What I'm drinking, Thursday edition
Man, I need a drinking icon liek whoah. Anyway. Hello, gentle flist! I miss you! I've been busy. On Sunday I turned in my first shitty draft of my first dissertation chapter. \o/ The work has been going well, but it has kept my brain pretty occupied, and I've been pretty exhausted as a result. And my $job was going through an upswing as well, which just meant tons of email and hours of attention.
Monday, though, I got in a car and drove for 9 hours. Tuesday I got up and drove 12 more hours. With my trusty pooch (baby photo in icon!), some great podfic, and only one stop at a car repair shop, the long trip was just what I needed to clear out the cobwebs a bit. Sunsets over desert mountains are not to be missed.
So now I've been safely hanging out with my brother, his wife, and their incredibly cute 2 year old son for a few days. The dogs get on well, and we had a great 4th of July celebration with our friends on this side of the country. It is great to be here with them; we don't get to see enough of each other.
Among the other things they've given me, today's gift was a nice bottle of Damrak gin. I posted a few months back about Ransom's Old Tom Gin, and Damrak is somewhere between Ransom's and Bombay Sapphire. A significantly lighter drink than the Ransom's, but with the same cardamom, cinnamon, anise and cedar flavors it has, with a splash more juniper and citrus.
Basically, it is perfect for summer drinks. They also picked up some artisanal tonic water, which is apparently the big thing right now. I've tried both Fever-Tree and Q tonic, and now I'm spoiled. They both have a much lighter flavor than the Canada Dry I've been using for ages, and a smaller, more consistent bubble. As it turns out high-fructose corn syrup, even in tonic water, still tastes unpleasant compared to the real stuff.
In other words, although I've been happy with my turns through margaritas, lemon drops, and especially Pimm's cups this summer, it seems like Damrak+fancy tonic = my hot summer night drink of choice.
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Monday, though, I got in a car and drove for 9 hours. Tuesday I got up and drove 12 more hours. With my trusty pooch (baby photo in icon!), some great podfic, and only one stop at a car repair shop, the long trip was just what I needed to clear out the cobwebs a bit. Sunsets over desert mountains are not to be missed.
So now I've been safely hanging out with my brother, his wife, and their incredibly cute 2 year old son for a few days. The dogs get on well, and we had a great 4th of July celebration with our friends on this side of the country. It is great to be here with them; we don't get to see enough of each other.
Among the other things they've given me, today's gift was a nice bottle of Damrak gin. I posted a few months back about Ransom's Old Tom Gin, and Damrak is somewhere between Ransom's and Bombay Sapphire. A significantly lighter drink than the Ransom's, but with the same cardamom, cinnamon, anise and cedar flavors it has, with a splash more juniper and citrus.
Basically, it is perfect for summer drinks. They also picked up some artisanal tonic water, which is apparently the big thing right now. I've tried both Fever-Tree and Q tonic, and now I'm spoiled. They both have a much lighter flavor than the Canada Dry I've been using for ages, and a smaller, more consistent bubble. As it turns out high-fructose corn syrup, even in tonic water, still tastes unpleasant compared to the real stuff.
In other words, although I've been happy with my turns through margaritas, lemon drops, and especially Pimm's cups this summer, it seems like Damrak+fancy tonic = my hot summer night drink of choice.
This entry was originally posted at http://concinnity.dreamwidth.org/54512.html. Comment wherever you like.