I must be a low grade alcoholic. Every couple a weeks I’ll stop what I’m doing and think - “Geez….! I’d love a glass of Kilkenny right now…”. Or I think how great a dram of scotch or bourbon would be nice with a nice cigar…
I think the last time I bought a bottle of Blanton’s it was close to $100.00. I wonder what it is now? 😂
When I quit drinking regularly years ago … I had a modest “working” scotch collection going. “Working” in the sense that I intended to either drink or serve every bottle. None were “investment” bottles costing thousands of dollars. I still have most of it. Every two or three years I open a bottle so I always have something around for social or special occasions. But… I’m all out of bourbon!
If I do buy a few cans or a bottle…it’ll be the first time I set foot in a liquor store in six or seven years! I’ve heard everything’s different now. Way back I’d go in and you’d see the odd special bottlings of the various spirits, but then EVERYTHING became a special bottling with price tag to match! It was ridiculous! Is it still like that?
The other problem I have is booze doesn’t seem to taste the same anymore. I used to be able to sit down over drink, smell it and taste it - and start picking out some of the notes and flavours. I couldn’t tell one make from another in a blind taste test - but I could distinguish between wood, earth, flowers, chocolate, caramel etc etc. I could even do it for wine but I wasn’t as good with it as I was with whisky. Nowadays I’m doing good if I can distinguish between lighter fluid and Lysol. Is it because of age? Or just being away from the sauce for so long? What’ll you be drinking this Christmas?
It’s time for some Christmas appreciation again today! Some of us want booze for Christmas. Some of us may look forward to pigging out over a feast! Being ever so politically correct - I like to celebrate the holiday season with diversity!!! Yesterday we paid homage to our morally and intellectually superior black friends… so today we should celebrate our greatest allies and friends! Let’s get this judeo-Christmas on the go - and have a great Humpday!!! 😊👍
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