Wonderful. I especially like the Wellington and Knox Homburg. What colors are the felt and ribbons on the Wellington?A recent assortment...
Wellington with a double espresso.
Knox homburg with a Granite City vanilla porter.
Dennis Brooks with a neat Elijah Craig.
Knudsen Bat Masterson with... dinner and a movie alone at home.
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Nice looking Knox homburg. The style suits you & you wear them well. I missed the GC tapping party for the vanilla Porter last wk & haven't had any yet. Can't remember my thoughts on it from last yr.A recent assortment...
Wellington with a double espresso.
Knox homburg with a Granite City vanilla porter.
Dennis Brooks with a neat Elijah Craig.
Knudsen Bat Masterson with... dinner and a movie alone at home.
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Thanks BB! I have been wearing it more this fall with blues & darker colors; I just sometimes think I'm too casual & not dressy enough to deserve it. I really like everything about it, & have really gravitated toward the style of hat myself.
Wow, arrogant snobs can really ruin an evening. Sorry to hear about that. I used to see it in the wine business sometimes and it really bothered me, too. I loved to show up at wine dinners with a $14 bottle of wine to stack up against the $100-$400 bottles others would bring and then have everyone clambering to get some of my wine before it was gone.Long week of work ended yesterday late Saturday afternoon. I changed attire at work and headed out to my pre-arranged whiskey/bourbon tasting at a well stocked fashionable bar at a downtown MPLS, MN location. I had pre-paid the fees and read the materials and was really ready to work on knowing more about and appreciating these spirits. I needed to drop off some horse grains and hay at my brothers so I left in our vintage Ford truck. Getting to the bar a bit later the auto valet remarked how refreshing it was to see a vintage Ford truck and said he would park it with care. I did not think much of it as the truck appears vintage to some, but to me it is our truck. I headed into the fancy-dancy bar with high expectations and excitement of learning about whiskeys and the like. After getting my tags and materials, I found the other seminar attendees to be entirely composed of men and women attired in tighter Tom Ford- like suits and Bloomingdale black dresses or blazer like dresses. Oops! I was dressed in slacks, black gun-boats shoes, Filson shirt, Filson wool vest, vintage hat and a wool Filson jacket. With no extra clothes in the truck (I do keep some extra attire in my vehicle) I was to be attired as I was. I joined a group by the set-up table of whiskeys. The folks were comparing dress watches, some speaking about whiskey/bourbon prices and what I consider general economic measuring small talk at the bar. Seriously this is not what I wished for. Big dollar tasting and education with folks who by eye contact and their belittling polite conversation directed at me was just not what I was willing to tolerate. What a disappointment! I asked for management and requested a refund. I made the excuse of an unexpected urgent need to depart. With my refund granted I went to pick up my truck. The valet was surprised and when I owned up to my challenge with the attendees he provided me the address and details of a couple other whiskey/bourbon tasting opportunities. He offered they would have much better offerings. I tipped generousely and left.
On the way home I stopped and picked up a local mico-brew sour beer. Excellent beer! The cost of a couple of growlers and a couple of cans was a 10th of the cost of the seminar. All turned out for the best!
I am excited to follow-up later this month and visit a tasting of whiskeys/bourbon at a different location. Cheers folks!
Micro-brewed sour beer matters!
