bottle share. I had one pour out of the bottle. ONE. I got home and opened up the back door on my truck and my bottle bag came tumbling out & shattered on my driveway. I was extremely lucky enough to have a relationship with a local liquor store owner to acquire another bottle a few days later.
One time I dropped a Glencairn with about 2 ounces of Rye whiskey inside...can't remember which one it was but I was devastated...luckily the Glencairn survived...hope this helps
I know this feeling all too well. Luckily, for me, my catastrophe was not as bad. I had a shelf that had about 40 bottles on top, the front flipped down to store inside. I had some nice glasswear and a few more bottles inside. I hadnt touched the shelf for a few days, one night, about 2am, one of my dogs and i were on the couch, all the sudden...the shelf came down. Bottles smashing our heads, arms, feet, bodies, etc. I got a nice gash on my hand. The shelf was on me, in front of my dog, bottles and glass all over the floor in front the couch. My poor dog (rip QT PI) was terrified. Shaking uncontrollably but not moving otherwise. I was finally able to clear way to get to her and get her to jump off the side of the couch instead off the front where all the glass was, and safely out the room. Had my RIP 12yr Lot B on the shelf, weller full proof pick, as well as some other really nice bottles. I lost an eagle rare pick that i had like 1 pour of, woodford double oaked that i only had 1 pour of, knob creek 15 batch 2 that was 3/4 full, a couple old elks that were on their side w the cork out for like 2 days because i couldnt find them right after it happen and didnt go back in the room for a couple days. But man, soon as you opened the front door to come in the house, it had such an amazing smell. Walking into the room, it was even better. Now, i build my own shelves, and lag them into studs, then i have 1/2 pipe flanges screwed to studs, 1/2 6" nipple, 90 with a 2" nipple and another flange screwed to the bottom of the flange. May be thinking only 1/2"!?! Yea, but the shelf is legit bolted to the wall. Like a 2x12 with a hole drilled front to back with threaded rod going through the shelf threaded into a sammy lagged into a stud, then a washer and nut on outside of the shelf clamping it to the wall. That alone is enough to hold the weight, but then the pipe and fittings for secondary support.
This video was well done and couldn’t be more timely. We are starting the Mcburbn shelving for the McGolf Shop and Mrs McGolf purchased some wooden shelves from Amazon, with only 5 bottles on a 4 ft shelf the wall anchor gave way and a “bourbon barrel” crashed to the floor spouing for the cork and the liquid found it way to the floor. The rest survived thankfully. And i just finished the last of the tale of two island batch 001 bottle. Now onto the over engineered shelf.
Woe! That was a close one!
My heart is broken 💔 at such a loss. I've been looking for a china cabinet/ hutch for this use. But all I'm finding are thin glass shelves inside. Guess I'll wait til I move and build a bar with appropriate wooden shelves.
Same thing happened to me Chad. Top wooden cabinet shelf - inferior wooden dowelling gave way. Lost 23 bottles (thankfully not collectables) 21 survived. Painful lesson learned. All wooden shelving now reinforced with metal supports. One good thing did come out of it mind - I had inadvertently created a super blend or certainly the nose of the carpet gave that impression. Lasted for weeks!
Same here, lasted for weeks.
Same here. If only we got to taste the blends we created instead of just smelling it. Not a fun mess to clean up. At least tasting a pour of it would have given us something to enjoy
We had a similar thing happen with a plastic cabinet and a bunch of home canned food. Lost the food and the canning jars.
Oh man! I've kept the majority of my collection on shelves like that for the past couple years, and I've kinda worried about that for awhile! I'm going to go get some metal ones ASAP!
Pray you get through your lost and may God grant you peace, comfort and healing my friend. RIP RYE 😢
I guess it has gone aw-ry-e. What you should do is seal the room off before it evaporates, then invite your friends to a bring-your-own-heater party, an extra generator, crank up the heat, lay back and enjoy the fumes...
