The Three Stooges, Wimpee from the cartoon, Popeye, and dram number four on the single malt bucket list.

Remember when you were a kid after school watching the Popeye cartoon which aired immediately after thirty prime minutes of the Three Stooges (Larry, Curly, and Moe) when Wimpee would walk in and say, " I'll gladly pay you tomorrow for a hamburger today." Well in a similar vein (probably a bulbous nose vein,) I'd gladly give my esophagus tomorrow for just one more dram of the Laphroaig Quarter Cask single malt whisky today, dram number four on the sinlge malt whisky bucket list. Yes my "Bro Ronny," this one's gonna hurt the old esophagus as it seers and burns it's way done this magnificent muscular tube before it plunges into the stomach exploding in all it's glory like the grand finale of a fireworks display on the Fourth of July. What's not to like about the strong phenol (peat reek,) formaldehyde, iodine and medicinal notes in the uncut first taste. It reminds me of being in the morgue of a hospital in the early fifties. With water, there is more peat and smoke emitted. Can't hide this one from the wife. Mine knows better now, but before when I would sneak a nip she thought I had just come in from burning leaves. As you enjoy a dram you begin to wonder, "Am I having a heart attack or is it just gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD?) Well pop a Nexium and relax and enjoy another dram, it's just GERD! Don't be a stooge and get out and try this dram soon. Slainte, Tommy Maaltman