Even working from home can be a drag if you are stuck inside, staring at a laptop. When the weather is pleasant it’s get more bearable. I was sitting outside after the morning walk, enjoying my coffee before before going inside the start the work day. …
Once every month or two, I join some friends to travel into Maryland to shoot an IDPA match. Afterwards we shop for distilled beverages, and enjoy a lunch somewhere. We’ve shopped at the same liquor store for for the past decade or so. We enjoyed a goo…
This pairing was made of two things I had been looking forward to trying out, so I decided to have both new additions together. The cigar had been sitting in my humidor for about six weeks, while the rye had been waiting just a week or so.Black Label …
We had a long day of traveling to run errands out of town recently. As some consolation we treated ourselves to a large, late lunch before heading home. When I sat down to consider a cigar that evening I was still feeling full, and also tired. As such…
August 14 is the Feast Day of the Martyrs of Otranto. These faithful Christians were victims of muslim brutality and conquest in the Italian city of Otranto in 1480. Two days prior, on August 11, the town, which had been under siege for two weeks, was …
The liquid piece of this pairing is an old favorite bourbon, John J. Bowman Single Barrel, from Fredericksburg’s own A. Smith Bowman Distillery. Surprisingly it doesn’t get many mentions here, despite being regularly poured. The cigar for the evening w…
Some music to kick off the weekend. May your glass have only beer this weekend.Cheers!
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Another good NA beer
The J. H. Bards Spirits Company in Pulaski County, VA is a regular stop whenever we visit the Blacksburg area. The micro-distillery opened in 2020 as the result of mutual love of bourbon by two Blacksburg natives. They are currently producing a l…
