Anwalt Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Just now, mbroo5880i said: I was hoping for pictures of the food! Yet, the pictures of your bottle collection is quite impressive as well! Actually, there's a story there. Our apartment is drenched in sunlight & UV. No secluded shady spots. I wanted the entire collection in closed garderobes & the like. Wifey is an artist ("arteest"). She objected to bourbon (and my excess, which is real). Her Mom persuaded her that it's a benign hobby compared to some other possibilities. Score one for the Mudder in Law! So Wifey's acceptance of the hobby was signaled by her acquisition of the shelves. Her rebellion & residual disapproval were signaled by her buying the shelves I liked the least. And by insisting that the bourbon live in the sunlight. I explained bourbon, UV, vampires, UV, etc. A compromise was reached. The better bourbons live in the dark (insert metaphor here). The bourbons in boxes reside on the shelf, as do some of the sacrificial lambs, as arranged to the taste of La Artista. Modus vivendi & all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anwalt Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, mbroo5880i said: Well, except, now my wife is making me watch a Hallmark movie instead of football. Modus vivendi! THAT is what I'm TALKING about! . Speaking of which, I'm getting That Look. I come out and play again tomorrow. I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughewil Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 16 minutes ago, Anwalt said: Lamentably. I'm saving the last bit for when my son visits in January after graduating from OSU. He liked this one, so we'll share the last bit of it together. This is why God gave us straws! John this is what I am saving the masters keep for, my daughters graduation from Kent State 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Anwalt said: Actually, there's a story there. Our apartment is drenched in sunlight & UV. No secluded shady spots. I wanted the entire collection in closed garderobes & the like. Wifey is an artist ("arteest"). She objected to bourbon (and my excess, which is real). Her Mom persuaded her that it's a benign hobby compared to some other possibilities. Score one for the Mudder in Law! So Wifey's acceptance of the hobby was signaled by her acquisition of the shelves. Her rebellion & residual disapproval were signaled by her buying the shelves I liked the least. And by insisting that the bourbon live in the sunlight. I explained bourbon, UV, vampires, UV, etc. A compromise was reached. The better bourbons live in the dark (insert metaphor here). The bourbons in boxes reside on the shelf, as do some of the sacrificial lambs, as arranged to the taste of La Artista. Modus vivendi & all. Hey, as long as she realize she is #1...most days.... all should be good. Your mother-in-law sounds like a keeper! Shoes. The answer is shoes, my friend. She might need a shoe shopping excursion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, hughewil said: John this is what I am saving the masters keep for, my daughters graduation from Kent State Great reason to save. It will not be forgotten, er unforgotten. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughewil Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 53 minutes ago, Anwalt said: Actually, there's a story there. Our apartment is drenched in sunlight & UV. No secluded shady spots. I wanted the entire collection in closed garderobes & the like. Wifey is an artist ("arteest"). She objected to bourbon (and my excess, which is real). Her Mom persuaded her that it's a benign hobby compared to some other possibilities. Score one for the Mudder in Law! So Wifey's acceptance of the hobby was signaled by her acquisition of the shelves. Her rebellion & residual disapproval were signaled by her buying the shelves I liked the least. And by insisting that the bourbon live in the sunlight. I explained bourbon, UV, vampires, UV, etc. A compromise was reached. The better bourbons live in the dark (insert metaphor here). The bourbons in boxes reside on the shelf, as do some of the sacrificial lambs, as arranged to the taste of La Artista. Modus vivendi & all. the answer is to move into a rural area with home with a basement you call your own and turn into a basement bar, in ohio, where I can visit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughewil Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 well fuck this bottle! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsfan1311 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, mbroo5880i said: My man! Rock on!! With you on the Long Branch but the rest are more than "all right." Yup! The Missus really likes it, but it's too thin for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markandrex Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 3 hours ago, hughewil said: John this is what I am saving the masters keep for, my daughters graduation from Kent State Class of ‘81, go Golden Flashes!