SCOTTISH HORN

WHO KNEW THE SCOTS HAD SUCH GOOD HORN CRAFT. THIS IS MY FIRST PROPER SHOE HORN (NOT A PLASTIC ONE TAKEN FROM SOME HOTEL) BOTH OF THESE LOVELY ITEMS WERE FOUND IN A GREAT LITTLE SHOP IN WALES.

 HORN WHISKEY BOWL 

USED AND PASSED AROUND FOR SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS

HAIG & HAIG PINCH

THESE TWO BOTTLES WERE SAVED FROM THE GARBAGE BIN SOME 20 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS VISITING MY MOM IN UPSTATE NY. MY AUNT WAS CLEANING OUT HER BASEMENT AND THESE WERE NO LONGER VALUABLE TO ANYONE BUT ME.

I LOVED THE PACKAGING, PARTICULARLY THE BOTTLE SHAPE. I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THEIR CONTENTS. I HAD STASHED THESE SOMEWHERE IN MY MOTHER'S HOUSE AND SHE PULLED THEM OUT RECENTLY FOR ME TO GET THEM OUT OF HER LIFE. I DATE THEM TO THE 40'S AND 50'S. BOTH WERE BOTTLED DURING WWII. THE ONE BOTTLE I OPENED IS DELICIOUS! VERY COMPLEX, WITH NOTES OF SHERRY. HAIG IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE OLDEST DISTILLERIES IN SCOTLAND DATING BACK TO THE 17TH CENTURY. IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST LIQUOR BOTTLE TO BE PATENTED IN THE USA (1958) JUST AFTER THE ICONIC COKE BOTTLE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SECOND BOTTLE. IT PAYS TO GARBAGE PICK!

BELOW IS THE HAIG TARTAN

PROHIBITION DISTILLERY:ROSCOE NY

PROHIBITION DISTILLERY, (NEAR MY UPSTATE FARM) IN ROSCOE NY IS UP AND RUNNING. THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER THE OLD FIRE HOUSE AND FIRED UP THIER STILL MAKING BOOTLEGGER 21. THE VODKA IS SIX TIMES DISTILLED AND CHARCOAL FILTERED. IT REALLY TASTES DELICIOUS WITH GREAT MOUTH FEEL. IT IS DEFINITELY WORTH A TRY OR EVEN A VISIT TO THE DISTILLERY AFTER YOUR NEXT COUNTRY DRIVE OR FISHING TRIP.  I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR GIN AND WHISKEY - COMING SOON.

LOCAL CORN

FORMER VFW HALL SOON TO BE BARREL ROOM

THE FLASK

A VERY USEFUL OBJECT.

HERE ARE A FEW FAVORITES.

COLONEL E.H. TAYLOR

THIS LATEST RYE HEAVY BOURBON TO COME OUT OF THE BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY IS VERY SPECIAL INDEED. COLONEL TAYLOR IS A DELICIOUS BARREL PROOF WHISKEY THAT PACKS A PUNCH AT 134.5 PROOF. THAT BEING SAID IT BEGS FOR A BIG CHUNK OF ICE AND SOME SLOW FRONT PORCH SIPPING. AVAILABLE IN VERY SMALL QUANTITIES, IT IS MOST DESERVING OF ITS $70.00 PRICE TAG.
WE ONLY LIVE ONCE.

 

FATHER'S DAY GIFT ROUND UP

THE FAMILY WAS ON TOP OF THIER GAME THIS YEAR.

SET OF SIX OF THESE

AND THESE!

I REALLY HAVE NOT INDULGED IN MANY JAPANESE WHISKEYS, SO THIS WILL BE FUN. THE YAMAZAKI SINGLE MALT WAS TESTED LAST NIGHT, CONCLUSION-DELICIOUS.

CLEAR CREEK

STEVE MC CARTHY AT CLEAR CREEK DISTILLERY IN PORTLAND IS MASTERFUL AT DISTILLATION AND HIS WHISKEY THAT HE IS PRODUCING (IN FAR TOO LITTLE QUANTITY) IS AMAZING.

SMOKEY PEATY GOODNESS