#Whisky Age

[maltrunners]

Glenrothes 25 Year (1997), The Whisky Age “Secret Speyside”

Part 11 of Reviews from The Single Cask Singapore  Review by: Whiskery Turnip Singapore is one of my favorite places to visit, and I leapt at the chance to finally return again during my summer conference schedule. I resolved to do a bit more whisky tasting while I was in the country and use my extended stay to drop by new places and meet new people. We returned to The Single Cask many times…

[davidtennan-t]

The full video from Macallan Whisky ft David Tennant (I’m on my knees btw)

[ingravinoveritas]

Those freckles, those eyes...

"Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale..."

[yeehaw-jay]

[haljordns]

dad caregiver ! Maverick

photo credits: x x x x x x x x x

mav who comes home tired and smelling like motor oil, he takes his work boots off by the door and all he wants to do is cuddle with his little boy. you tell him about your day and how much fun you had with aunt penny, she told you about how he once took her up in the mustang and so you beg him to take you.

[plantsjustwannahavefun]

As someone who has kind of convinced themselves Izzy is gonna die at the end of S2, could you share your reasons why you think he won't? I'm sure a lot of us who think he's doomed could use some ideas as to otherwise. And who do you think is being buried in that grave scene in the Behind the scenes video? I'd love to hear your thoughts!!!

Hey, first of all, this is the first ask I’ve ever got, so thanks ☺️

Okay, so, there’s been so many posts recently with much more elaborate and better-argued takes than mine, and I can’t really take credit for anything I’m going to say here because none of these thoughts are original, really… but anyway.

I was surprised how quickly and strongly people seemed to have latched onto the “Izzy’s gonna die” train based on, as far as I'm concerned, nothing more than a couple of vague BTS bits and a general sense of foreboding caused by previous experience with stories like these.

First of all, the BTS pictures and videos. Namely the bit where Izzy seems to be lying down and the one with the grave. It’s a massive stretch at best. I think Izzy’s likely to get injured at some point, but this could literally be anything, we can’t even see what’s going on. This could be a fuckery. At one point Ed is holding out his hand stained with blood, but we don’t even know whose blood it is. Same for the grave. Izzy isn’t the only crew member missing from the ring of people standing around it. We know there’s going to be a big battle in E08, so it's not surprising someone would die, but there’s simply no proof and not at all likely it would be Izzy.

Also, think about it. Izzy’s a sailor. Sailors typically get burried at sea. The only other place I could imagine him wanting to be buried at is next to his family in England, but that might just not be feasible, so he’d most likely get burried at sea. The way I see it, he’d much rather rest on the ocean floor than some random beach in the Republic of Pirates, a place he claimed to hate in S01.

Another thing: the creators of the show know how rabid this fanbase is. They knew we were going to painstakingly pick apart and overanalyse every single frame of every morsel of promotional content we could get our hands on. So far they’ve gone to great lengths to avoid major spoilers. They even changed Ed’s line in the trailer where he said “and, more importantly, no more Izzy” (replaced it with “no more Stede”) in order not to reveal the plotline of Ed shooting Izzy, even though that line was pretty vague and could have been up to interpretation. So how likely is it that they would reveal a major character’s death in several frames of BTS material? Just not very likely at all, I’d say.

Then I’ve seen a few people argue that the writers want to get rid of Con because doing the CGI for the unicorn leg is too expensive and inconvenient. I’m calling bullshit on that one too. Admittedly, I don’t know much about CGI, but Con literally just has to wear a green sock over his boot or something like that, and it’s not that hard to frame it in a way that makes his leg less visible. So far we’ve had a lot of shots with him just sitting there, or where he was filmed from the waist up. I imagine it wasn’t easy for Con to mimic moving like he was missing a leg, but he nailed it perfectly, and he seemed to have an easier time walking around in episodes 6 and 7 compared to ep 5, so he won’t have to keep up the severe limping to the same extent. At this point Izzy is the third major character after Stede an Ed. There’s no way they’d get rid of him just because of a minor cinematographic inconvenience like that.

And then there’s the fact that nobody actually dies in this show except for the villains. David Jenkins took the “bury your gays” trope and turned it into “make your gays unkillable”. This is literally the show that gave us recreational gut stabbing. There’s only a couple of exceptions, but they were all very minor characters or, well, a bird… I really liked Ivan, but he was easily the least important character out of all the crew members, and probably the only reason his death was offscreen was because the actor quit after S01. There’s no indication that Con wants to quit, it’s obvious he’s having the time of his life with this role, so it’s very unlikely he would sacrifice it for some other project.

What OFMD does love, on the other hand, is characters appearing to die, only to end up surviving against all odds. That’s, like, its signature trait by now. None of us really believed Lucius was going to die, even though logically it was extremely unlikely he wouldn't just drown immediately. They didn’t even bother to explain it properly, that’s how little this show cares for realism. And we love that about it. Izzy himself has already had not one, not two, but THREE instances like that: the dream sequence scene, getting shot in the leg, then surviving his suicide attempt. If he happened to actually die for real now, that would just be bad storytelling.

