Drinking with Friends

I can’t say that I’m a bourbon connoisseur, but I do like bourbon and I have tried a decent amount of different brands. This is just a place to share.
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Why I Stopped Drinking With Friends

March 5, 2022

Why I Stopped Drinking With Friends It is sad to report that the “Drinking with Friends” category of this blog is going to have to go on hiatus for a while. The medications that I’m currently on, used to treat my costochondritis do not mix with my medications, so I...

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Drinking with Friends

Digging The Bourbon New Bottle

January 30, 2022

Digging The New Bourbon Bottle I have to say, I like the new Basil Hayden’s Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey bottle. I picked one up at the ABC store last week, and they told me that they had been out of stock for some time because they were making changes to...

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Drinking with Friends

Father’s Day Glass

December 30, 2021

Father’s Day Glass For Father’s Day 2021, my two children chipped in and one of the things they got for me was an engraved bourbon glass with their names and birthdates on it. It is one of my favorite glasses. Here it is with some Coke and Basil Hayden and...

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Drinking In Japan in the 90’s

November 30, 2021

Drinking In Japan in the 90’s When I was stationed in Iwakuni, Japan between 1992-95 there was this bar not too far from the front gate, just past the train tracks that my friends and I would go to on weekends and toss back a few. It was a small...

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Improving My Drinking Experience

Improving My Drinking Experience

October 30, 2021

Improving My Drinking Experience Recently I started to improve my overall drinking experience. Let me explain first that I’m a very casual drinker, I will have a drink once sometimes, maybe twice a week. I purchased a large cube silicone ice tray that makes nice 2″x2″ cubes that take a...

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Drinking with Friends

My First Drink of Bourbon

September 30, 2021

My First Drink of Bourbon I like bourbon, but let me state that I’m not a big drinker. I have a drink about once (sometimes twice) a week, always mixed, never straight. Jim Beam My first actual drink I don’t remember, but I know that I started off with Jim...

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