️️ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anwalt Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 9 hours ago, mbroo5880i said: Hey, as long as she realize she is #1...most days.... all should be good. Your mother-in-law sounds like a keeper! Shoes. The answer is shoes, my friend. She might need a shoe shopping excursion. MiL is pretty darned good. She better be since she lives with us now. She is sweet. She is always in motion, looks great at 78. She cleans and if you don't pass out from Clorox fumes, then it ain't clean. Great cook. Pleasant company. Practical and appreciates how I treat her daughter. And she has a really, really good spider-sense of when to not be around. My Mom made Imelda Marcos look like an amateur. Oddly, that is not what I married into. The Wifey's currency is more in the line of art supplies and outdoor walks. But I hear ya. Feed 'em their thing and maybe you get to have some of yours. 10 hours ago, mbroo5880i said: Admirable on both counts! Sounds like you are having a great holiday. In PR? Anyway, enjoy your family, your bourbon and life! We have a lot to be thankful for. It was a fantastic holiday, I hope yours was too. I really like that people reflect on what to be thankful for before trampling each other to death for consumer excess the next day. We certainly have much to be grateful for and try & focus more on that than needless negativity. Just living in 2022 instead of, say, 1022 for starters. And flawed as it is, I'll take the good old USA over other options. Indeed, any options that are in the same league as the US are there because of us. The prosperity & health we take for granted would have been unimaginable not long ago. In PR for this holiday. We are usually here 10 months of the year. We'll be in OH & IN for the last two weeks of this year. The family likes to come down to PR for Christmas. It's the nicest time of the year and Puerto Ricans are very serious about celebrating Christmas for weeks on end. But son graduates OSU on 18th and it was way cheaper to stay up there than to bring everyone back down here. Besides, I miss seasons. Even winter, as long as it's a real northern winter where things freeze and stay frozen. Columbus winters of 30 degree daily temperature changes, slush, and fluctuating sinuses, not so much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anwalt Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 9 hours ago, hughewil said: well fuck this bottle! Someone's been into his cups and is feeling a bit expressive. 9 hours ago, hughewil said: the answer is to move into a rural area with home with a basement you call your own and turn into a basement bar, in ohio, where I can visit. Not sure if this is better or worse: Looking for a place in KY, probably between Bardstown and Danville (we have friends there who are, among other things, good at real estate, Airbnb's, etc.), probably a farm. Airbnb it out when we are not there. It'll have a basement or a man-barn/cave. I've actually considered digging a cave (bunker?) into the side of a hill. I like the idea of the view and a place to read, drink, and have a few stogies. That is where half the bourbon shall live. Though the primary purpose is to have a retreat in both senses of the word. Bourbon issues are secondary. Longer commute for you. But with some local benefits that should make it worthwhile. 10 hours ago, hughewil said: John this is what I am saving the masters keep for, my daughters graduation from Kent State Mighty fine reason to celebrate, and to celebrate properly. When, if I may ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMohawk Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 JD Single Barrel Select, followed by WT101 followed by MM this evening. Watching England v USA in the world Cup. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MissMohawk Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 ... followed by Gentleman Jack, followed by Bulleit. First time I actually really enjoyed the Bulleit. At least the bourbon was more enjoyable than the soccer! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 5 hours ago, MissMohawk said: JD Single Barrel Select, followed by WT101 followed by MM this evening. Watching England v USA in the world Cup. Did you have an interest in the outcome or just a futbol/soccer fan? Regardless of the outcome, you had sufficient spirits to enjoy the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bourserker Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 I'm doing a WT101/Dickel 15 SB blend tonight. Ya'll may remember me complaining about this Dickel 15 and fosmith even managed to talk me off the ledge temporarily. However, I had a pour of it this past week and it's just not good...one might even call it dreadful. 40% abv just kills it...it's so thin and the flavors are just weak. So I'm experimenting with blending it with younger stuff. Last night I mixed some with OF100, and that was not good. It seems to be playing a lot better with the WT101 tonight though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anwalt Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Persuaded a friend that his 15-year old daughter should learn to properly stab people. Equality & all. She's shown quite the enthusiasm for puncturing & perforating. After practice they stopped by for some drinks. Well, he did the drinking, not that we didn't offer her some too. He liked (in order) Makers, Dry Fly, Willett 4y rye, Remus, and Bookers. I liked them all, just different. Though I am, like my friend, really liking that particular Makers bottle. Totally an all-day-long sipper. Sweet, smooth, yummy candy-in-a-bottle. The Remus is growing on me, though I still find the oak/tannin a touch excessive. The Dry Fly drinks well below its proof (as did