To My So-Called Friends in Omaha

[drpaisley]

Just when where you planning on telling me about this, you fuckers!

713 malts available, two monthly public tastings. Gee, why would I be interested in that?

You're making me GO ALL CAPS DAY ON YOU EARLY, BASTARDS!

Thanks to Carol Doms for tipping me off.

Comments

[affreca.livejournal.com]

I might need a ride.

[drpaisley.livejournal.com]

Given your previous post, this is understandable. Glad you're OK.

And yes, I think a field trip is a necessity. I shall post info when the time comes.

[ann-totusek.livejournal.com]

I'll drive. Worth driving down there, then driving to Omaha just to watch the booze porn commence. You'll need SOMEONE sober along.

[drpaisley.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Now all I need is that other stuff, what's it called? Oh yeah, money. A metric* shitload of money for the $100+ drams.



*Science!

[tully01.livejournal.com]

So, your birthday wish is someone else's charge card, an RV (with chauffer) for the trip, and a few weeks to work your way through the menu...

And that's at SMALL-dram consumption rates.

[drpaisley.livejournal.com]

Yep, that about sums it up.

[tully01.livejournal.com]

Well, it's a pretty good wish!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm! There used to be an amazing... well, "bar," is probably the closest. This place in Seattle was called, "Hopscotch," and it had hundreds of varieties of single malts. Including some that were insanely expensive, such as a ceramic bottle in the shape of a water flask that cost something along the lines of $20,000 and was $2000 just to crack open, with drams about that cost. A manager from my Redmond employer took the team there once. Just wow. It closed shortly thereafter.

I just bought myself the highest-dollar bottle of single-malt I've ever purchased (I limit myself to $60/bottle, as above that value only increases incrementally), a 15-year Laphroaig. And it is AMAZING.

[drpaisley.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. The 15 y.o. is quite tasty, as I recall. I am very much an Islay fan, the peatier the better for me.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Indeed! There's nothing else like it, and one can really savor a peaty Islay single-malt over the course of an evening. I like to use a tall, thin glass to enjoy the aroma en route to each sip.