** Eğer şaraplardan ayık kalabilirseniz, Şirince' nin ne kadar güzel bir yer olduğunu görebilirsiniz! :D

İzmir'in Selçuk ilçesine bağlı ve Selçuk'a 8 km. mesafede tarihi mimarisi korunmayı başarılmış turistik bir köydür.

Özgün adı olan Kırkınca'nın efsanevi bir çağda dağlara vuran kırk kişiye atfen verildiği rivayet edilir. Rum telaffuzunda Kirkice, Kirkince ve nihayet Çirkince gibi biçimler alan bu ad, Cumhuriyet'in ilk yıllarında dönemin İzmir valisi Kazım Dirik'in talimatıyla Şirince şeklinde resmileştirilmiştir.

19. yüzyılda, özellikle ihracata yönelik incir üretimiyle ünlü, 1800 haneli bir Rum kasabasıydı. 1923'te Türkiye-Yunanistan Nüfus Mübadelesi sonucu Rumların ayrılmasıyla (çoğu Katerini'nin Nea Efesos köyüne yerleşmiştir), Kavala'nın Müştiyan (Moustheni) ve Somokol (Domatia) köylerinden gelen mübadillerle iskân edilmiştir. Köyün evvelce bağcılık, şarap üretimi ve zeytinciliğiğe dayalı olan ekonomisi, bir tütün bölgesinden gelen yeni sakinlerinin elinde bir süre sekteye uğramış, ancak son yıllarda artan turistik önemine paralel olarak, bu sektörler yeniden gelişmeye başlamıştır. Bağcılık ve zeytinciliğin yanısıra, şeftali, incir, elma, ceviz yetiştirilir. 1950'li yıllarda 2000-3000 civarında iken sonradan 700'e kadar düşen köy nüfusu, 1990'lı yıllardan itibaren turizmin gelişmesiyle birlikte tekrar yükseliş eğilimi içine girmiştir. Köyde halen bazı Rum evleri pansiyon olarak hizmet vermektedir.

Şirince'de imal edilen ve pazarlanan değişik şarap türleri Türkiye çapında ün kazanmıştır.

Köy içinde harap durumda olan iki Rum kilisesi bulunmaktadır.

kaynak: vikipedi

There will be tons of cool stuff, and free stuff, like libations from Treaty Oak Rum, Blackstone Winery, Sake2Me Sake, and Red Hook Brewing. Prizes and giveaways from Austin City Limits Fest, Austin Film Festival, KVRX 91.7 FM, Alamo Drafthouse, Birds Barbershop, Aviary, Austin Restaurant Week and more. Plus DJ Mel and Kitty Kitty Bang Bang Burlesque for entertainment, and Annie Ray and her amazing photo booth experience for posterity.

Definitely worth starting your Friday night downtown at the Yelp party. 9pm-1am.

Se você teve paciência para ler até aqui, meus parabéns. Você já é um de nós, bem vindo ao mundo onde ser homem, é ser nojento, sujo, mulherengo e acima de tudo: um bêbado. Piratas dão valor as coisas boas da vida, mulheres e álcool. Não necessáriamente nessa ordem, afinal as mulheres só servem pra trazerem o nosso álcool!

Objetivos da Pirataria:

• Ver a vida de uma maneira mais bela, o pirata sempre está com os amigos, de preferência, bebendo com eles!
• Aprender a se virar sozinho, um pirata tem que saber escolher o seu rum, e comprar o seu rum sozinho.
• Liberar o quão mulherengo e sujo você pode ser, se você é bonzinho, acredita no amor, que as mulheres são todas legais, boazinhas, belas e que não quebrariam um copo de cerveja sequer, feche logo a mer#@ dessa janela, você provavelmente deve ser fresco.
• Piratas não tem educação, os outros são quem tem que ter educação com você.

• Passar 110% do seu tempo de vida alcoolizado, no início parece exagero, mas depois você vai gostar!

Esta pequena introdução à vida de um pirata tem fim aqui, prepare-se amigo... Porque a viagem é longa, e a cerveja está esquentando! Semana que vem, falaremos mais sobre esta nobre arte!

How about a 45-60 mph blow job??

Yeahhhhh......a tropical storm, depression, hurricane whatever they're calling it!!  Super fun! The equivalent of a snow day for you up north kids.  I'm all stocked up, ice, spagetti-o's and a bottle of rum! 

