SF Whisky Tasting Weds. May 27th

[Monkey@Arms]

Jake,

Steve Beale is a very good friend of mine. He actually married my wife and I, and was a colleague for years. If you have the opportunity to attnd I highly suggest you do.

Cheers!

Brad

He married your wife and you? I thought there were laws about that.

Best regards,

Jake

[walkerk]

Here's the flier. It's being placed here so we can remember on Thursday what we were drinking Wednesday night.

[LANCER1562]

Here are some pictures from the evening so we can remember what we were doing.



Monkey@Arms and WalkerK



Monkey@Arms and Walkerk




(l-r) Demolay1310, WalkerK, Monkey@Arms

There may be some more pictures in someone's camera.

[walkerk]

A few more photos of the evening.

On the way, we passed a window display with several of the numerous Mr. Peanut heads used over the years in the San Francisco musical revue Beach Blanket Babylon. (http://www.beachblanketbabylon.com) Besides Mr. Peanut, the show is famous for outrageously large and ornate hats. Here's a link to more about the display: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/...entry_id=39968





Arriving at the shop. Tartan stuff in the front; lots of whisky in the back.



Our hosts from the Whisky Shop




This tasting was different from others as, besides whisky, sample materials were placed on each table: a small piece of cask wood and a slice of peat. Jake and flammable objects is not always a good idea.




Demolay1310 & daughter. Robert looked sharp in his jacket and waistcoat.



Monkey@Arms with the evening's presenter, Steve Beale. Jake is holding his glass above eye level - a special "Toast to the English" Steve told us about.



Finished up the evening with a stroll down the street to Eddie Rickenbacker's. Overall, a fine evening with friends.

[LANCER1562]

Although, the young lady who accompanied me is certainly young enough to be my daughter, she is the friend of a friend I met through my Renaissance re-enactment guild.

My daughter was unable to attend due to personal matters.