Last night's whisky line-up...

[jazznut]

Alas, no cigars... Non-smoking environment inside and too windy and cold outside.

Real springtime is just around the corner, however.

This evening:

Aberlour 16 Year Old Double Matured (truly a sophisticated whisky... I may just have to 'up' my appraisal of this one)
Caol Ila Distillers Edition (a 'sweet thing' until the Islay side of the whisky begins to kick in)
Caol Ila Cask Strength (no getting around the straight-ahead herbaceous salt and smoke punch of this absolutely spot-on Islay spirit)

This Thursday past, I found myself at the downtown Signature (specialty) outlet of the Société des Alcools de Québec. And who should I run into but Mark, the manager of the Montreal LCDH? Of course, we got to talking about whisky and cigars (he's just added Bowmore 18 Year Old to the bar list at the LCDH). I immediately alerted him to the dwindling stock of 1991 Limited Edition Bowmore 16 Year Old Port Matured Cask Strength, advising him how well this stupendous single malt would pair with an Upmann, Partágas or San Cristobal de la Habana.

Here's hoping.