Two fingers of B & B - poured neat in a brandy snifter - after a good dinner is pleasant for me. It gives me a mellow buzz w/o being annoying. You’ll still maintain proper energy for a night of dancing, poker or pleasant conversation.
Another B & B after an hour or so is proper and advised.
Enjoy your well-deserved cruise.
After my Dad passed away I found two bottles in his globe bar that were at least fifty years old; one of Benedictine still bearing the regimental stamp of the unit he commanded in Korea, the other of B & B.
I regret not sampling both before they disappeared in the estate sale.