I just acquired 3 bottles of The Macallan 30 Year Old Fine Oak yesterday for $1500.00 each. I plan to pour a large dram for myself, and another for my son, every Christmas Eve starting with this one; until it's all gone. I'm all about having as many special traditions with my kid as I can. I hope someday some of them stick. I'd love to know that someday someone will tell his son, "My great grandfather, Tempus, used to do this with my grandfather every year too."
So since I must now wait...I poured a glass of The Macallan 18 this evening, went out to the gazebo, built a fire and enjoyed this amazingly mild weather, while I smoked an Arturo Fuente Shark 77. I have to admit, I'm not a huge cigar aficionado. I can usually count on 1 hand the number of cigars I smoke by myself in a year. However, we entertain a lot, so I have cigars for our guests and friends, and I get cigars quite often as gifts. That Shark was really very nice and chocolaty. It went well with the Scotch.
Of course the pallet shall remain clean and clear for that "30" on Xmas Eve.