Från och med idag sitter jag inte längre 30 minuter morgon och kväll, utan 45 minuter på morgonen och 15 minuter på kvällen. Den totala mängden tid förblir förstås densamma.
Nu ska rummet röjas, zazen ska sittas, disken ska diskas, rummet ska städas, saker ska handlas, håret ska färgas och sömnen ska sovas.
Hej.

Matusalem Gran Reserva

But then Seattle called, and while my dear friend came with me, she seemed to play second fiddle to new, exciting rums such as the Ron Zacapa 23 Year and the Zaya 12 Year, even though they held different places in my repertoire of Sugarcane Companions.

Microsoft's "ding!" of new email soon changed the situation, asking me if I was willing to try a sample of Matusalem Gran Reserva. "Abso-freekin-lutely!" was the quick (and sane) reply. While I naturally knew this bottle, it had been a long time since we had a good sit down.

And so sure enough, just the other day I got a knock on the door and there she stood, in all of her elegance, not the least put off that we had not spent much time together in the last year (she always did have class). I invited her in, got a glass, and we talked about old times. As the minutes slipped into hours we waxed nostalgic, as if not a minute had passed between us. Every bit as witty and complex as I remembered her, I decided to whip up a cocktail much used in my old Lumière days, the Waldorf-Astoria's:

HOP TOAD

1 ½ Matusalem Gran Reserva rum
¾ oz Apricot liqueur (I used Giffard's Abricot du Roussillon)
½ oz lime juice
2 dashes Angostura bitters
shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass

While the Gran Reserva is a fine sipping rum, I've also found that she plays along well with other ingredients, especially ones like apricot, passion fruit and mango. Because she is an elegant spirit, go easy with citrus, as you don't want those harsh acids to overtake Matusalem's subtle nuances of bittersweet caramel, maple and vanilla.

Matusalem blends in perfectly with the apricot and the lime in the Hop Toad. If you can't get Giffard's Abricot then I suggest Rotham & Winter's Orchard Apricot, but a quality apricot brandy/liqueur is a must in this cocktail. Cocktails, as with all things in life, are only as strong as their weakest link, so by ensuring that we are using a premium rum, quality liqueur and fresh lime juice we know that our libation has a good basis from which to start.

Happy mixing, and until next time!

Pictures by:
Jamie Boudreau
Cocktail Whisperer

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The bitter taste of lime

On the side of my glass

No matter how many times I say

No lime

My rum and coke I like on ice

With a cherry on the side

But again the taste of lime

Hits my lips

Rum and coke with lime

Ahh, but at least it is cold

For a glimpse of the way liquor (10 Cane Rum) is featured in hot new rap videos hitting the market, check out the Rick Ross, “Trilla” video “This is the Life”.  This particular video prominently features 10 Cane Rum. 

If you haven’t had the chance to read my most recent post highlighting 10 Cane Rum, please take a look after the video. 

This video does contain a parental advisory for explicit content.

As summer nears its end and school starts up, one may be thinking it is also time to put away the cocktail glasses and prepare for the winter months ahead.  Not so.  Moët Hennessy strives to keep the spirit of summer alive. 

Earlier this summer 10 Cane Rum released a limited edition premium Mojito Kit in conjunction with Stirrings, the makers of Cocktail Mixers and Rimmers.  The 10 Cane Mojito Kit has been such a smash hit since its release, it disappears from shelves almost as soon as it is stocked.  The reasons are obvious. 

10 Cane Rum is a sensational find.  This premium rum is a cut above the rest and unlike traditional rums.  As Moët Hennessy defined it upon release; 10 Cane Rum is “rum’s redemption”.  This redemption goes back to the strict standards 10 Cane places upon itself from harvest to bottling the product.  10 Cane harvests in small batches (ten bunches of sugar cane stalks at a time), hence the name; 10 Cane.  This particular rum is distinctive in that it is made from the first pressings of the sugar cane stalks immediately after harvest.  Typical rums are made from the byproduct of sugar which we know as molasses.  10 Cane also uses imported pot stills for small batch, slow distillation.  Lastly, Limousin oak barrels age the rum to 10 Cane perfection.