I once had the plastic pins supporting a kitchen cabinet shelf break. No bottles were lost since there were tall bottles on the shelf below that supported the shelf that fell. I've since replaced all the pins with metal ones. I store over 300 tightly packed bottles on a 48"x72"x18" wire shelving rack from Costco. The weight capacity on it is something like 6,000 pounds without the casters, and I figure 300 bottles only weighs about 900 pounds.
If all of them were empty, maybe 900lbs. If most are full, would think 1500-1800
OMG! So sorry to see this. The dramatic music is real on this “tragic event”. 😢
Lars Nesbith, Esquire, III (thanks very much), would have been proud of that performance
The good news is.... You still have a ton of good stuff and nobody got hurt! Cheers! 🙂 Good luck on the cleanup though.
Tragic. But I give an award to your Wardrobe team in addition to your dramatic performance. 😊
Another cautionary tale - be careful holding boxes, especially fancy ones that open in odd ways. I was holding a clamshell style box and transferred it from one hand to the other and out fell an unopened bottle of Louis XIII Cognac. It only fell about 1’ but the scallops on the edge of the decanter caused the bottle to shatter. Literally cried for 20 minutes.
Yikes!!
Oh man, thats a bad hit. I never trust boxes like that only boxes i trust are boxes like bookers, blood oath, that are solid and open from the front, or jack boxes that the top flips open like a basic box. Thoae boxes where the entire top half comes off, always thought those were terrible designs for that exact reason. Blows my mind that a company selling such an expensive bottle would put it in such a horribly designed box like that.
The voice on the second song sounded alot like Sarah's voice. If so, I didn't know she could hold a tune so well. Nicely done!
But condolences on your loss. Gotta be tough to lose so much juice at once.
I now plenty of people, and STORES use those metal shelves with round uprights and the shelves are held in place with two little plastic cups that snap to a grove and then hold in place with pressure... yeah those seem like a disaster and they are miles better than plastic. I started out with some of those cheap metal shelves and then quickly upgraded to very heavy duty warehouse shelving (since it's in my basement anyway). The shelves I use are rated for like 800 lbs each. They SHOULD hold about 260 full bottles per shelf (3lbs per bottle) but I limit each shelf to around 40-50 bottles. I've had to purchase 3 sets of these racks to hold my bottles but that's fine. The most expensive and rare are stored in my office so even if a rack failed (not likely) I'd be annoyed but not devestated.
Thoughts and prayers for your loss(es)🙏
Thanks, Cliffy.
Ouch! I probably should check my shelf and consider investing a new one
Maybe think about some fall protection on the shelf edges. Small quakes happen all over.
Wow so sorry that happened. But like you said everyone is ok, house is ok and plenty more whiskey. If you need help with that JD SB rye I would love to send you one. cheers
@It's Bourbon Night - Chad, just had a very similar thing happen to me. Not to the extent of you, but lost a MDWND, had Bookers boxes fall - but luckly the boxes absorbed the blow, and lost a few bottles of Scotches! I can send you the video/audio of me walking in and finding it! 😭😭😱😭😭🤣
Misery does love company haha. Sorry to hear about your bad day :(
I know how you feel. Just the other day I had a cork break on an Elijah Craig Small Batch.
Bourbon down , Bourbon down
It was literally Rye Whiskey.
Well at least you didn't lose anything crazy. On the plus side, more room for more rye!
Watching this video brought onions to my eyes.
Wow, thanks for sharing that tragedy with us. That sucks! Listen to Sara next time.... I've never considered plastic shelving for anything, and now for sure I never will. I will remember this sad story, every time I see plastic shelves. I'm truly surprised the shop vac didn't explode.
Worst I've had happen yet was hitting a massive bump driving back from south Carolina... Carting back 40+ bottles in the van after hunting in SC, TN, GA and NC.... All of them shot up in the air.... And all but one came down safely. The one that broke was a heavens door single barrel (so delicious).. The van smelled amazing all the way back to Virginia but I could no longer speed as I didn't think a cop would believe me lol
And its illegal to cross state lines with that many bottles. Even if he did believe it was a broken bottle, he could still confiscate the bottles. I had a cop pull me over with only 6 bottles crossing state line. Luckily he was cool and didnt bust my balls like he could have.
