Wild Turkey autograph

Wild Turkey autograph
Originally uploaded by nd_wedding

Ok, this is the moment that I mentioned earlier. I had my picture taken with the Master Distiller of Wild Turkey, Mr. Jimmy Russell. We spoke for several minutes on the art of bourbon, and other various items. One item we talked about was the upcoming Virginia Tech uva football game. I asked him who would win and he said it would not be close, Tech would win. He must know his stuff because we got to celebrate after the game. I probably enjoyed a Wild Turkey after the game.

Mrs. Alphageek created this picture to commemorate meeting Mr. Russell as a Christmas present to me. Making this even more impressive is the fact that Mrs. Alphageek made this herself. I especially like the turkey's tail being cut out on the picture.

I took the picture of the picture myself. If you look closely, you can see my hand reflected in the left side of the picture. I will be taking all of the pictures on my website myself. I guess this picture is a technicality, since this is a picture of a picture that Mrs. Alphageek took.

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Ok, maybe this doesn't have very much to do with bourbon. I will just say that I might have had a bourbon the day this was filmed. Mrs. Alphageek did not want to go that day. A fellow bourbon consumer decided to join me instead. That was the most energetic pre-game crowd I have ever seen. The time right before a big game, with a big, fired up crowd, is my favorite sound in the world. For those few minutes, anything is possible. If I could bottle that energy and use it the rest of the week, I could solve a year's worth of problems at work in one day.

Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey
Originally uploaded by Neil

This is where I am going to write about random thoughts that I am interested in. Mrs. Alphageek said that she was tired of my random thoughts on very profound subjects. I replied that people would love to read what I have to say and she just laughed. She has to be nice to me, I think it is in the wedding vows. Because I was drinking one of my 10 or so bottles of bourbon, I decided to start with a discussion of my inventory of bourbon. A Hokie starts with Wild Turkey.

We stopped by the Wild Turkey distillery while driving to and touring various bourbon distilleries. Obviously, we were in Kentucky. That is where I took the picture. Mrs. Alphageek was with me. She decided that I could buy whatever I wanted at the outstanding Wild Turkey gift shop. I think she was trying to get me to buy furniture later in the week. For your information, there are many items at the gift store that are not available online. Many of those items are now in our house and (more importantly) our tailgating supplies.

This is where I met Jimmy Russel who is the master distiller of Wild Turkey bourbon. I guess if you buy so many items in the gift store that the folks who work there giggle a little bit, you get to meet Jimmy Russell. I had my picture taken with him wearing my Virginia Tech sweatshirt, the week before we play uva. By the way, we won.

At any rate, Wild Turkey rare breed is still my favorite bourbon. I recommend three ice cubes and two fingers worth in a rocks glass.