Stirrings is a company started by two former bartenders living the dream of “great food and drinks, enjoyed with friends is an absolute.”  Sometimes one idea (a margarita rimmer using mint, cilantro, lime and sea salt) becomes a company; Stirrings.  Stirrings strives to lead people to think about their cocktails the same as they do their food: quality ingredients pave the way to exceptional experiences in the way of taste and in the memories we share with friends.  This is exactly what the pairing of 10 Cane Rum and Stirrings does with the premium Mojito Kit.

The Mojito’s popularity is clearly seen in its resurgence on cocktail menus across the nation.  In some cases the Mojito is completely crowding out the ever popular pink Cosmopolitan.  And forget about staying true to the traditional Havana Club Mojito of muddling mint, sugar cane and limes as the only way to go.  No.  Now the flavors of Mojitos are endless and no muddling is necessary.  With the pairing of 10 Cane Rum and Stirrings you may have your premium rum, flavor and ease of preparation, too!

I sampled this Mojito Kit and found it to be rather good for a bottled kit.  The 10 Cane Rum of course is one of my favorite rums for cocktails.  The flavor profile is excellent for Daiquiris and Mojitos particularly.  I wrote it up before in the Ultimate Mojito.  The Stirrings recipe on the bottle is a little sweet for my taste, but possibly not yours.  I always lean more towards the tart than sweet.  I definitely recommend squeezing the lime garnish into the cocktail.  The mint is not as defined as a muddled Mojito, but that is to be expected.  If you want a little more mint flavor, just bruise a mint leaf in your hand and drop it in.  The natural oils will disperse within the drink itself.  The point of this kit is ease.  It makes an excellent quick Mojito for friends, parties or sitting out on the deck relaxing without having to go through all the motions of making individual Mojitos the old-fashioned way.  The beauty of the bottle is you can work with the ratio to get exactly the taste you want for your cocktail.  In addition, Stirrings has a wide variety of other cocktail mixers that are equally as tasty with rimmers to add an additional punch of flavor.  Be sure to check them out.  You’ll be glad you did.  Stirrings is not your typical shelf mixer.  They are quality in a bottle.  10 Cane Rum choosing Stirrings as a pairing partner is testimony to that.

While the 10 Cane Rum Mojito Kit may not still be available on shelves near you, 10 Cane Rum is always available on a top shelf.  Stirrings may be found year round as well at a few retail locations and always online.  Below is the recipe from the bottle as well as a multitude of recipe ideas found at Stirrings using the Mojito Mixer and some of their other flavors to create more flavored Mojitos.  Cheers!

Simple Mojito

The Mojito is a cooling effervescent cocktail inspired by Havana’s blithe lifestyle in the 1920’s. While Hemingway’s Cuba is long gone, its spirit lives on in this sparkling blend of sugar, mint, and lime.

2 parts Stirrings Mojito Mixer
1 part 10 Cane Rum
2 parts Stirrings Club Soda

In a cocktail shaker, combine 1 part Rum, 2 parts Mojito Mixer and plenty of ice. Cover and shake vigorously. Add 2 parts soda water, mix gently. Pour contents into a cocktail glass and garnish with a wedge of lime and a sprig of mint.

Breezy Mojito - Submitted by: Jennifer Harris

A cool refreshing drink to enjoy with friends while sitting back on your deck enjoying the sounds of summer. This Mojito tastes like a minty treasure!

3 ounces of Stirrings Mojito Mixer
2 ounces 10 Cane Rum
dash of Stirrings Club Soda
3 mint leaves
1 cardamom pod

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add Mojito mixer, rum, and pour into a glass. Dash in Club Soda, and garnish with mint leaves, and a cardamom pod.

Grenada Mojito - Submitted by: Brian Powell

Super summer refresher for large groups

Stirrings Mojito Mixer
Pernod Liquor
Stirrings Authentic Grenadine
Stirrings Club Soda
10 Cane Rum
Stirrings Mojito Rimmer

Add one cap full of Pernod Liquor to and ice-filled tumbler. Shake and discard the Pernod. Add one shot (1.5 oz.) of 10 Cane Rum to the tumbler, 1-2 oz. of Stirrings Mojito Mixer, a jigger of Stirrings Genadine and shake. Add contents of the shaker into a (rimmed) tumbler, top-off with Stirrings Club Soda and garnish with a few sprigs of mint and a fresh lime.

