The past few years we’ve enjoyed a quiet Christmas home in Seattle. No stress, no fuss, but also no family. This year we bit the bullet and traveled to be with Adam’s family in Fort Collins, Colorado. At the airport, I expected the full holiday nightmare of endless lines, clueless travelers, and screaming children. Amazingly,…
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Whisky Advent Calendar: Days 19-24
Read moreThe final part of our advent calendar adventure! Day 19: The Lost Distilleries Blend Batch 6 Blended (Scotland) 49.3% ABV Nose: There’s a lot going on! Fruity sweetness (pears and peaches), with some sweet and savory smoke. Light floral and perfume notes. Palate: Fiery because of the ABV. Light spices, some nuttiness with a suggestion of smoke…
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Whisky Advent Calendar: Days 13-18
Read morePart 3 of our whisky advent calendar adventure gave us some more unique whiskies that gave us a bit more to talk about. Day 13: Glendronach 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch (Highland) 43% ABV Nose: Fruity and spicy (ginger). Definitely sherried. Palate: Fruity, some spice. Some nuts, too. Long finish! Notes: Very good. Day 14: Isle…
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Whisky Advent Calendar: Days 7-12
Read moreAfter the first few days of our advent calendar, Adam went on a little trip to visit a friend. Instead of hoarding all of the whisky for myself, I waited to continue tasting until he returned from his little vacation. This gave us the opportunity to taste of few whiskies together, which I actually prefer…
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Whisky Advent Calendar: Day 1-6
Read moreAs a Christmas gift for ourselves this year, we splurged for an advent calendar of whisky! I saw them last year from Master of Malt, but we were too late to order one. I made sure we got one this year and it’s been fun so far. Here is part 1 of 4 of our…
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Westland New Make Spirits
Read moreIt’s been awhile since my last post, but since it’s (barely) still my off-season, I haven’t had any exciting running adventures (just plain neighborhood mileage). But this weekend I did get a nice shot from our #OptOutside run on Friday led by the folks from Brooks Sports Headquarters in my neighborhood. It was a chilly…
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Let the Off-Season Begin!
Read moreThis past weekend was my first in a very long time that didn’t include training or prepping for the next race. Such a wonderful break! My thought was to take at least two weeks to just be totally lazy and enjoy everything that I’ve missed over training. Mainly, doing things other than training every night and…
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Easygoing Weekend
Read moreIt’s been one of those weeks, and I was sooo grateful for the arrival of the weekend. Time to be productive (cooking and cleaning) and time to relax (reading and whisky). Adulthood just isn’t quite as glamorous as you thought it would be when you were 5 years old. 😉 Since we had no dramatic run this weekend…
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A Little Weekend Whisky
Read moreWhat better way to finish off a long weekend than with tasting a few whiskies? A certain someone wanted to help. This time Adam insisted we try them “blindly” without looking up the tasting notes ahead of time. We disagreed a bit with Master of Malt on our notes for the first one, but the…
