Five centuries late,
the Dutch make sense of malt wine.
Genever? Whisky!
Macallan 12 year old sherry oak
On the patio,
Ginger makes her cameo,
sudden rancio.
Dalwhinnie 15 year old
Climb every mountain!
How high will you go with me,
my heather honey?
Talisker 57° North
Windswept lonely strand,
peppered with rocks and seaweed.
I ramble the shore.
Powers Gold Label
Watching the hurling
from the end of the lounge bar,
like his oul man did.
Teeling Single Grain
Smoother than butter
spread over granary,
washed down with strong tea.
McGuinness Old Canada
Postcard from the past,
sepia-toned history.
Still, I add cola.
Auchentoshan Three Wood
The city gives way
to a dear green place. Cherries
distance the traffic.
Mackmyra Brukswhisky
How to survive the
white nights in a pine forest?
Raspberry custard.
Port Charlotte 2007 CC:01 Cognac Cask
In a citrus grove,
we picnic beside charred grass,
ghost of a bonfire.
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