Sippin'

[Irving]

And my favorite from Hoppin Frog.

[fly boy]

picked up a bottle of

Jim Beam Honey.... it's delicious

[Hummer]

Celebrating Mrs. Hummer's B-day last weekend. Elk steaks and freshly caught trout on the grill is hard to beat.

[Fentonite]

Wow. This is good.

[hurley842002]

[hurley842002]

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[blacklabel]

Tonight feels like a straight Wild Turkey 101 kind of night.

[Zundfolge]

A friend of mine got a Groupon deal to Cockpit Craft Distillery here in Colorado Springs (interested parties can get the same deal here).

We got a tour, tasting and a drink from their bar (the bartender is a nice lady that used to do private bartending at the Broadmoor and makes some interesting drinks, including the Old Fashioned I had where she started out burning a piece of maple under the glass) and a free glass.

They do a bourbon-esque whisky called P-51 that is pretty darn good (I ended up buying a bottle), and tonite I finally cracked it open and had a glass on the rocks, then tried it with Vanilla Coke (Bourbon, usually Maker's & Vanilla Coke is kind of my "house drink" ... the vanilla brings out interesting flavors in the whiskey) and it was extremely good that way (good just on the rocks too). They also do several Rums which were pretty good and a white "moonshine" grain alcohol called P-38 that I really liked (if you're in to that sort of thing).

Anyway, they're well worth checking out (and the bar is made from the tail of a C45 (Beechcraft M18) that flew supplies to Marines in the Pacific during WWII).

[Ah Pook]

Picked this up on a lark. Not my thing. Too sweet. Might make a good Manhattan.

[Hummer]

Today I got together with friends to bottle our 2016 Riesling. They grow and pick the grapes, then bring them to me to crush and de-stem the clusters. I have all the winery equipment and make the wine. When it's finished, aged, and all the sediments are racked off, then we get together to filter and bottle.

The 2016 crop was smaller but of good quality. I used different wine yeasts this time and we're happy with the results. It's tart and fruity as a Riesling should be. My share is 74 bottles which should keep us sippin' for a while.