Speaking of storytelling… That’s really the main reason I don’t believe Izzy’s going to die. I know a lot of people are hung up on the whole “his narrative arc is complete and he has served his purpose as a character” thing, and in any other show that might be true, but not this one. OFMD isn’t just a show, it’s a love letter to the queer community. Izzy is now a representation of a queer person discovering himself and being accepted into the found family. He figuratively embodies the spirit of the Revenge. The physical unicorn figurine was destroyed, but the crew managed to use something “broken” and give it a new life. If the show did this only to kill Izzy off right afterwards, that would feel like a slap in the face. It wouldn't complete his character arc, it would undo it. It would be way worse than another show killing off some character that simply happened to be gay. It would feel like killing a character off specifically because they finally found some happiness in being gay, right after reaching the peak of their personal development as a queer character. It would feel deliberately mean rather than merely thoughtless.

And it would make the very first scene of S2 kind of meaningless, too. That dream sequence specifically showed us what was not going to happen. Izzy wasn’t going to stand between Stede and Ed anymore. Izzy and Stede weren’t going to be enemies anymore. Ed wasn’t going to melt into Stede’s arms and immediately forget all that’s happened. And Izzy isn’t going to die. Simple as that.

[nugothrhythms]

For my Southern Californian deathrock followers, old school band 45 Grave is going to be performing at Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood on the first Friday the 13th of 2023. It’s an all-ages show!

[binch-i-might-be]

enjoying some edradour whisky rn! just a week ago I was in pitlochry where it's distilled and had some incredible ice cream flavoured with it :)

[sometimesraven]

sometimes I remember there are a fair few minors in the QL2022 fandom and I feel like this

[digitalposterarchive]

1952 For 'double A' hosts ... Ancient Age the noblest bourbon of the all... straight Kentucky 5 years old

Source: Time Magazine 

Published at:  https://propadv.com/alcohol-ad-and-poster-collection/ancient-age-ad-and-poster-collection/

[yeyinde]

am i the only one that is ok with him being 37😭😭 like you round that up and it’s 40 so he’s basically 40

round it up I'm crying rn, op 😂

i'm okay with it, but i just always thought he was older. to me, 37 just feels so young. it's not even too much of a difference from 40-41 but it just feels so strange to look at him and say he's 30-something

[ingravinoveritas]

The only thing that would've made this better is if Michael had somehow emerged from the Scottish wilderness and they shared that glass of whisky together in the firelight...

[jamesshawgames]

James please you know you have more than five fans!! We all love you. Some of us are just incredibly shy

I know, I was only kidding! And I'm happy to be part of a small fandom. It's quality, not quantity, and Relics fans are obviously the best people in the world!

[my-wife-doesnt-approve]

I'm going a little batshit on my GO side blog, but this seemed like the correct announcement format for this blog.

My blorbos! Are coming back! Yay!!

Can I hear a fucking wahooooo??!??!?!!

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[techdriveplay]

The Rise of Australian Whisky

George Bekarian, Head Mixologist at Cardea & Spirit Specialist for Barrel Lane Whisky Club As the head mixologist at Cardea and spirit specialist for Barrel Lane Whisky Club, I’ve witnessed the evolution of Australian whisky firsthand. It’s a journey that spans centuries, shaped by rich history, innovation, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. When we talk about Australian whisky, we can’t…

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THE ART OF THE COVER PHOTO MEETS MARCH MADNESS -- PART 2 OF 2.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the final set of cover photos for the month of March 2024, and featuring online finds such as:

A tongue-in-cheek credit card billboard featuring DC's Plastic Man, from "JUSTICE" Vol. 1 #2 [Maxi-Series]. December, 2005. DC Comics. Artwork by Doug Braithwaite & Alex Ross.

Liner notes illustration for the INCREDIBLE HOG vinyl/CD re-release by Rise Above Relics. Artist unknown.

Original cel animation for Shere Khan, from the 1967 Disney animated feature film, "The Jungle Book."

Ancient aliens artwork by the late, great Jim Nichols.

A shot from an early live gig of American thrash metal band, SLAYER.

A photo of a shot of whisky by Daido Moriyama, from his “Color 1970 – 1990” Exhibition @ Taka Ishii Gallery, c. 2016.

A Ted Nasmith fantasy painting titled "A Conversation with Smaug," from children's fantasy novel "The Hobbit," written by J.R.R. Tolkien.

A 1971 Marvel house advertisement for "CONAN THE BARBARIAN" Vol. 1 by Marvel Comics, adapted from the works of Robert E. Howard.

Sources: View Comic Online, Zip Comic, Pinterest, Heritage Auctions, Dazed Magazine, Rise Above, Diversions of the Groovy Kind, various, etc...