Eric -
Long week of work ended yesterday late Saturday afternoon. I changed attire at work and headed out to my pre-arranged whiskey/bourbon tasting at a well stocked fashionable bar at a downtown MPLS, MN location. I had pre-paid the fees and read the materials and was really ready to work on knowing more about and appreciating these spirits. I needed to drop off some horse grains and hay at my brothers so I left in our vintage Ford truck. Getting to the bar a bit later the auto valet remarked how refreshing it was to see a vintage Ford truck and said he would park it with care. I did not think much of it as the truck appears vintage to some, but to me it is our truck. I headed into the fancy-dancy bar with high expectations and excitement of learning about whiskeys and the like. After getting my tags and materials, I found the other seminar attendees to be entirely composed of men and women attired in tighter Tom Ford- like suits and Bloomingdale black dresses or blazer like dresses. Oops! I was dressed in slacks, black gun-boats shoes, Filson shirt, Filson wool vest, vintage hat and a wool Filson jacket. With no extra clothes in the truck (I do keep some extra attire in my vehicle) I was to be attired as I was. I joined a group by the set-up table of whiskeys. The folks were comparing dress watches, some speaking about whiskey/bourbon prices and what I consider general economic measuring small talk at the bar. Seriously this is not what I wished for. Big dollar tasting and education with folks who by eye contact and their belittling polite conversation directed at me was just not what I was willing to tolerate. What a disappointment! I asked for management and requested a refund. I made the excuse of an unexpected urgent need to depart. With my refund granted I went to pick up my truck. The valet was surprised and when I owned up to my challenge with the attendees he provided me the address and details of a couple other whiskey/bourbon tasting opportunities. He offered they would have much better offerings. I tipped generousely and left.
On the way home I stopped and picked up a local mico-brew sour beer. Excellent beer! The cost of a couple of growlers and a couple of cans was a 10th of the cost of the seminar. All turned out for the best!
I am excited to follow-up later this month and visit a tasting of whiskeys/bourbon at a different location. Cheers folks!
Micro-brewed sour beer matters!
Eric -
Long week of work ended yesterday late Saturday afternoon. I changed attire at work and headed out to my pre-arranged whiskey/bourbon tasting at a well stocked fashionable bar at a downtown MPLS, MN location. I had pre-paid the fees and read the materials and was really ready to work on knowing more about and appreciating these spirits. I needed to drop off some horse grains and hay at my brothers so I left in our vintage Ford truck. Getting to the bar a bit later the auto valet remarked how refreshing it was to see a vintage Ford truck and said he would park it with care. I did not think much of it as the truck appears vintage to some, but to me it is our truck. I headed into the fancy-dancy bar with high expectations and excitement of learning about whiskeys and the like. After getting my tags and materials, I found the other seminar attendees to be entirely composed of men and women attired in tighter Tom Ford- like suits and Bloomingdale black dresses or blazer like dresses. Oops! I was dressed in slacks, black gun-boats shoes, Filson shirt, Filson wool vest, vintage hat and a wool Filson jacket. With no extra clothes in the truck (I do keep some extra attire in my vehicle) I was to be attired as I was. I joined a group by the set-up table of whiskeys. The folks were comparing dress watches, some speaking about whiskey/bourbon prices and what I consider general economic measuring small talk at the bar. Seriously this is not what I wished for. Big dollar tasting and education with folks who by eye contact and their belittling polite conversation directed at me was just not what I was willing to tolerate. What a disappointment! I asked for management and requested a refund. I made the excuse of an unexpected urgent need to depart. With my refund granted I went to pick up my truck. The valet was surprised and when I owned up to my challenge with the attendees he provided me the address and details of a couple other whiskey/bourbon tasting opportunities. He offered they would have much better offerings. I tipped generousely and left.
On the way home I stopped and picked up a local mico-brew sour beer. Excellent beer! The cost of a couple of growlers and a couple of cans was a 10th of the cost of the seminar. All turned out for the best!
I am excited to follow-up later this month and visit a tasting of whiskeys/bourbon at a different location. Cheers folks!
Micro-brewed sour beer matters!
