[Whiskey Tribe] Maybe a light spanking?

So this is tricky.

I try to keep you fat and sassy with relevant information and timely updates in this newsletter. And this week has been filled with cool experiments and big decisions. That sounds like great newsletter fodder, right?

Apparently, no - at least not this time. The most notable decisions were covered in asterisks, and subject to change in the near future. Giving out that kind of half-baked information is likely to confuse or frustrate y’all with details that flop around before eventually firming up.

Regarding experiments, Rex has been chipping an idea out of a gray area of the law. It could end up being completely new, fun and interesting for the Tribe. But it also requires a detailed conversation with our lawyer (a saint) before pulling back the curtain.

Due Diligence and all that. I give it a 50/50 shot.

So what are we left with? A weak-ass newsletter that’s more of a tease than anything useful. I humbly throw myself upon the mercy of the Tribe. My penance shall be served in the form of a pile of rare whisk(e)ys at my feet, and a broken glencairn in my hand.

Or maybe a light spanking? Just throwin’ it out there.

~ Magnificent Bastard

Let's Face it - You're A Bastard.

I Know It, You Know It.

But are you a Magnificent Bastard?

In this video, Rex and Daniel talk about The Whiskey Tribe - a big, salty and ridiculous community of whisk(e)y loving MB's. They've raised a whiskey freak-flag...

Is your inner bastard Magnificent enough to salute?

Just watch this video (all the way):
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Join In These Magnificent Discussions:

[+] David Brungardt is feeling kinda fancy.

[+] Erlin Rogel with some whiskey shopping hacks.

[+] Brian Schramm, get it together Bowmore!

[+] Danny Mackey, why you shouldn’t whiskey in the shower.

[+] David Keefer, how would you start your collection?

[+] Kaitlyn Patrica Boyd is excited by her new hobby.

[+] Dylan M. Almendral “I’m just gonna leave this here..”

Ian Piggott is our unofficial whiskey article curator. Basically he posts a bunch of great whiskey article links in the Facebook group, and we go steal them and post them in the newsletter. Thanks Ian :-)

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