Tonight's toast is my last dram of cask-strength Kilchoman, in honor of my father who flew west earlier this evening.

Like Dad, it's a brutal upstart that gets in your face and shakes you pale....

For this evening, a departure from my beloved single malt Scotches with a peculiarly passable single-malt Irish: Bushmill's Millennium Malt, from Cask #52, issued in a friend's name.

During these...

Not my usual last night. In memory of Neal Peart (RIP), a young Macallan.

Last evening's was a wee dram of Kelpie, smuggled to me by a friend in a tiny, unlabeled tasting bottle. For tonight, I'm considering cracking open another tiny droplet, this one being a pretty...

My G-d, I'm terrible at that!

Fun, though. :)

Cheers,

Jack

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day today (and my birthday yesterday, whence came this fine gift), tonight's offering is a William Cadenhead Islay 8 y.o. at cask strength (59.5 % ABV).
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Last evening, Pretty Wife and I kicked off our "birthday week" with NY strip steak, Brussels sprouts au gratin, leftover challah slices, and a tumbler of Glenmorangie's standard 10-y.o. on the rocks....

I've enjoyed that Balvenie Doublewood before, and even gifted a couple to cherished friends after I found it at the Class VI on a steep reduction.

Good stuff!

Recently (when not helping draw down our seasonal overstock of handmade eggnog), I've been enjoying a bit of Auchentoshen. It's not "of the finest" in my view, but perfectly pleasant. On special...

A dear redheaded friend stopped by last evening with a (literally) wee dram of Ardbeg Kelpie, obtained and hand-carried from Islay. I was feeling poorly when she arrived; much better by the time she...

Dang. That's all kinds of fun!

Not sure how to completely delete this; was a repeat of previous post.

Please disregard. Thx.

I don't think people really thought that's what "cowboys" looked like. The LR was a masked superhero, riding in to save the day with his loyal sidekick. Pretty sure even kids understood the...

In this part of the world, some loggers wear an item colloquially named a "hickory shirt." It's sort of the shirt version of a pullover or anorak, with a neck zip that doesn't go all the way down....

For clarity, I was referring specifically to the "grandfather shirts" from USA Kilts, not ghillie shirts from...well, from wherever they're from.

For these shirts in particular, order one size up....

Quick note: If you order one of these, DO follow the site instructions and order a size above your normal size, if you're American in any way.

At ~5'11" and 220 lbs., I wear an XL in pretty much...

Received a couple of granddaddy shirts (timely, as I've recently become a grandfather), and FWIW, I quite like them. Ordered one in blue and wore it for our anniversary party; I'm saving the creamy...

That particular malt is unquestionably the best whisky ever to enter my face.

Felicitations on still having some lying about -- it is completely "unobtainium" now.

Cheers,

Jack

Thanks for that tip, Dollander. I've kinda been pining for a kilt in Psychological Operations tartan, though -- and haven't found it available anywhere but, er... "Spork." :wink: Given your input, it...

Yo, Rabblers:

Having found not nearly enough occasions to strap on my expen$ive and highly prized tank, I'm getting around soon to ordering a washable item from Sport Kilts that I plan to wear...

When I was a kid (neither "wee lad" nor "bairn"; I came up in the damp green mildness of Oregon), my mother frequently coaxed us into eating that never-quite-sweet-enough spread known as marmalade....

Thanks, Grizz.

Best part about "snow days" is not working regular hours. That means I can crouch in wait, and ambush the teenager with snowballs as she's hiking up from the bus stop.

Cheers,
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Now THAT'S a great idea. I still have a belted tool pouch left over from days in the trades. It's probably about two inches, and a bit age darkened.

There's a can of polish around here...

TY, Mike.

It was a lot of fun opening that box and laying out its contents. Awe and wonder and all that.

The last time (that is, only) time I received a bespoke garment was from Langlitz...

Thanks, Blupiper.

FTR, our real shutdown wasn't from snow. A semi-truck full of liquified gas rolled over where the interstate runs through downtown, and shut down both directions for several...