Happy birthday* - no rum at hand, so I’m raising a glass of single malt whiskey in your honour**
[size=85]*You can choose whether I’m a few weeks late or several months early
**and, since it’s raised, it would be impolite not to drink it for you[/size]
Is this a birthday wish or a gratitude journal? 
If the rating on the bottle is > 40 then I don’t think vic-k cares what’s in the glass. And in this regard I consider his judgement … judicial. But that’s a bit redundant.
Thank you sir. Let’s leave it at "you’ve covered both ends of the time spectrum.