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And now Old Elk has been purchased by Middle West Spirits of Ohio (I guess you will see even more of it!). A rumor I saw in discussions of this was that Old Elk has not run their still in four years and are just bottling old stock and sourced liquid. There was also conjecture on whether Middle West even wanted the Old Elk facility.

Since we’re on the subject…This billboard for a distillery is just outside Greenville, SC…

I think it's great that 12-year old boys are naming cocktails. Wait, I forgot we are all 12-year old boys inside.

Nah, I think you are just early for next year!

Passed on WT70th for 89.99!!!! I previously passed on it for 60.00 so no F’n way was 90 on the table. I would have picked on up for the SRP of 50 but I have plenty of good WT of this age range and do not care to support “mark ups”.

I love what they're doing. My only complaint is the odd shaped bottle messes up my display a little... Small issues to solve for

“Southern Bourbon Whiskey”, distilled Indiana?

Hey, At least my recipe had bourbon or rye in it! This sounds more like a girly boy drink . . . . . Not that there's anything wrong with that!

That’s a bargain price for a great workhorse bottle.

Next time Frank comes to town should be interesting…

I'll play.

Yup!

I actually cracked open the Springbank 15 Yr last night and took it for a spin. It was excellent, as good as advertised. I did an impromptu SBS with my already opened Kilkerran 12 Yr that I picked up in London in 2019 as a trip souvenir. As much as I loved the sherry influence on the Springer 15, I have to admit I was a bit surprised (disappointed?) that it lacks that "industrial machine oil" note that the Kilkerran has. I need to open my Kilkerran 16 yr soon, to continue my research...

What is that, a 16 year Local Barley?

That is a hot one!

Next Man up!

I missed World cocktail day, so I'm a little late to the party Old Fashioned...no orange..so I used a lemon peel instead. It's still purty damn good!

Seems like a trend.

I had to scratch the itch…

This came in the mail from Seelbach's. I am a fan of 13th Colony and their CS is typically even better.

I'm not ordering that!!

I have open in the cabinet: Old Forester 100, EW B.I.B., WT101 Rye, Rittenhouse, and Smokey Joe Islay Scotch. I was thinking about fishnbowljoe last week, as I drove around Fort Harrison on my way to chaperone 4th graders at Conner Prairie.

Sounds good, but I didn't pick the name!!!

There's a scene in The Gangs Of New York, Di Caprio's character totally looses his cool and beats up a dude that called hin "a chiseler".