--- ---  # Here's 45 Minutes of Nick Offerman Sipping Scotch Whisky by a Yule Log  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 2, 2015 10:08 PM UTC   by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 2, 2015 10:08 PM UTC [In a new, “hot take”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS-ErOKpO4E) on the traditional Yule Log, Nick Offerman (aka Ron Swanson from _Parks and Recreation_) sits in an arm chair by a Yule Log and stares at viewers for 45 minutes straight in between occasional sips of Lagavulin Single Malt Scotch Whisky. It’s his latest stunt for the distillery on the Island of Islay in Scotland. This time last year, in fact, he played the guitar and sang an ode to [the dead-pan, mustachioed character’s drink of choice](http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/nick-offerman-exalts-whiskey-new-song-20141204). And if it gets old — or if his stare makes you feel too uncomfortable — then switch to [this Yule Log.](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/20/of-course-theres-a-cat-version-of-the-yule-log/) Nick Offerman Yule Log ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4132820/nick-offerman-scotch-yule-log/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4132820/nick-offerman-scotch-yule-log/"},"headline":"Here's 45 Minutes of Nick Offerman Sipping Scotch Whisky by a Yule Log","datePublished":"2015-12-02T22:08:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:18.700Z","description":"Perfect for your second computer monitor at work","url":"https://time.com/4132820/nick-offerman-scotch-yule-log/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Business topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1aba9e457e3e04c6/698873765f570f62d0b1e9cd/nick-offerman-whisky-yule-log.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1aba9e457e3e04c6/698873765f570f62d0b1e9cd/nick-offerman-whisky-yule-log.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"nick-offerman-whisky-yule-log","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4132820/nick-offerman-scotch-yule-log/","name":"Here's 45 Minutes of Nick Offerman Sipping Scotch Whisky by a Yule Log"}}]}] ```