Jade Mojito

The Jade Mojito is an even more tropical tasting version of this refreshing cocktail, with melon, mint and lime.

1 part Stirrings Mojito Mixer
1 part Midori
1 part 10 Cane Rum
2 parts Stirrings Club Soda

Combine all ingredients, except soda water, in a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour into highball glass filled with ice, top with soda water and stir.

Mango Mojito

Havana, meet the mango. This cocktail is made to beat the summer heat.

2 ounces 10 Cane Rum
1-1/2 ounces Stirrings Mojito Mixer

3/4 ounce Stirrings Mango Margarita Mixer
Mint Leaves

In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients and plenty of ice. Give it a serious shake and serve in your favorite highball glasses. Garnish each glass with 1 mint leaf.

Peach Mojito

A peachy twist on an already refreshing drink.

1 part Stirrings Peach Bellini Mixer
1 part Stirrings Mojito Mixer
1 part 10 Cane Rum
2 parts Stirrings Club Soda

Combine the first three ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour into a tall glass. Add Club Soda and stir gently.

Pear Mojito

2 parts 10 Cane Rum
2 parts Stirrings Pear Martini
1 part Stirrings Mojito
Splash of Stirrings Club Soda
Stirrings Pear Martini Rimmer Garnish
Fresh mint leaves

Serve over ice in a rocks glass with Stirrings Pear Rimmer® Garnish and fresh mint leaves.

Pomegranate Mojito

A refreshing pomegranate twist on summer's latest cocktail!

2 ounces 10 Cane Rum
1-1/2 ounce Stirrings Pomegranate Mixer
3/4 ounce Stirrings Mojito Mixer
Stirrings Mojito Rimmer

Rim highball glasses with Stirrings Mojito Rimmer. In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients and plenty of ice. Shake vigorously and pour into the rimmed glasses.

Raspberry Mojito - Submitted by: Laurie Nardone

Raspberry is sure to dazzle in this delicious take on the Mojito

2 parts Stirrings Mojito Mixer
1 part 10 Cane Rum
2 parts Raspberry-Flavored Seltzer
Raspberries

In a cocktail shaker, combine 1 part rum, 2 parts Mojito Mixer and plenty of ice. Cover and shake vigorously. Add 2 parts raspberry seltzer, mix gently. Pour contents into a cocktail glass and garnish with raspberries.

Teenie Weenie Bikini

Only 125 calories per drink

2 parts Stirrings Mojito Mixer
2 parts 10 Cane Rum
1-1/2 parts Stirrings Tonic Water
A squeeze of lemon

Combine ingredients in a highball glass with plenty of ice

In researching other reviews for 10 Cane Rum, I came across a fascinating and thorough review by Jack Bettridge on the Cigar Aficionado website.  This review was posted April 14, 2005 before 10 Cane Rum released nationwide.  He had quotes from the creator of 10 Cane Rum, distiller Jean Pineau.  One such quote I found especially interesting was Pineau’s inspiration behind 10 Cane: 

"I sucked on a cut cane in a field and decided that taste of raw sugar juice was what I ultimately wanted to bring to the spirit." 

After all, some semblance of the sugar cane in its freshest state is what we want out of our rum isn’t it?  If you have the time, read Jack Bettridge’s review, Rum’s Salvation? in its entirety.

AS I WAS SAYING, THESE RUMORS ARE COMPLETELY UNFOUNDED, AND ... HANG ON, SOMEONE ELSE IS OUT THERE NOW.

THAT THING SMELLED LIKE A WET RUG. ANYWAY, AS I WAS SAYING, THESE -- OH, NOW WHAT?

WELL, THAT GUY MADE ME GIVE HIM ALL MY SEA CUCUMBER TREATS, MY CATNIP PLANT, A BAG OF LITTER, AND MY ENTIRE STASH OF RUM BEFORE HE WOULD GO AWAY. HE ALSO SAID I SHOULD GO LOOK IN THE LIVING ROOM. MAYBE HE LEFT ME A PRESENT!

IF ANYONE NEEDS ME I'LL BE IN MY BOX.

