Well, actually I hadn't been but I am now. Couple'a things I've been meaning to post but forgot to until now.
First, I can't find a link or pic on this 'net thingy but last week at Costco I happened across a great Jack Daniel gift set at a great price. It's a wooden box (hinged door, etc.) containing a fifth each of Jack's mainstay Old Number 7, Gentleman Jack, and (be still my heart) his Single Barrel. All three in one box, for $72. Such a deal. And all for me. Not that I've opened them yet, I'm still working on the bottle of Evan Williams I picked up a few months ago. Call me a lightweight if you must, but I just don't drink that much at one time. I'm a sipper, not a guzzler.
Second requires a small bit of backstory or two: First, it is my family's tradition to have lots of whiskey available at deer season. Well, it was in the old days, primarily for the poker religiously played on Saturday nights after a long day of deer hunting. Some years ago, I noticed how anemic the crew had become after the loss of the older generation, in that I saw the same bottle of bourbon from the year before . And the year before that. And still not empty. (Also, there was the fact that we started to make "Pepsi runs" instead of "beer runs"). Time was when at least two or three bottles were barely enough to get through the poker game.
Anyway, on one of the first days I was out at the ranch, the weather was pretty warm, and Little Bro the Firefighter and I were tramping around. We weren't really doing any serious hiking so I was in sneakers, and it occurred to me that the warm weather was not only warm, it was rattlesnake weather. So on our next trip into town I went looking for some rattlesnake medicine, i.e., some shotshells for my .44. We trekked into Wally World, but couldn't find the appropriate ammo. But the salesperson was very kind and mentioned that people had told him that if it couldn't be found at Walmart, it could be found at Longs. So we trekked over to Longs and sure enough, we found the rattlesnake medicine I sought.
And in addition, they had a sale on some gift sets, a fifth of 101 Proof with two (count 'em!) two highball glasses. Enough to last me for at least three or four deer seasons! Huzzah! And of course, I could not pass up a sale on bourbon.
Oh, and for the part I had meant to post earlier (and actually thought I had in my trip report but apparently not, at least, I can't find it), while we were standing in line at the checkout counter, me with the Wild Turkey in one hand and a box of .44 shotshells in the other, I remarked to the Little Bro:
"Whiskey and ammo. What could possibly go wrong?"
Heh.
Iz out!
2 months ago
6 comments:
"Whiskey and ammo" huh? How about ammo, Dove dark chocolates, and a box of pregnancy tests? (I swear, that was what the Walmart bag contained, last April.)
What kind of bourbon do you favor, given a relatively good selection and good amount of discretionary cash? My dear spouse brought me a bottle of Presidential Reserve from a week of management training in Kentucky. Talk about sipping whiskey--that stuff is incredible.
ammo, chocolates, and pregnancy tests - that's excellent!
I actually haven't tried too many different bourbons and other American and Canadian whiskies yet, and those mostly the run-of-the-mill brands. I like all the bourbons I've tried, and most of the other Americans and Canadians.
Now I have a hankerin' for trying the better ones and some other styles I've read about, like the small distilley ryes that are coming on the market. They sound very interesting.
I've found that a lot of whiskeys are almost too sweet for my taste. One of the reasons I like bourbon is that it's not. The easily-found brand that I particularly like is Old Charter--the ten year is very good, and the eight year is better than Jim Beam, and costs less.
The Presidential Reserve that my dear spouse brought me is a small-distillery, single-barrel, almost impossible to find outside of Kentucky bourbon.
I've read that Japan, of all places, makes a single-barrel Scotch-type whiskey that's very good, and around $30 a bottle. I'd really like to try it, if I can find a bottle (can be hard in the middle of nowhere to find less common imported whiskeys)
I've had the Suntory single malt; I thought it was awful.
"Whiskey and ammo. What could possibly go wrong?"
You know, somewhere in the world there must be a tombstone with that written on it.
Yeah, right next to the one that says "Hold my beer and watch this."
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