Whiskeys in Rotation

Evan Williams has become my go to for bourbon. Lately, the "Bottled in Bond" variety has become a solid mixer. When a food meal and cigar are on my menu I will have a couple mixed drinks. This bourbon pairs well within Cola and when I'm really feeling frisky, ginger ale. My next go to with an over 100 proof is Wild Turkey 101.

Below is a higher proofed Wild Turkey product that I recently splurged on after the New Year. I know there are much higher proofed juices of bourbon but this one barely had a burn to it. And to me at tasted of burnt bananas. Not burnt badly but burned to add a toasty flavoring. The 116.2 alcohol proof was the most I've ever had. I had no fear and sipped on this one neat. The $54.00 price tag also expressed this one as too tier.

Vigilance During The Crypto Winter

Remember BITCONNECT and 2017? Lots of free flowing money, YouTube pumping it, and the easiest way to make money in cryptocurrency. It was bizarre. The promotional trips and all of the weird characters that were promoting that PONZI SCHEME.

These days there are even more crypto bandits out here five years later. Without speaking of the obvious FTX debacle, stay aware of fake websites that promise huge returns.

Putting your fiat currency into a "trading platform" and hoping on receiving a return is pure Russian roulette. I got burned with a bitcoin mining operation as well. Luckily, I only last in the hundreds. The lesson was learned.

Take a look at the below photos and use the comments section to tell me if you see any red flags. There are many but the obvious reaches out very sharply.

Silver Bullion Premiums Remain Elevated

I started my journey of stacking silver roughly 3 years ago. When I first started out with this hobby it was fairly inexpensive. No matter how low the price of bullion was I was very happy with premiums. American Silver Eagles were my first and only choice. I watched a few YouTube videos that had online shops.
I initially used APMEX. And after my bug was satiated I started looking around at other sites and found that the "premiums" (which is the additional fee over the posted SPOT price) which were about $8 at the time. I was set to grab 5-10 American Silver Eagles at a time for those prices.
Three years later and wow! After the COVID19 came around scarcity ensued and premiums lifted off over $12 per Silver Eagle. I was devastated. Now I can't find the prized bullion coins with premiums less than $18 for American Silver Eagles. The price per coin literally doubled.
Are you seeking other inflation hedging hard assets? If so, what have you come across?