2 cups crushed ice, plus extra for chilling glass
2 ounces light rum
1-ounce freshly squeezed lime juice, strained of pulp
1/2-ounce Simple Syrup, recipe follows

If your glass is not chilled, do so by placing some crushed ice in it and set it aside while you prepare the cocktail.
Place the 2 cups of crushed ice into a cocktail shaker. Pour the rum, lime juice, and simple syrup over the ice, cover, and shake well. Remove the ice from your serving glass and strain the drink into it. Serve immediately.

Simple Syrup:
2 cups sugar
1 cup water

Place the sugar and water into a small saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil. Decrease the heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until the sugar is completely dissolved, approximately 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the saucepan and allow to cool completely. Syrup can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a month.
Yield: 3 cups

Recipe retrieved from Alton Brown.

Har äntligen funnit en bra hemsida som handlar om hotell. Här hittar jag de billigaste hotellen i den stad jag tänker resa till. Är ju serviceman åt ett jättebolag och tvingas resa mycket. Hotell billigt är viktigt för mig då jag lägger ut e viss summa själv. Billiga hotell i Stockholm t.ex är väldigt lätt att hitta medans det kan vara dyrare att boka hotellrum i en mindre ort då konkurrens saknas helt. Läs mer om Hotell på www.hotell.weebly.com

• Hotell Billigt
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• Hotell Göteborg
• Hotell Malmö
• Hotell Uppsala
• Hotell Västerås
• Hotell Örebro

4 Asbach colas, 2 captain/colas, 4 vodka orange, 1 scotch.  That is the roadmap from tonight.  So far.  Work's been suckin' blah blah, plus they're talking about laying people off again, so why not...just, why not.  The fact that it's Monday night is irrelevant.

I do have an untouched bottle of Bacardi left here by a friend, but I'm debating the rations of ice left and what they should be spent on.  Somehow, Bacardi never comes up in the top spot.  The scotch is top shelf, but I'm putting it on top of this sweet mixer, which is probably a mortal sin.  A proper mouthwash with it solves that, but it also nearly makes me gag.  The burn going down is excellent as usual, but the fucking taste in my mouth is as bad as the stale, smoky air trapped in this fucking cubbyhole in the apartment; and like work, it all truly makes me want to throw up.

I'm house hunting, which is unreal in itself.  I'm keeping my 13 year old bimmer on the road with electrical tape and brake fluid bottles every week, but it's working.  Apparently there's a loophole in the home buying system where they don't care if you can get a car loan - fuck it, they'll give you a house!  So, sure, I'm qualified, and looking.  My agent has so far sent me every house in the motherfucking ghetto, but to his credit, they're fairly nice houses.  I think I'm going to go outside the box and get something in a decent neighborhood; if I have to lose the pool to do it, well, y'know.  Life is tough.

Shit, a fucking house.  I have trouble getting 300 dollar unsecured credit cards.  Say what now?  But, to be honest, I've rebuilt all of that bad 20's anti-credit, and am now a responsible citizen.  Maybe they can smell it on me.  Or maybe they can smell the fact that my credit score has jumped over 100 points in two years.  Either way, they need to get their noses out of my ass.  Maybe they smell me giving up.

I'm semi-under the grid.  Being completely off the grid would be awesome, but outside of winning the lottery or walking down to the labor pool every day at 7am, I don't see a way to pull it off.  The labor pool isn't that bad; I did it for a while.  You walk down, sign up, and wait for a job to come up.  Sometimes you wait for an hour or two and you are shit out of luck, but if you do get called, chances are it's some kind of new shitty job in some new area with some other shitty boss.  The variety isn't all that bad.  The work, maybe, but like today being Monday, that's irrelevant for this post. 

I'm sure that made sense somehow.

A RUM REVIEW!

Flor de Cana is a relatively new rum here in North Carolina.

The rum itself hails from Nicaragua. It comes from a distillery founded on a plantation in 1890. In 1937 the brand Flor de Cana was introduced by the company. According to the company in 2006 it had received 72 awards for excellence in five year. Impressive to say the least.

My sample was the Flor de Cana Gold 4 year old rum.

At the standard 80 proof it was of medium amber color and body.

I found the smells to be of oak and vanilla, much like the previously reviewed Barbancourt from Haiti.

The taste and feel I found however to be quite different. There were some vanilla notes and some caramel there..but they were thin. In fact although I found it altogether an adequate dark rum on the rocks, the whole idea of thin kept coming back to me. The finish was peppery.