Eric -
Sorry to hear of this Eric. I rarely go to a tasting unless I know the likely clientele, the product rep (at least by name), or the location whether it be at a bar or liquor store. I will sometimes be asked to attend by a favorite barkeep or barmaid & I have done that to help them out.Long week of work ended yesterday late Saturday afternoon. I changed attire at work and headed out to my pre-arranged whiskey/bourbon tasting at a well stocked fashionable bar at a downtown MPLS, MN location. I had pre-paid the fees and read the materials and was really ready to work on knowing more about and appreciating these spirits. I needed to drop off some horse grains and hay at my brothers so I left in our vintage Ford truck. Getting to the bar a bit later the auto valet remarked how refreshing it was to see a vintage Ford truck and said he would park it with care. I did not think much of it as the truck appears vintage to some, but to me it is our truck. I headed into the fancy-dancy bar with high expectations and excitement of learning about whiskeys and the like. After getting my tags and materials, I found the other seminar attendees to be entirely composed of men and women attired in tighter Tom Ford- like suits and Bloomingdale black dresses or blazer like dresses. Oops! I was dressed in slacks, black gun-boats shoes, Filson shirt, Filson wool vest, vintage hat and a wool Filson jacket. With no extra clothes in the truck (I do keep some extra attire in my vehicle) I was to be attired as I was. I joined a group by the set-up table of whiskeys. The folks were comparing dress watches, some speaking about whiskey/bourbon prices and what I consider general economic measuring small talk at the bar. Seriously this is not what I wished for. Big dollar tasting and education with folks who by eye contact and their belittling polite conversation directed at me was just not what I was willing to tolerate. What a disappointment! I asked for management and requested a refund. I made the excuse of an unexpected urgent need to depart. With my refund granted I went to pick up my truck. The valet was surprised and when I owned up to my challenge with the attendees he provided me the address and details of a couple other whiskey/bourbon tasting opportunities. He offered they would have much better offerings. I tipped generousely and left.
On the way home I stopped and picked up a local mico-brew sour beer. Excellent beer! The cost of a couple of growlers and a couple of cans was a 10th of the cost of the seminar. All turned out for the best!
I am excited to follow-up later this month and visit a tasting of whiskeys/bourbon at a different location. Cheers folks!
Micro-brewed sour beer matters!
Eric -
I understand this Eric. Like the country song, I got "friends in low places".Long week of work ended yesterday late Saturday afternoon. I changed attire at work and headed out to my pre-arranged whiskey/bourbon tasting at a well stocked fashionable bar at a downtown MPLS, MN location. I had pre-paid the fees and read the materials and was really ready to work on knowing more about and appreciating these spirits. I needed to drop off some horse grains and hay at my brothers so I left in our vintage Ford truck. Getting to the bar a bit later the auto valet remarked how refreshing it was to see a vintage Ford truck and said he would park it with care. I did not think much of it as the truck appears vintage to some, but to me it is our truck. I headed into the fancy-dancy bar with high expectations and excitement of learning about whiskeys and the like. After getting my tags and materials, I found the other seminar attendees to be entirely composed of men and women attired in tighter Tom Ford- like suits and Bloomingdale black dresses or blazer like dresses. Oops! I was dressed in slacks, black gun-boats shoes, Filson shirt, Filson wool vest, vintage hat and a wool Filson jacket. With no extra clothes in the truck (I do keep some extra attire in my vehicle) I was to be attired as I was. I joined a group by the set-up table of whiskeys. The folks were comparing dress watches, some speaking about whiskey/bourbon prices and what I consider general economic measuring small talk at the bar. Seriously this is not what I wished for. Big dollar tasting and education with folks who by eye contact and their belittling polite conversation directed at me was just not what I was willing to tolerate. What a disappointment! I asked for management and requested a refund. I made the excuse of an unexpected urgent need to depart. With my refund granted I went to pick up my truck. The valet was surprised and when I owned up to my challenge with the attendees he provided me the address and details of a couple other whiskey/bourbon tasting opportunities. He offered they would have much better offerings. I tipped generousely and left.
On the way home I stopped and picked up a local mico-brew sour beer. Excellent beer! The cost of a couple of growlers and a couple of cans was a 10th of the cost of the seminar. All turned out for the best!
I am excited to follow-up later this month and visit a tasting of whiskeys/bourbon at a different location. Cheers folks!
Micro-brewed sour beer matters!
Eric -
