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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I tapped into my inner @scohar70.bsky.social and snapped a cool picture of a (I think) Pileated Woodpecker.

A large woodpecker perched on the cage around a cylindrical bird feeder, its tall red mohawk, black-white-red striped cheek, and mottled grey belly indicate that it is probably a pileated woodpecker.

rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Tune in tonight at 8 pm Eastern to watch me try again for zero points in the final of the Blind Sample Showdown! www.youtube.com/watch?v=m24M...

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Blind Sample Showdown Season 3 The Final

YouTube video by Freedom Malts

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Friday not-rye-day! This Friday's Whiskey Library Review is of a Virginia bourbon from Mt. Defiance Distillery! youtu.be/EDFSHStS47U

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Whiskey Library Review 39 - Old Volstead's Straight Bourbon Whiskey Aldie Mill Edition

YouTube video by The Ranger's Respite

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I've been looking forward to this! @catoctincreek.bsky.social @vadistillery.bsky.social (as well as Reservoir Distillery, Ironclad Distillery, Belmont Farm Distillery, Vitae Spirits, Virago, Chesapeake Bay Distillery, and Mt. Defiance Distillery) youtu.be/WvSrldqEU6s

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Whiskey Library Review 38 - Virginia 250 Spirits Collaboration

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I somehow didn't post this here earlier Today's Friday Ryeday video is about a special release from a special distillery (because it is my favorite), @catoctincreek.bsky.social ! youtu.be/27nF4C7fYsE

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Whiskey Library Review 37 - Catoctin Creek Cornerstone Club Brandy Barrel Finished Rye Whiskey

YouTube video by The Ranger's Respite

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

It is time again for a Lost Lantern Saturday, this week features a fantastic rye from Kings County Distillery! youtu.be/eyjAKMM_bg8

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Lost Lantern Saturdays - Kings County Distillery Single Cask 2024 P8 Straight Rye Whiskey

YouTube video by The Ranger's Respite

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Saturdays are for Lost Lantern, and this particular Saturday is for Discovery Club Cask 2026 D1; pine Bluffs Distilling Co. Straight Bourbon Whiskey. youtu.be/VzZxmj1VQMg

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Lost Lantern Saturdays - Discovery Club 2026 D1 Pine Bluffs Distilling Co. Straight Boubon Whiskey

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I lied at the end of Wednesday's video, again. So I have Oak & Grist Distilling Co Descendent American single malt whiskey on the bar for today's review! youtu.be/-fsODlzccrU

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Whiskey Library Review 30 - Oak & Grist Descendent American Single Malt Whiskey

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

It is Wednesday, which means it is time for a Whiskey Library Review! Today Wild Turkey 101 Rye is on the bar! youtu.be/rxuG897XbrA

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Whiskey Library Review 27 - Wild Turkey 101 Straight Rye Whiskey

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

It is a Lost Lantern Saturday featuring a Discovery Club bottling of Painted Stave Single Pot Still Whiskey! youtu.be/L_A_LwayuzE

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Lost Lantern Saturdays - Discover Club 2025 Cask D8 Painted Stave Pot Still Whiskey

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I've been a fan of @catoctincreek.bsky.social since about the time I started getting into whiskey, and they continue to impress me. The latest subscription club release is no exception! youtu.be/vY3EY1d39gw

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Whiskey Library Review 12 - Catoctin Creek Cornerstone Club Dracomalt Malt Whiskey

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I keep forgetting that I should post here, enjoy a slightly salty video about my thoughts on VA ABC! youtu.be/Z_a_R8092CY

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VA ABC is failing VA distillers and consumers

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I feel like when I make a video about a more expensive whiskey it doesn't do as well, at least in the first few hours. youtu.be/xcqCAEDRJCQ

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Whiskey Library Review 6 - Elijah Craig VA ABC private Barrel 10 Year Old Straight Bourbon

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I meant to release this video earlier today, but here is this week's Lost Lantern Saturday video, featuring all the vatted malts! youtu.be/QOJXEOiuqJ8

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Lost Lantern Saturdays - All The Vatted Malt!

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I am making review videos again. youtu.be/U_FL2p1ha38 If you would like more of these videos please consider buying a pen or two from my Etsy shop to help me afford them. therangersrespiteco.etsy.com

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Whiskey Library Review 5 - Crown Royal Blender's Series Bourbon Mash

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I think I saw a blue heron the other day, but I am no birdwatcher so I am not sure.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Trump has decided to sacrifice all but the biggest businesses to sate his ego. Go buy craft spirits, they need you more than ever and money spent with them goes into the local economy more efficiently than when you buy from the big guys.

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The Quare Drop @thequaredrop.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

youtube.com/@richardcran... Rich - a very knowledgeable Irish whiskey enthusiast who has decided to launch his own channel. Why not give it a watch?