Maybe those Bookers boxes are there for a reason 😂. Sorry to hear about this, I’d be dead
One hell of a bookers box commercial!
You should buy all the broken bottles again once you figure it out and blend them all together. That way you can raise a glass to all the fallen homies in one go.
Looks like a Saturday morning at the frat house! The smell must be "wonderful".😛
I had 4 bottle kill do to plastic folding crate while moving to basement. Mine also smell great. My screaming also echoed.😢 7:06
They were not supposed to be there very long. Well you nailed that one genius.
I know exactly how you feel, I dropped a glass of Woodford double oaked once, thought my life was over. Therapy has been helping me get through it.
Thats not even remotely similar, but sure...ok
@@jacksmith2315 it was a joke
Wow, what a bummer!
Would you consider doing a video about how you built the whiskey library for those of us building our own shelving? Thanks and keep up the great videos! Cheers and RIP to the Ryes. 🥃
Sure, as I working on expanding the shelving in the library I'll try to shoot some stuff.
@@ItsBourbonNight Thank you! We're building a speakeasy in our basement and I definitely don't want any mishaps!
This would be awesome. I'm currently working on plans for a couple of free-standing 1" pipe shelves. Plan is to use 2x10s for shelves. Love the look of yours. Did you use 12" pre-cut pipe for the shelf support members? Cheers.
@@wmgemmell2833 Yeah, 12” and I think 16” precut.
@@ItsBourbonNight Nice, okay. With the 16" pre-cut, what'd that result in space between shelves, roughly 14"?
Be happy to get you some JD SiB BP Rye if needed. Always on the shelf at msrp here I'm VA
You should take the corks and some of the broken glass and make a table with whiskey colored epoxy or something.
New level of Pouring one out for your homie. You're covered for the next generation of homies.
Wow... this hurts to watch. I just ran and double checked my own shelves because I was paranoid . Silver lining... More room for new bottles!!!! Also epic songs throughout 😂
One word….”Boxes” work great for temporary storage. Actually, I use wine boxes that typically hold six bottles of wine. I pull the center sleeve out and it makes a perfect storage box for 4 bottles of whiskey no matter the bottle shape. Sorry you lost so much… might invest in some straws in case it happens again 😃
Must smell amazing now! So you got that going for you
I am so sorry! That hurts!!!!!!!😢😢😢
This is heartbreaking. hopefully an expensive lesson learned. Really am sorry this happened ive seen this happen in stores.
Ouch this sucks. I have had this nightmare. Bet your house smells amazing though
You know this now, but Those shelf units have a weight limit!!! Not a time limit. Glass and liquid is heavy
Oh my gosh, I should have warned you. My pal who is quite wealthy lost all of his btac, several Pappy 20 & 23 (he is a CEO who gets gifted such prizes), even a Parker's 27 was lost in a plastic shelf collapse. It was there only as a temporary measure, and would have eventually sat on solid shelving in a wine cellar. Liquid is heavy!
Not so much the liquid as the glas bottles them selves. Sure the liquid adds up, but the glass is heavier. Ppl dont realize how heavy these collections can be. With that kinda money/expensive hard to find bottles, its amazing ppl would trust anything plastic, even temporarily
My heart goes out to you and Sarah for this. You need a 21 gun salute.
Wow, this brings a whole new meaning to pour one out for the homies.
This is devastating. My condolences to you and yours.
sad, but indeed, loved the music and ur closing advice to tuck ur bottles in and tell them.....(funny).
I can't believe the songs on this haha epic.
Sorry to hear, that sucks!
Hopefully Sara didn't pour salt on the wound. I'm hurting for you Chad. Cheer up go drink a pour of that Booker rye!
😢 NOOOOOO 😭 I feel so bad for you both. It what is probably the weight of the bottles on the shelves being on carpet that caused the fail. Put all your rare and expensive items in a single sturdy cabinet 🥃