Irish and international at 7 Saints. The feature is this Redbreast finished in Kentucky Oak. Sweet. Smooth. Delicious.
Now we’re eating supper and drinking beer. I have a Triptych Been a King, and @jackieLbrewer has a Half Acre Burl.
Just our second Whiskey Wednesday since the start of the pandemic. I have the Whistlepig Farmstock Bourbon bottled in bond. Very nice. Sweet. Fruit—maybe apples. @jackieLbrewer has the equivalent rye.
I have a couple of fingers of Writers Tears, while @jackieLbrewer is drinking an Irish Ghostwriter (that is, a Ghostwriter made with Irish whiskey). 🍸✍️
Yesterday we happened to get to Schnuck’s just as they were putting out packages of toilet paper, so we snagged two big packages.
I’m really bemused by what they are and are not out of. Onions were all gone, except a small number of organic white onions. Ground beef all gone (but we snagged a pound of ground bison, which I figure will be much better anyway, at almost twice the price of beef, of course). All the other stuff we buy routinely was there.
I can’t help but wonder what someone from the 1700s would say if we told them that people were panic-buying in the face of a plague outbreak, and then showed them a grocery store where all you could get was unlimited fruit (including tropical fruit), unlimited veggies (except onions), unlimited amounts of all the premium cuts of meat, and unlimited staples like flour, sugar, rice, beans, etc.
We also got a big carton of beer and a big bottle of whiskey, in case of emergency.
To be honest, I think I like Whiskey Wednesdays @sevensaints better, but a whiskey club would be cool too. https://www.mensjournal.com/food-drink/the-most-premium-and-exclusive-whiskey-clubs-in-the-world/
Purchased for the name and label, but also for the age statement (not many scotches bragging on 5 years old) and the slightly higher proof (43% abv). A fine young whiskey. Notes of vanilla and sugar.
At @SevenSaints with @jackieLbrewer drinking today’s feature: St. George single malt. Very nice whiskey, even if it’s not especially scotch-like, considering it’s made from malted barley.
For the past few days I’ve been drinking bourbon and branch water (i.e. tap water from the Mahamet aquifer). Today though @jackieLbrewer wanted her manhattan with @mrivrdistilling’s Cody Road rye. It’s so yummy I’m drinking it neat.
Both @jackieLbrewer and I are drinking the @SevenSaints feature, the Barrell Dovetail, an exquisite bourbon/rye blend. Delicious at cask strength.
Drinking the @JourneymanDist Kissing Cousins with @jackieLbrewer at @sevensaints.