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The Old Man’s Irish Pub

Spend time with whiskey, beer, cigars, and maybe some smoked foods here and there in The Old Man’s Irish Pub. Not reviews, but opinions on what is enjoyed or not.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

One thing that NASA does is track and monitor satellites. You might not think it's important, but it is. They make sure there aren't any collisions between satellites. There's already concern that our orbit is getting too cluttered by satellites. But yeah, let SpaceX spray debris all over.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I'm getting @catoctincreek.bsky.social samples bottled for @demitastes.bsky.social because we are trying to get @ryewhisky.bsky.social on the show. I'm missing a few.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Another bottle and something really interesting, Virginia Distillery Co. The Draftsmen blending kit! I can't wait to try to blend my own!

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I got more whiskey! This is specifically for an up coming episode of The Single Malt Frontier and to check off another state on my list. I know that Cedar Ridge makes good stuff and I can't wait to try this one!

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

One of my latest whiskey pick ups, because I love @catoctincreek.bsky.social and I co-host The Single Malt Frontier with @demitastes.bsky.social

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Learn from my mistakes, do not speak of ideas or dreams. Because people here have no idea what it means to say "I wish" and will not bother to read all of your clarifying replies in favor of pitching services you are not in need of and cannot afford.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Man, I wish I was rich enough to hire an artist to make my maps and do concept work on my D&D campaigns. I like doing it, but I am just bad at it. If I could just hand an artist a grand and be like "I need a wizard tower on a small island with a large, very dead, garden and an air of collapse".

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I keep forgetting to post here. I made some McCarthy's barrel stave pens and a black walnut pill-holder keychain.

Three pens turned from French oak barrel stave, all a golden colored wood top two have chrome hardware and the bottom one has gold colored hardware.

A keychain made from gold colored hardware and a cylinder of lightly figured black walnut that is a rich cocoa color.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A project that I hoped to have polished and published LAST month is still not ready towards the end of THIS month due to formatting issues. And now I have to redo part of it to reflect when I hope it will go out.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I would like to encourage the Edison high school football team members to play harder than they ever had. Leave it all on the field, and by all I mean hit the cheaters so hard they can't keep playing.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Twenty minutes until we have Jim Hough of Liberty Pole Spirits on to talk about their latest spirit release! Their oldest whiskey to date, and their first American Single Malt Whiskey! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEq7...

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Ep. 31: Liberty Pole with Jim Hough

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Tomorrow on the Single Malt Frontier we will be talking to Jim from Liberty Pole Spirits about their entry into the American Single Malt Whiskey market! And about their peated rye.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

New whiskey day! This time featuring Pennsylvania rye from Liberty Pole Spirits!

A pair of whiskey bottles on white granite countertop, Liberty Pole Peated Rye Whiskey on the left with a clear seal at the top, and the woman with a liberty pole on the front over a gray-blue label. Liberty Pole straight rye whiskey is on the left with a cream colored capsule seal, and the woman with a liberty pole on the front over a gray-green label.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

It seems like every few days Verizon absolutely shits the bed while I am trying to accomplish something. Power cycling the router didn't fix the problem, so it must be an issue with the outside world. So I am sat here cussing at Verizon and wishing nothing but I'll will upon their CEO. Again.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Somebody please talk me out of buying an old soda vending machine for my home workshop. It's only a hundred and fifty dollars.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I need to replace what I use as a headshot for video thumbnails, the two that I use are a little bit too goofy for the quality of work my collaborators do, but there are almost no pictures of me since high school. I've always either been behind the camera or not around.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

I decanted my barrel of Copper Fox bourbon mash new make, which is now bourbon. It went into a a one gallon new charred oak barrel at 112 proof 7 months and 23 days ago and came out at about 123 proof. I also lost more than half of its volume to the Angel's Share.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

I have removed Twitter from my phone and I am trying to train myself to come here more. Uh. I haven't been up to much lately. But I promise I will have stuff to post here soon.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

Tonight at 5 pm Pacific we are interviewing Ryan Negley of Boulder Spirits! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wl5...

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

I'm back at making shortbread again! This time it's Larceny Barrel Proof shortbread because one of my D&D party members requested bourbon (or flavored whiskey, which I don't have).

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

Oh, I forgot about this app. I am doing a small barrel thing.

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 12/11/2023

I keep forgetting to post on other social media. I went and bought a barrel from @catoctincreek.bsky.social yesterday, and I had the perfect pour to celebrate when I got home!

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

Let's see how reviews fly here! Today's subject; McTavish Spirits 7 Year Old Bottled in Bond Bourbon Distilled By MGPI in Indiana, bottled by Coastal Pure Beverages in South Carolina 50% alc./vol. - 100 proof List price: 75 USD

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rangersrespite.bsky.social @rangersrespite.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

I've been fighting the common cold since Monday, and it's been kicking my ass at night, so even though I have been meaning to do reviews on Fridays I don't think I can today.

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