Some Angostura
to sour the Summer swelter?
Manhattan project.
Glengoyne 12 year old
Watching the rugby,
cold fingers on my hipflask.
Victory will come.
Dingle Single Malt (Batch One)
Older than their years,
Porterhouse dreams come of age.
Oliver’s army.
Isle of Jura 10 year old
Three friends in the snug
arguing about Orwell
after last orders.
Angel’s Envy Rye
Summer’s golden rays
radiate tropical heat.
But the spice must flow.
Teerenpeli Portti
A walk through the pines.
Strawberries upon mountains,
a saga itself.
King of Scots blend
The flight from Stansted
Brought hubris to Uganda –
Idi Amin’s dram.
Old Comber 30 year old
He once worked with wood
until it was art. We taste
his long-lost workshop.
Wild Turkey bourbon
Below the window,
the creek snakes through the ravine.
Bourbon and branch time.
Kilchoman red wine cask
Berries from the hedge
sticky-sweet at dusk. Green wood
spits on the bright fire.
Whiskey Haikus 