Theory of 12 bottles

The Theory of 12 bottles was for the first time published on web pages of Czech Whisky Club by its former chairman Mr. Zitko in 2008. Now it is used e.g. during whisky tastings hold by Noble Drinks company in Aberdeen, Scotland.
The conclusion of this short, but nice theory is: Every time buy at least 12 bottles of your favourite single cask whisky.
Explanation
While we accept as a fact that single cask whisky is the only true whisky (since almost all single malt whiskies are vattings (i.e. blended using more than one cask)), we have to keep in mind that its supply is strictly limited up to 400 bottles whisky per cask. When it is gone, it is gone forever.
The true whisky lover will likely have a small glass of whisky at the evening. As there is no time to lose (our lifetime is shorter than a possible number of whisky tastes), he should do it wisely. At first he should learn (or strengthen knowledge of) something about a whisky every time he is drinking, and at second, this knowledge should be gain for him (and all whisky community either) in future.
# Therefore whisky in a glass should be either new to him or carefully selected for invigorate memory.
# This whisky should be the best one whisky the whisky lover ever had (as there is no reason drink worst than best).
First bottle (30 small glasses, one per day during one month) of new whisky is therefore dedicated to memorizing its taste. It is based on commonly accepted fact, that we need between 3 - 50 repeats to memorize something
Second bottle shall be used in future for memory strengthening.
Third & Fourth bottles shall be killed during process of searching for the next best whisky (see "best whisky the lover ever had" above). Continuous searching for a "new best whisky" is a crucial part of the theory (and we deeply believe of all human life), as without hunger for knowledge of something new there wouldn't be any progress. There is no "fixed" time scale for finding a new one, but the author of the Theory of 12 bottles supposes that 2 months (one glass per day, therefore 2 bottles are needed) should be enough.
Fifth bottle shall be archived forever as part of lover's heritage.
Sixth & Seventh & Eight bottles would be given as gifts to another 3 whisky lovers to help them in searching for the "best whisky the lover ever had". This number is based on average 25% taxation of personal income.
Ninth bottle will be killed during next whisky tasting with friends. We suppose that every whisky lover has such a meeting at least quarterly, as this is an important part of his social life and it is giving him a real chance to find a "new best whisky". Trimestrial meetings are in accordance of length of learning of new whisky (1 month) as well as subsequent searching for a new best whisky (2 months) phases. Quite often we witness of synchronizing of whisky searching phases by members of the same whisky club.
Tenth and eleventh bottles are for chart making. There will be people who will ask you for your favourite whisky so you need to be prepared and have such chart. As you are continuously in process of searching, you need to have it in your private bar archive of top ten whiskies, to have chance to taste it when necessary.
And last but not least: twelfth bottle, if that whisky is still at the top of your top ten chart, is appointed for very special occasions, as an example the wedding day of your son. As soon as (and if) this whisky leaves first position in chart, this bottle can be drunk any time.

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