Category: Drink

Samhain or All Hallows Eve when the boundary between the living and the dead has been blurred seems the best time to pull out the Remington 666 with the blood red ribbon and brew up a similarly colored Boulevardier cocktail to write about our wishes for the coming new year. Sláinte!

How are you celebrating?

A black wooden "altar" with a black and cream colored Remington 666 typewriter sits next to a cocktail glass of blood red liquid. In the corner stands a kindergartener's black bat Halloween craft/decoration.

Drank Gibson (cocktail)
Dry martini with pickled onions.
I finished off the Tanqueray Dry Gin last night. Tonight I’ve broken open a bottle of The Botanist, Islay Dry Gin 22 (46% ABV), which is new to me. On first breath, it’s reminiscent of Bombay Sapphire, but lighter and not as heavily dominated by juniper. The botanicals are more muted, but still complex when mixed with Vermouth (2:1).