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M O N D A Y, D E C E M B E R 1 3 , 2 0 2 1 who? what?

guns of brixton The euphemisms are getting a bit

stale, suffice to say: four people in
3/4 oz Mezcal (Mezcal Union)

Boston -- two of whom are much

3/4 oz Apple Brandy (Laird's Bonded)

more prolific writers than the other

1 oz Bonal Gentiane Quina

two (including the originator of this

1/4 oz Sloe Gin (Plymouth)

blog, who has no excuse apart from

1/4 oz Cynar

laziness) -- who drink and tell.

Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail coupe.

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Two Mondays ago, I wanted to utilize my new bottle of Bonal as well
The 2017 collection of
explore the combination of Cynar-sloe gin that I had first learned about
855 drink recipes,
in the Transatlantic Giant and the Lipspin. I had previously tinkered with
bartender tributes,
mezcal in this combination in the Lips Like Sugar and knew that the
and essays on
spirit complemented Bonal, and I recalled that applejack worked
hospitality from
wonderfully with sloe gin in the Persephone as well as partnering with
CocktailVirgin's
tequila and mezcal. For a name, I was listening to a Pandora radio Frederic Yarm.
station, and The Clash's Guns of Brixton was playing as I was making the Available at Barnes
drink. When I realized that sloe plums are grown in Brixton, the name and Noble and Amazon.

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guns of brixton
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The Guns of Brixton welcomed the nose with apple, smoke, and fruity unfinished business
aromas. Next, grape and berry notes on the sip shimmied into apple,
dejeuner
berry, chocolate, and vegetal flavors on the swallow with a smoke and
berry finish. derby julep
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