What are you drinking tonight?

[arakboss]

This sounds like a story worth hearing...

Update: I apologize to the Asian lady who did not steal the ring she was looking at. I went to work on Monday preparing to get reamed by the boss and he told me that he thinks I put the ring back on the wrong display finger. After looking at the finger displays again I found the "missing" ring.

Doh! Doh! & Doh!. All is well now.

 

[Hooyah DeepSea]

I'd still only bring one item out of the case at a time; it just good business practice.

 

[sobo]

Update: I apologize to the Asian lady who did not steal the ring she was looking at. I went to work on Monday preparing to get reamed by the boss and he told me that he thinks I put the ring back on the wrong display finger. After looking at the finger displays again I found the "missing" ring.

Doh! Doh! & Doh!. All is well now.

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[WillametteWill]

Sample drams of classic Laddie, Port Charlotte and the exceptionally peated Octomore from the source. Wee drams they are.

 

[WillametteWill]

Another one for you. Bottled straight from the cask (after a wee sample of course) from warehouse #1 at Laphroaig. Not available anywhere in the world but here. Aged in virgin European oak (not bourbon like everything else). 7 year old so the peat is ample. This is the 111th bottle from the cask. Looking forward to sharing!

 

[sobo]

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Are the Bruichladdich and Laphroaig distilleries in the same location?
From the background, it appears you're sitting at the same picnic table in both pictures, sampling the scotch from two different distilleries...

 

[WillametteWill]

Same island, picnic table is back at my hang out. Bruichladdich is over on the west side of the loch. Lagavulin, Laphroaig and Ardbeg are all on the same road / footpath.

 

[sobo]

Same island, picnic table is back at my hang out. Bruichladdich is over on the west side of the loch. Lagavulin, Laphroaig and Ardbeg are all on the same road / footpath.

Ah! Thank you for the explanation!

Enjoying your scotch tour? I have a buddy who did one of those. Man, did he ever get a treat...

 

[WillametteWill]

Here is one for @sobo. IIRC this is one of your faves. Beautiful area in Spey. To me, it is what I imagined Scotland to look like. And to be clear...I did not come to Scotland to drink (looking for some peace to work on writing projects and found it), but I did want to experience the whisky-making process. I found the folks at the distilleries to be the nicest people in the country. Some of the tours were like you were being shown around with by a friend (Bruichladdich, Laphroaig) whereas others were a polished as Disneyland, but still with a friendly guide and exceptionally knowledgeable (The Glenlivet).

Two things of note I've found: 1) Americans overvalue age in Whisky, especially if you like peated varieties. I think the best I sampled on this trip was a seven-year-old Laphroaig. 2) Women over here are Scotch Whisky drinkers. I've known women have better noses and can detail the flavors better than men in general. It is not an old man's drink here, many young folks from around the world.

Okay and a third, they seem to be exceptionally responsible drinkers. Distilleries will not consider serving you anything if you are driving and they ask everyone before serving. If there is any hesitation in the answer, they will offer you "driver's drams" in wee bottles to take home and sample there. Given that the roads are about as wide as game trails, this is a good thing! I appreciate this.

Slàinte Mhath

 

[sobo]

@WillametteWill I'm so glad you're doing this for yourself, and I really hope you find the peace and quiet you seek for your writing.

I must say that I'm touched that you remember my fondness for Aberlour. I really do love that stuff... Now I gotta go visit that shop..
And to celebrate your visit, I'm going to go pour myself a wee dram of it!

 

[WillametteWill]

Enjoy your dram! Yesterday on The Glenlivet tour (the THE is similar to THE Ohio State University, lol) our guide Amber use the word "little." I'm pretty sure it was the first time I had heard that word in nearly two weeks as everything is "wee." But she still used wee twice as often.

My wife will tell you I forget everything so don't ask me how your affinity for Aberlour (16 IIRC) stuck in my memory banks but it just did. Headed home tomorrow. I'll admit it's been strange not touching/carrying firearms for nearly two weeks.

 

[sobo]

Enjoy your dram! Yesterday on The Glenlivet tour (the THE is similar to THE Ohio State University, lol) our guide Amber use the word "little." I'm pretty sure it was the first time I had heard that word in nearly two weeks as everything is "wee." But she still used wee twice as often.

My wife will tell you I forget everything so don't ask me how your affinity for Aberlour (16 IIRC) stuck in my memory banks but it just did. Headed home tomorrow. I'll admit it's been strange not touching/carrying firearms for nearly two weeks.

You are correct - 16 years old it is! Perhaps it was the many pics of said 16-year-old that have appeared in this very thread... such as these:

 

[nammac]

You are correct - 16 years old it is! Perhaps it was the many pics of said 16-year-old that have appeared in this very thread... such as these:

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And in chronological order as evidenced by the decreasing volume in ye ole flask…

 

[sobo]

And in chronological order as evidenced by the decreasing volume in ye ole flask…

I was originally going to point that out in my post, but I figured some watchful NWFA eye would catch that. Glad to see this vigilant crew didn't disappoint...

 

[Jay Walk]

The Kool-Aid.

 

[sobo]

The Kool-Aid.

You're hydrated enough. Stop that shiit, before you turn into a Libtard......

 

[nammac]

The Kool-Aid.

As long as it's not red…

 

[pharmseller]

Paloma

 

[sobo]

As long as it's not red…

You mean as long as it's not blue, don't you?

 

[arakboss]

Fresca and spiced rum. I am dieting for my monthly weigh in but it was a long hard weekend of 2nd job hours so I am consuming some calories from the rum to relax.