I'm a lifelong Boston Bruins and hockey fan. So when my Irish Whiskey Society of America colleague Allan D. asked me the other day what whiskey I would pour to celebrate a Bruins Stanley Cup win, I thought it was an interesting question that deserved careful consideration (but NOT until Game 7 was done. It's playoff hockey and anything can happen.)

After watching the Bruins win the Cup for the first time in 39 years, I came up with an answer: I'm not going to pour a single whiskey. I'm going to pour two: some 36-year-old Knappogue Castle 1951 in appreciation of legacy, and of the time and effort it takes. Then some 3-year-old Kilbeggan Malt to toast something new, young and with great things ahead.

Sláinte!