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SBCD with a couple shots of Stranahans Colorado Whiskey I found in a forgotten bottle.
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Hats and Drinks - A Match Made in Heaven
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Short Balding Guy
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Yesterday I enjoyed home brewed Caribou Coffee's Brazil Plato Azul coffee and a new growler of Omni Brewing pilsner in the very mild 50'f temps.
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A great hazy color to the Pilsner. That would really light up in sunlight.Yesterday I enjoyed home brewed Caribou Coffee's Brazil Plato Azul coffee and a new growler of Omni Brewing pilsner in the very mild 50'f temps.
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Balcones Texas Pot Still Straight (Batch 19-1), 46% ABV scored an 85 points for 2020. They also distill a couple of Blue Corn Whiskies you might see on the shelf:
Balcones Texas Blue Corn Bourbon (Batch BCB17-1), 64.6% ABV scored 87 points.
Balcones True Blue Cask Strength Corn (Batch TB17-1), 68.3% ABV scored 86 points.
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Resistol Montana and Kilbeggan tonight.
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How would you rate it? I looked for the Kilbeggan 12 Single Pot Still for Saint Patrick's Day but couldn't find any.
Tonight I'm on Ardbeg Wee Beastie.
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I would rate this quite high. It has 2.5% oats, which give it a creamy mouthfeel. To me, it has a nose of fruit and sugar cookies. Sweet start with slight spicy aftertaste. I went to buy some Greenspot, but they had sold out. I wasn't looking for Kilbeggan, but glad I tried this. I hope I can get some more.
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They bottle a Rye also.
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Every year, my wife and I, give up alcohol during lent. Our God daughter thinks we are brave, "six weeks," she says, "aren't you brave?" Today she sent me a teasing text message. "Not long to go now," then added a photo of us at her wedding reception. I've put the bubbly in the fridge, but it's going to be a very long ten days:
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Home for the night, so time to remove my Gannon & pour a few drams of Ardbeg Corryvreckan.
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Come on guys, today 3/27 is International Whisk(e)y Day. Your choice.
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Well Jack as nobody has come forward I might as well let you know that next Sunday, Easter Sunday, the end of Lent, I shall be raising a wee dram to Speyside's finest.
I shall put on the Biltmore
And I am hoping to awaken Jessica from her winter hibernation
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Apologies Jack. Work escapades yesterday found me home late and I never shared my Whiskey Day celebration. I was enjoying some Laphroig. I have come to enjoy the peaty taste. It was your recommendation to pick up the Quarter Cask and I have not looked back. Thanks. It is tasty without being overwhelming.
Today is another opportunity for a Whiskey Day. I recall it was Minnesota Whiskey Day.
I have started the grill for breakfast and am sipping a Guinness Stout while turning venision sausages and potatoes. I will gently smash the Dutch yellow baby potatoes as they finish and sprinkle with a garlic, salt, thyme and balsamic vinegar mixture.
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Not being familiar with Three Wood I looked up to see what they were. NAS but aged a minimum of 10 yrs in Bourbon casks, 1 yr in Oloroso Sherry casks, & finished 1 yr in Pedro Ximenez grape wine Sherry casks. Makes it a 12 yr minimum. Consistently scores an 85. Sounds interesting, Robert. Enjoy!
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Interesting. MO doesn't have an official Whisk(e)y Day that I know of. There is a huge annual wine tasting day here & I always thought it interesting that it always corresponds with Mother's Day.
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You are making my mouth water, Eric, although I would pass up on the Guinness, never could get a flavour for it.
Now those potatoes: You need a finely chopped medium onion, a beaten egg, salt and pepper & vegetable oil, for frying.
Coarsely grate the potatoes and into a clean tea towel and then squeeze out the excess liquid by twisting the towel.
Add the onion and place the mix in a large bowl. Add the egg, a good couple of pinches of salt and freshly ground black pepper. Mix the ingredients well.
Heat a slosh of oil in a heavy based frying pan and when the oil is hot (but not smoking), add spoonfuls of the potato mixture into the pan and flatten into patties about ½in thick. Flip over once browned and crispy, about 2–3 minutes each side. Serve hot at breakfast, they are called hash browns and are especially good with bacon and eggs.
Your description sounds so matter of fact, a good way to introduce someone to Auchentoshan. The last time that I heard it described was the first time that I tasted it, and that was on The Orient Express. The waiter made such theatre out of his description, how could I refuse? It was pure nectar, so much so, that since then I nearly always find it in my stocking after Santa's visit.
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From the Masters of Malt website:
"Lagavulin is one of a trio of distilleries sat on the south coast of Islay, producing some of the smokiest whisky Scotland has to offer, with the Lagavulin 16 Year Old standing as their most storied expression."
And that is a 16 year-old doing justice to that magnificent hat. I know now where Esther got her inspiration from.
"Lagavulin is one of a trio of distilleries sat on the south coast of Islay, producing some of the smokiest whisky Scotland has to offer, with the Lagavulin 16 Year Old standing as their most storied expression."
And that is a 16 year-old doing justice to that magnificent hat. I know now where Esther got her inspiration from.
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The greatest comment on a scotch whiskey I have ever read was on Master of Malt website and was about Lagavulin 16.
"Old, Surly, Biked Islay in the rain stoned, Seek the hidden behind the bar, piss off !
Well, I have read the reviews and all I have to say is this is the Scotch that walks into the room and says piss off ya Beta males, I'm here and I'm SMOKIN'. It IS an acquired taste, it IS a love it or leave it; hopefully you leave it for the benefit of all the lovers of it. All I can say, is you walk up to the door to the reception of this marvelous home of Scotch and it's like your grandparents old house in the Orkney's. You are greeted by Mrs. Doubt-fire. In a wee whisper she takes you into her dining room ( taste room ) with Oak clad walls tastefully plaqued with awards and citations. On a long wood buffet sits bottles you only dream of. There is no watchful eye, but elegant and generous pouring of what ever you request, the age deep into the late seventies if you like. I try the Lag ga voo lin 18. Gold. Elixir of kilted Gods. I will not effuse winded descriptions of exotic teas and creosoted seal flippers, I'll leave that to the malthead Cryptographers. So........ in a wee brogue voice, the grace and manners that your gran used to have, she asks if you enjoyed it ? Like asking a 16 year old what he thought of their first sexual experience ! My wife drags me away, and God bless her, ranks that as the best she has had, including the trip to Oban, Spyside, as far south as Bladnoch and Glenkinchie as far north as Scapa. This is the peat. This is liquid earth. This is home. This is what keeps you from killing yourself on a stark and desolate landscape. Now the 16 - lovely. And as a Scot, when Costco in Kona had it on every Christmas for $46.00 a bottle, cases disappeared; much to the pleasure of my friends and family.........and every once and a while, a newbee screws their face and scowls at the " turpentine and burnt floor wax " I serve them. I smile, non judgmental, and think of Brussell Sprouts, Cigars and Blue Cheese. So, have a taste, and hopefully you'll get kicked in the nose and mouth and say.........that was the best Lay............. ga vul in ........... I ever had........... and one of the best Scotches ever.
19th January 2016"
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Tonight was a really nice pleasant evening. My Stetson Stratoliner in Sage was accompanied first by a CAO Brazillia cigar and a nice rye. James Pepper 1776 Straight Rye Whiskey. It was followed by the Boulevard Chocolate Ale while finishing the Brazillia.
