whiskey

My in-laws will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary this year, and we are planning to meet them in Madison to celebrate.  They are big, big fans of whiskey, specifically Stranahan's.  Last time they visited the Springs, they took back two cases of the stuff.  And on one of the tours we did, they seemed really interested in the special edition snowflake whiskey Stranahan's puts out. 

$100 thought this would make a killer gift.  So on Saturday morning, at 2:30AM, I got out of bed and headed up to the distillery to grab a bottle of the latest snowflake release, Longs Peak.  I arrived at 4:30AM and there were several hundred people ahead of me in line, waiting until 8AM when the booze went on sale.  Anything for a good anniversary gift.  And you could buy two bottles, so I grabbed one for our liquor cabinet.  So expensive that we won't open it until the next natural disaster.  Which, given all the rain lately, should be within the next week or so.

 

Ended up spending almost eight hours at the distillery.  Dropped by Roxborough State Park for a two hour run afterwards, followed by some brews at Living The Dream.  And when I got back to the Springs, $100 and I jumped on the bikes for a trip to Fieldhouse Brewing.  Not a bad way to blow a Saturday.