Holy Cow Batman!!!!
Today I took a ride with Sean, aka
runoknows, down to Schneider's in DC. Regular readers of the Den will recognize that Schneider's is our regular candy store and the best place to find new and interesting (and tasty) beverages.
I picked up some good stuff. Some Massennez Creme De Peche, some Cherry Herring, a small bottle of Clear Creak Eau de Vie de Pomme, and a bottle of Aperol. While I'm standing there looking at all the liqueurs and apertifs, something catches my eye. I look down a shelf and almost hiding, tucked next to the wall are two small green eyes staring at me. I take off my glasses and run my face, just to make sure that what I am seeing isn't a hallucination. But when I look down again, those two green eyes are still staring at me.
Lucid Absinthe has come to DC!!! The liqueur guy at Schneider's came by and asked if I had come for the Lucid. I explained how happy I was to see DC finally getting some of the real stuff especially since Lucid has been on the market for a while now. He said they had a few bottles last week but local restaurants bought them out and the four bottles on the shelf were their latest shipment. I asked if there were any plans on getting any of the other new absinthes on the market in and he said that they were going to try.
Happy Days!!!!
So tonight . . . hell later this afternoon . . . I will get to have my first true Sazerac cocktail. I plan on using the Lucid, 18yr Sazerac Rye and Peychaud's bitters of course.
Stay tuned for updates and pictures from my night of experimenting.
Cheers!
runoknows, down to Schneider's in DC. Regular readers of the Den will recognize that Schneider's is our regular candy store and the best place to find new and interesting (and tasty) beverages.
I picked up some good stuff. Some Massennez Creme De Peche, some Cherry Herring, a small bottle of Clear Creak Eau de Vie de Pomme, and a bottle of Aperol. While I'm standing there looking at all the liqueurs and apertifs, something catches my eye. I look down a shelf and almost hiding, tucked next to the wall are two small green eyes staring at me. I take off my glasses and run my face, just to make sure that what I am seeing isn't a hallucination. But when I look down again, those two green eyes are still staring at me.
Lucid Absinthe has come to DC!!! The liqueur guy at Schneider's came by and asked if I had come for the Lucid. I explained how happy I was to see DC finally getting some of the real stuff especially since Lucid has been on the market for a while now. He said they had a few bottles last week but local restaurants bought them out and the four bottles on the shelf were their latest shipment. I asked if there were any plans on getting any of the other new absinthes on the market in and he said that they were going to try.
Happy Days!!!!
So tonight . . . hell later this afternoon . . . I will get to have my first true Sazerac cocktail. I plan on using the Lucid, 18yr Sazerac Rye and Peychaud's bitters of course.
Stay tuned for updates and pictures from my night of experimenting.
Cheers!