I don’t want to go into too much detail here but let’s just say: today ended up being a very good day.

When I got home I debated what I wanted to do for dinner to celebrate. Talking in a chat room, I decided to go for an Aperol negroni, but that got derailed for my brother, his fiancee, and I to go to Legal Seafood. A couple of Harpoon IPAs and some tasty shrimp later, I perused some stores then headed back home.

I decided to celebrate with a drink. I did the usual – the cocktail a la louisiane. That’s 3/4 of an ounce each of rye, sweet vermouth, and Benedictine, plus three dashes each of Peychaud’s and pastis.

For mine, I used Wild Turkey Russell Reserve rye, Carpano Antica, and Lucid absinthe.

Even when bad it’s a great cocktail. I only had one regret in mine; it seems that you can go heavier on the rye than you can any other ingredient. I went a bit light by accident – oh well.

I smoked an Opus X cigar with mine and followed it with a Dogfish Head India Brown Ale and some Stone Pale Ales. Yummy.

Now to get some sleep and hope tomorrow rocks, too – and I’ve got something really cool coming up tomorrow…