As lawyers, alcohol is second nature. However, after x-many years we've grown tired of the typical Bombay and Tonic with extra lime. With that in mind, we used part of house down payment savings to seriously bulk up our liquor cabinet this weekend.
We purchased an obligatory bartenders book. However, being the way we are, we didn't settle for one that just lists the drinks and recipes, instead, we opted for the book that contains a little history for most of the drinks.
With our new book, located second-on-the-shelf (more on that in another post), we headed to BevMo. We picked up a hand cart, filled it, then decided we needed a full blown pushing cart, which, I might add, we filled. The guy ringing us up looked a little scared at the amount of alcohol, especially when he rang up the Creme de Banana, which he explained he had never even heard of.
We went home, ordered a pizza (absorption), and began our full fledged expedition into new alcohol drinks.
I can't recall all the drinks (I think there were about 10), although I remember laughing when Jared proclaimed his love for a blue-eyed blonde (I have green eyes you punk). Seriously, a blue-eyed blonde is a shot with creme de banana, frangelico and blue Curacao.
My favorite was the Caribbean Sunset. A beautiful concoction with fruit, a cherry, and a glass full of yummy things.
We finished the night with a classic Hemingway drink, Death on the Gulf Stream.
Well, actually, I finished with a Death on the Gulf Stream. Jared just finished.
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