the 9y Dry Fly Wheat Whiskey)....I don't know how to describe that "Hibernian Whiskey" (a KL store pick). I've never had anything Irish at anything close to that proof. Unique. Good. Still processing it. The Willett is what got me started into rye; granted it's a sweet, mellow, non-pure rye, a stepping stone to its purer, spicier cousins. And I've long liked the Bookers. Just an ounce of each over two hours with some little side dishes to blunt the impact. Sharp, pointy objects. Teaching young ladies elegant forms of hopefully superfluous violence. An eclectic mix of booze. A day well spent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anwalt Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Tired it multiple times. I really want to like it. But I just do not. It starts nicely. But good grief, what a harsh, nasty finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 4 hours ago, Anwalt said: Persuaded a friend that his 15-year old daughter should learn to properly stab people. Equality & all. She's shown quite the enthusiasm for puncturing & perforating. After practice they stopped by for some drinks. Well, he did the drinking, not that we didn't offer her some too. He liked (in order) Makers, Dry Fly, Willett 4y rye, Remus, and Bookers. I liked them all, just different. Though I am, like my friend, really liking that particular Makers bottle. Totally an all-day-long sipper. Sweet, smooth, yummy candy-in-a-bottle. The Remus is growing on me, though I still find the oak/tannin a touch excessive. The Dry Fly drinks well below its proof (as did the 9y Dry Fly Wheat Whiskey)....I don't know how to describe that "Hibernian Whiskey" (a KL store pick). I've never had anything Irish at anything close to that proof. Unique. Good. Still processing it. The Willett is what got me started into rye; granted it's a sweet, mellow, non-pure rye, a stepping stone to its purer, spicier cousins. And I've long liked the Bookers. Just an ounce of each over two hours with some little side dishes to blunt the impact. Sharp, pointy objects. Teaching young ladies elegant forms of hopefully superfluous violence. An eclectic mix of booze. A day well spent. It might be quicker and easier to teach her how to use a firearm. I am surprised she didn't find Crumble Coffee Cake appealing. Without sampling, my guess is Remus and Booker's would have been my picks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markandrex Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 My wife has another day of vacation before heading back to the office. We decided a few old fashions were in order. I used some of the Parker’s Heritage from a few years ago. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 I really enjoyed my string of Wild Turkey and Russell Reserve Thanksgiving weekend pours. But time to mix things up now. I started with some of my home blend of OWA & W12 50/50 ratio. It was fantastic. I followed it up with a couple of pours of plain stock OWA. It's good, but definitely less fantastic than my home blend. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anwalt Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 10 hours ago, mbroo5880i said: It might be quicker and easier to teach her how to use a firearm All of us have learned how to use firearms, the young lady included; she was practically raised on them. Mine have training on AR, Glock & 1911, and sporting clays with over-unders & pumps. We also made sure they learned situational awareness, having wing (wo)men, practice with pepper spray, etc. I suppose that more tactical training with firearms (Front Sight, if it has emerged from bankruptcy, etc.) would be technically more useful than knife/stick/handwork even though the firearms are so...final. Indeed, I plan on taking mine to some of those sorts of classes this year, probably to a Front Sight equivalent in West Virginia. https://pgpft.com/course-catalog/defensive-handgun-courses/. But knives, sticks, feet & hands are fun. Kind of like cheating on bourbon and having a dram of Irish perhaps? Imperfect analogy, since I spend far more time on the martial arts fun than the firearms seriousness. I like the art, the grace & calorie reduction it imparts, and the people with whom we train. Along with knowing what to do (at least in theory, that first time is the one that gets ya) in the very unlikely event of close, physical mayhem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMatt Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Ya can't have too many ways to dispatch a threat. Especially situational awareness. I used to tell my Boy Scouts regarding 'Be Prepared:' "(Pointing to head) The more you have up here, (pointing to backpack) the less you need in here." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMatt Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 16 hours ago, Anwalt said: Tired it multiple times. I really want to like it. But I just do not. It starts nicely. But good grief, what a harsh, nasty finish. I read this and saw Rodney Dangerfield in my head saying, "Like my second marriage!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anwalt Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 41 minutes ago, IamMatt said: I read this and saw Rodney Dangerfield in my head saying, "Like my second marriage!" Well said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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