Whiskey Anyone?

Ben and I recently had the opportunity to attend the "Whiskey Experience" at the new local distillery- The Woodinville Whiskey Company located in Woodinville for an evening of Whiskey tasting and getting to meet David Pickerell who was the the master distiller for Maker's Mark Whiskey.

The 2 hour event included a great selection of appetizers and samples of their three different whiskey's and their vodka. David spoke about his background as a master distiller and how to select the best whiskey. Since Ben is more of a whiskey drinker than me, I gave him most of my samples but overall the few I did try were very good. It's nice to have something other than wineries in our backyard and soon in stores.

#6 Ranking

Saturday night we headed to the Northwest Field Trial Councils award banquet at the Lucky Eagle Casino to celebrate the achievements of the those that competed in field trails in 2011. They award the following awards based on the points that were attained through placements:

• All Age Dog of the Year
• Dog of the Year
• Puppy of the Year
• Derby Dog of the Year

Loki had run in 2011 in five open puppy field trials and placed in all five so we knew he had acquired points but unsure if what was needed to win since he would be competing against everyone from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California and Canada. For each group they recognize the "top 10" and to our surprise Lacey Mtn's B Campbell Little Jester, JH "Loki" was #6. Not too shabby for a first trial season. Here's looking to another great one in 2012.