Actor Nick Offerman has distilled his well-documented love of whisky into one 45-minute clip, just in time for the holidays.
The “Parks and Recreation” star and scotch aficionado sits in a leather armchair, contemplates a crackling gas fireplace and nurses a glass of Lagavulin single malt in his latest video for beverage company Diageo’s “My Tales of Whisky” series.
The riveting footage, uploaded Wednesday, is aptly titled “Nick Offerman’s ‘Yule Log'” — a nod to the beloved hours-long Christmastime TV loop of a flickering fire.
Offerman’s video, however, doesn’t loop. The bearded actor enjoys the 45-minute silence by occasionally sipping his drink, gazing straight into the camera and crossing and uncrossing his legs.
His affinity for the Scottish whisky brand — which he calls “mother’s milk” — bled into his role as mustachioed Parks Department head Ron Swanson on the NBC comedy, as the character loves his Lagavulin so much he winds up buying a 51% stake in the distillery.
“Lagavulin neat,” he orders at a bar during one episode, declaring that “clear alcohols are for rich women on diets.”
Swanson’s pal and coworker Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) even sends him on a scavenger hunt to the distillery on the Scottish island of Islay during the show’s season 6 premiere.
“It turns out, much to my surprise, there is actually one place in Europe that is worth seeing,” the staunchly anti-Europe character admits.
“These tiny islands off the coast of Scotland, where God’s chosen elixirs are distilled, barreled and prepared for consumption. This is worth the trip.”
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