I currently have over 450 bottles (not including miniatures/samples) which I have worked out if I don’t buy any whisky in the meantime that would easily last me 15 years, even so I have an irrational desire to keep buying more. It was never really by design to build a collection of hundreds of bottles of whisky, I suppose the main reason is prices are constantly going up so it does make sense to buy sooner rather than later but also there is so much great whisky out there and some come and go never to be seen again. Most of my collection is made up of single malts from Scotland and while that is what I favour I will buy whisky produced in any country as long as it is decent and they don't take the piss with the price. Although it once used to be that Scotland were second to none when it comes to producing great whisky that is no longer the case because all their production secrets that gave them the edge are known all the over world so any country can now make great whisky but where Scotland still has an advantage today is the huge variety of different whiskies due to there being so many distilleries. I do like blends as well although I do find myself buying less nowadays as I do feel with so many different whiskies being vatted together they sort of cancel each other out which tends to give a bit of a vague character, I do however particularly like buying blends at auction bottled in the 80’s, 70’s or earlier as you can still get them at reasonable prices and they can be absolutely stunning whiskies. I also have an ever growing collection and fondness for American whiskey probably mostly because I love whiskies that are bold and cask forward and also because it has flavour profile you generally don't find in other whiskies. Japanese whisky for sure can be exceptional but to get something exceptional you have to pay ridiculous prices for now and since the major producers compromised quality for quantity in recent years in order to try and keep up with demand even the entry level stuff is way too expensive for what you get so the way things are going I have less and less interest in them, I'm much more interested in the stuff that is coming out of Kavalan in Taiwan and Amrut in India.

Whiskybase is really great site, although I don't always share the same opinion on the ratings it is one the best references to use when deciding when a whisky is worth buying or not and also to have the ability to easily see my whole collection in one place is very useful.