I heard a comment on the radio about this being around the time that everyone has given up on their New Year's resolutions - or maybe it was the 19th of January. Whatever. It just reminded me about New Year's and parties and, most importantly, what I've been drinking over the holidays. What have I been drinking you ask? You don't care? Well guess what - I do! Harkening back to our company Christmas party, otherwise known as one of the few nights out in a year when I can imbibe liberally (imbibe like a Liberal?), I had an expensive cocktail (rye and coke) and switched to something I "mixed" myself - Crown and coke. I must say that this is definitely the combination that my body acclimatizes to readily as I did not run into the issues of a few years previous. That is the infamous "rye and coke" then "wine with dinner" followed by "rye and coke", then "I'm out of dough - no more rye and coke" and then someone sagely suggesting the unconsumed bottles of wine on the tables... I think he knows who he is ;) Anyway, there was none of that. That weekend I made my annual LCBO trek, filling the cabinet with my personal stock and gifts for others.
Having seen that whiskey is good - I have known this for some time - I decided that I should branch out to Irish whiskey from my Rye and modest Scotch stocks. I have heard excellent things about Jameson's. This became my nog-enhancer of choice over the holidays, and it was good. Next, I had read good things about "Red Breast", which turned out to be a 12-year-old blend of Irish whiskey's. Another excellent beverage, best enjoyed straight up. Reminds me of some of the better brandies or cognacs I've sampled. I bought a nice looking blueberry Stoli - that's Stolichnaya infused with blueberries - as a gift. I guess I'll find out how it is sometime in the future. I also acquired a small bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream, mint chocolate flavoured, but I haven't opened it yet. I'm thinking that it will be an excellent coffee additive, but I haven't been in the position to consume such a thing. If the weather stays as it has been for the last few days however...
What else did I have over the holidays? Some homemade red wine, Bailey's, scotch, Vecchio Romagna, and a selection of carbonated fermented grains. You know, beer - but nothing fancy. Sounds like a lot, but a small glass at time over the course of 3 or 4 weeks. Always nice to enjoy the drink, rather than cramming down drink after drink... I really do miss those super-sour Tom Collin's the Bomber used to have...
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