I really couldn’t muster it in me to try some new port this week. Seeing as this is an adventure, I decided I’ve ridden this ride and don’t need to get off at this stop. This is our official halfway point; I really should have planned a party or something. This is week 26 in our Year of Drinking Adventurously so I decided to revisit one.
First though, I’ll give you my .02 on Port before I completely move to something else. Port can be quite nice sipped after a lovely meal. To me, the nose is reminiscent of a liquefied fruit cake, heady and kinda sweet. When I only want a small nip and no one else is interested in drinking port, it’s a real waste to open a bottle. So I didn’t waste.
What I did drink this week, purely in the name of research, was to loop back to whiskey. I wanted to see what whiskey could do in the summer, other than a julep. So I took to the interweb to see what it had to offer, in comparison to what was in my pantry, and what I came up with was a margarita. WHAT? Shut the front door!
The recipe I found called for an unaged whiskey, but I decided to go crazy and use gently aged Old King Corn Whiskey from Tenn South Distillery. On the nose, the aromatics are delicate and the taste is delicious.
Whiskey Margarita
1 1/2 ounce Old King Corn Whiskey
1 ounce triple sec
1 ounce lime juice
1/4 ounce simple syrup
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail or rocks glass. Salt and lime garnish as desired.
This is a winner. I really did not have high expectations, but this will be one for the books.
Alright, now run off and see if Patsy, I mean Meg, got her homework done this week.
Cheers to the halfway point and another Tuesday!
Lula Harp 
Was it raining outside? That picture should be taken outside on the porch, not on your stove!
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The rain has already passed. That would have been a better picture, I just didn’t have it in me
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I nearly skipped too! Would’ve preferred another week of tequila or gin, quite frankly…. But I decided to play be the rules. This is definitely the wrong time of year for sampling port!
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