I do recommend anyone seeking a dark rum experience try out Flor de Cana. It is definitely a step above most mass market rums. It is however not up to the level of Barbancourt 5 year old or Appleton Estate at this age. There was however character enough present for me to be intrigued as to what the 5,7, 12, and 21 year old rums from Flor de Cana are like.

If you are in need of a dark rum and want something different, for the price especially I recommend it. Probably not a sipping rum, but a nice change of pace from Bacardi dark.

3 out of 5 cigars.

I have no idea who the pirate above is.

von Rum

Wait? What the hell? The whole point of cocktails, at least according to Dr. Wondrich, was to import the best ingredients in the world, from the most exotic places in the world. So, I refuse to do a single Boston cocktail...But in the spirit of cooperation, I will pull a local cocktail from my home town of Chicago in the New York Sour, and one in my home away from home, Bermuda, where I spent my childhood in both the rum swizzle and the twilight fog cocktail.

First up is my drink from the Second City: The New York sour. Wait...What? Chicago drink...New York sour? This does not follow, but according to Dave Wondrich, it became quite the sporting thing in the City of Big Shoulders to top up your rye sour with just a bit of claret.

New York Sour from Imbibe by David Wondrich

• 1.5 oz - Rye Whiskey (Old Overholt)
• .75 oz - Simple Syrup
• .75 oz - Lemon Juice
• .75 oz - Claret (Castillero del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon)

Shake whiskey, syrup, and juice together, and float claret on top. Serve in a cocktail glass. Garnish with a flag.

I would use just a tad less lemon juice, and I also topped it up with a dash each of Peychaud's and Regan's orange bitters. This would also make a pleasant punch if topped up with a few ounces of ginger ale or lemon-lime soda for every serving. And now onto my childhood in Bermuda.

The rum swizzle is a classic of the Swizzle Inn in Bermuda, and quite possibly my mother's favorite drink.

Rum Swizzle by the Swizzle Inn

• 1 oz - Dark Rum (Gosling's Black Seal)
• 1 oz - Gold Rum, preferably Bajan (Mount Gay Eclipse)
• .5 oz - Orange Cordial (Jaquin's Triple Sec)
• .5 oz - Lemon Juice
• 1.25 oz - Orange Juice
• 1.25 oz - Pineapple Juice
• .5 oz - Falernum (Paul Clarke's #10)
• 1 dash - Angostura Bitters

Shake all the ingredients together and serve over ice in a tall glass, or use twice the above recipe for every two guests and serve as puncheon. Garnish with a flag, straw, and swizzle stick.

But it wouldn't be MxMo without a Scrivenal Original, and this is no exception. On the other hand, if I didn't use ingredients local to somewhere it wouldn't be "local flavour." So, in that spirit, I update the good ol' dark and stormy (which I covered last month, here), into a modern cocktail, adding this bittering ingredient:

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The Twilight Squall Cocktail

• 1.5 oz - Dark rum (Of course use Gosling's Black Seal)
• .5 oz - Falernum (Paul Clarke's #10)
• .5 oz - Ginger Syrup
• .5 oz - Lime Juice
• 1 dash - Aromatic Bitters (Angostura)
• 2 dash - Pepper infused wine or spirits (Scrivenal Sherry Peppers #1)
• 1-2 oz. - Bermuda Stone Ginger Beer (Barret's or Regatta)

Shake all ingredients together, serve in a cocktail glass, top up with Barret's and garnish with a lime wedge, a cherry, and/or a cube of candied ginger.

Feel free to substitute Scrivenal Sherry Peppers #1 with Outerbridges sherry peppers or rum peppers, or of course, your own family's traditional recipe. However, my peppers are spiced with other spices so sub the falernum and ginger syrup with a third ounce each pimento ("allspice") dram, ginger syrup, and falernum to get the spice notes. You could also replace the ginger syrup with Canton or Giffard's ginger cordial.

This cocktail tastes quite similar to the dark and stormy which spawned it, and this is with fair intention. However, the falernum, bitters, and spiced sherry all combine to take this from a simple refreshing highball to a complex, gingery, rummy cocktail. While the dark and stormy is a great drink for the plantation porch or the sailboat cockpit, the twilight squall is cocktail for the dinner club in town or the yacht club bar.

Stay local,

The Scribe

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Bad Idea
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