I have kind of given up the bourbon I will still have one out or during hunting season, but quit keeping it around the house a couple of years ago. I've developed some sort of allergy to the esters in the bourbon (my MD/drinking buddy's theory, anyway) that shows up after 2+.

During the summer, I switch to vodka anyway for cocktails, but don't think I've had more than one in the last month

(don't misinterpret this--I have had enough beer to sink a battleship in the past month)

After cooking the shoulder Saturday, I brined and smoked 20#s of wild alaskan salmon at the house yesterday that a friend shipped me.