Large Fierce Mammal

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“And I wish to add here in all seriousness that whatever may be your scruples against the use of liquors, don’t go into the woods without whisky—rye or Scotch, according to preference. Alcohol, of course, is good for poison ivy, but whisky is better. Maybe it is because of the drugs that wicked men are said to put into it. Besides, whisky has other uses. The guides told us of one perfectly rigid person who, when he had discovered that whisky was being included in his camp supplies, had become properly incensed, and commanded that it be left at home. The guides had pleaded that he need not drink any of it, that they would attend to that part of what seemed to them a necessary camp duty, but he was petrified in his morals, and the whisky remained behind.

“Well, they struck a chilly snap, and it rained. It was none of your little summer landscape rains, either. It was a deadly cold, driving, drenching saturation. Men who had built their houses on the sand, and had no whisky, were in a bad fix. The waves rose and the tents blew down, and the rigid, fossilized person had to be carried across an overflowed place on the back of a guide, lifting up his voice meanwhile in an effort to convince the Almighty that it was a mistake to let it rain at this particular time, and calling for whisky at every step.

“It is well to carry one’s morals into the woods, but if I had to leave either behind, I should take the whisky.” ~ Essential Supplies

Today marks arrival of the first real Winter storm of any severity to land hereabouts, and naturally, “essential supplies” are much on everyone’s mind. It should therefore come as no surprise that today we’ll be talking about whisky/whiskey; or rather, someone who makes it his business to talk about it.

Back on 25 September 2016, I introduced you to our Friend, The Whiskey Cowboy. and today I’ll expand on that introduction with an exposé of the Gentleman’s recent expansion into podcasts. Titled Breaking Leather, as of this writing, there have been two expressions, also shared on his YouTube channel. We strongly recommend that if you have an interest in uisge-beatha, or are considering exploring it, you give this Man a listen.

The tagline of his website reads, “thoughts, experiences, life, liberty, libations “, and nothing has changed, which is to say that’s a good thing, and while whiskey/whisky is a primary focus, he promises discussions ranging over such subjects as, “… whiskey, politics, religion, social issues, current events, and more ….”

Go and subscribe to our Friend, The Whiskey Cowboy, and in the mean time enjoy his first two podcasts as released on YouTube, presented here to save you time better spent decanting your favoured pour.

Show 1 — 15 January 2019

Show 2 — 17 January 2019