The Story of my Whisky Sour

[Kirby]

When I was young, the family cocktail was always the whisky sour.  I guess my Dad grew up in an era when that was considered a "ladies' drink" so he would serve that when my Mom would have a drink with him.  That made me curious.   When we got older, we'd sometimes be included with a very weak version.  That made me feel very grown up.  Many family moments, big and small, were celebrated with a whisky sour, and sometimes it would just be a time when we'd all sit and chat.  This made me feel very Mad-Menish and cool in a 1950's sort of way (even though it wasn't the 50's).   Even when my Dad was in the hospice with just a few days to live, my Mom would bring a thermos with whisky sours  for us all to share  a final few cocktail hours together.  This made us feel a little devilish, even though the hospital permitted it.

Today is my Dad's birthday and when I spoke to my Mom today she mentioned that she was going to have a whisky sour to celebrate.  This made me feel nostalgic.  So on my way home, I stopped at the grocery store and got some sour mix.  I also went to the liquor store to get some whisky.  Unfortunately, I don't really know anything about whisky or what kind to get.  This made me nervous.  I remembered sometimes it was Seagrams 7 so I asked for that and the clerk told me "they didn't carry stuff like that" and acted as if I'd asked him to sell me a pile of dirt.  This made me very sad.

Luckily there is another liquor store in town, so I went there and they had some Seagram's 7 which made me happy.  That clerk was very nice and was having a discussion with the guy from the gym next store about whether it is weird to have a wine tasting of low calorie wine at the gym.  This made me laugh.

So I came home and made a whisky sour, and now I feel happy, nostalgic and sort of sad all at the same time.

The End.

[BuffJim]

I like your story. It has it all. Except beer. But it’s still good. 

[Scrapr ★]

Legendary college basketball coach Ralph Miller nickname was Ol Whiskey Sour. Was your dad's name Ralph?

I think the sportswriters named coach because he was a bit salty if you asked a stupid question. He would sit in the stands at half court and smoke More cigs. I think the whiskey was for the office

[jsharr ★]

I am about to go pour myself a small whiskey in honor of your father. Cheers Mr. Father of Kirby

[Wilbur ★]

Awesome story Kirby.  One of your best ever.  Happy birthday Kirby'sDad.  You raised a great daughter. 

Just the other day at the cottage we had a toast to our Dad.  He would have loved the place and the fact that  his boys bought a place for the family to spend time together.  I sent Cheese a photo of the kitchen which had a bottle of Lamb's Navy Rum on the counter.  That is what Dad drank when he would imbibe.  

[jsharr ★]