2006 Chateau Ste Michelle Merlot with dinner

Black Bull 12yr

Mojito

Fuck me....this shit is just ridiculously awesome

Happy labor day y'all!

this shit is just ridiculously awesome

I bet it is.

After dinner relaxing...

--> Delamain 1938 Cognac - Reserve De La Famille

(not a small bottle or pour - BIG Ass glass...)

Are you sure that is not a fish bowl?

Are you sure that is not a fish bowl?

Nope... and I am fine with that

Is it me or is that Cognac pink in color?

Is it me or is that Cognac pink in color?

Just a lighting effect with the lamp.. Had that the other day with an Ardbeg... will have to work out the lighting for future reference...

Tuesday Local Brew

Wrapping up the Russian Rivers that I have.

RR Consecration...

I was not into sour beers before... But I can appreciate them..

Cheers,

Rittenhouse 25 with a giant ice cube. Good.

Metaxa 7 Star

That is one hell of a special sour beer, though, Mikey. Anybody should be able to appreciate that one.

As for me, a Manhattan in honor of our friend Claire in Paris who was diagnosed with some kind of intestinal cancer and had a very sudden surgery last week. My Claire and I are really taking this hard after just hearing about it today. Claire and her family have been wonderful friends for a long time. She met us in Berlin this summer and her daughter was just here in SF until Saturday (and at our house for dinner the other night) while this was going down. They didn't want to tell her until she got home, but that was very hard.

In any event, here's to Claire and a speedy defeat of this evil cancer!

to 'friend Claire' cheers.

A ton ami, Claire. Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery.

Merci mes amis.

Just had lunch here, but gonna raise a limoncello for Claire. Best wishes of a complete curation healing.

Edit: This damn Latin thing and how saxons learned it

Edited September 7, 201114 yr by Torpedo

BenRiach 1966 Rare Reserve.

This one has kind of a cool story, bro. Shared by one of the owners of the distillery, a South African guy with whom I play golf. Made his very, very considerable coin by -- among other things -- selling single-serving sachets (think McDonalds ketchup packets) of cheap booze up into more equatorial Africa. Biggest mover is kind of a Baileys-type goop of industrial moonshine whisky and ultra pasteurized dairy. Yum yum.

Anyway, the Scotch Whisky Association comes to them one day in the early oughts and says something along the lines of: "It has come to our notice that you are now among the major purveyors of alleged "Scotch" on this benighted subcontinent. It might behoove you, should you not wish to encounter all sorts of trademark etc. issues, to legitimize yourselves among your peers by picking up a genuine operation -- and by the way, we just happen to have one in mothballs we can sell you. Bit of a mess, but think of the potential. You chaps already seem quite handy at marketing to the heathen, eh? Asia! Growth!"

So they buy the place pretty much sight unseen for around $10 million and install some competent management, who then go through the premises and records carefully and find out that they actually own several thousand more casks of real good stuff than were ever accounted for. Total estimated value of said casks -- around $10 million. Free distillery! Good times.

^^ do love me some cask strength BenRiach...

Why doesn't shit like that happen to me? I'd like a free distillery and all, but just think of the fun sampling thousands of casks of fine whisky?! I hope you are trying to parlay all these swank contacts of yours somehow, Stretch. Like a paid goodwill mission to Scotland for your friends in the American Samplers of Scotch Whisky In Phonus Extremus Society. The ASSWIPES need you to get on the stick.

Head-Case cask perhaps...

For free...

^^ what he said...

While waiting for Jp: