{"id":1843656,"date":"2023-02-12T05:05:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T10:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1843656"},"modified":"2023-02-12T05:06:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T10:06:31","slug":"choose-your-own-cocktail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/choose-your-own-cocktail\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose Your Own Cocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchoose-your-own-cocktail%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1843656&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The end of Drynuary\u2014that post-holiday liver cleanse supposedly practiced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chrisfurnari\/2021\/01\/11\/new-surveys-indicate-increasing-interest-in-dry-january\/?sh=647d1426f574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one in seven Americans<\/a>\u2014offers the chance of renewal and the opportunity to ask ourselves the big question: What am I going to drink next?<\/p>\n<p>You might be stuck in a rut. Perhaps you want to leave behind the boring vodka sodas you have been drinking for the last ten years. Maybe you realize it&#8217;s not freshman year anymore and that it&#8217;s time for Long Island Iced Tea. Or maybe you are a novice when it comes to the bar\u2014willing to try anything but completely aimless. An Espresso Martini, a rum and coke, and a Bloody Mary might be your order. These people do really exist.<\/p>\n<p>My own drinking style has changed. It started with the Tom Collins, which I enjoyed as a freshman. Then I moved to whiskey and soda and then to vodka soda. Finally, I discovered the classics, the Old Fashioned and Manhattan. And finally, I found the Martini. This is Plymouth Gin with olives. There are many other great quaffs.<\/p>\n<p>In summary, we all could use some guidance. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pour-Me-Another-Favorite-Drink\/dp\/031632535X\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PWF7SPRO3C2S&#038;keywords=pour+me+another&#038;qid=1675897568&#038;s=books&#038;sprefix=pour+me+another%2Cstripbooks%2C66&#038;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pour me another: 250 Ways to Find your Favorite Drink<\/em><\/a> We only need it as a guide. Author J.M. Author J.M. Hirsch opens the book with a premise. &#8220;Start with what you know. Discover what you love.&#8221; Divided into chapters by spirit\u2014gin, vodka, whiskey, rum, and agave (meaning tequila and mezcal)\u2014the book offers an array of recipes along with interrelated suggestions. &#8220;The result is an almost Socratic exploration&#8221; Of the spirits &#8220;all grounded in history.&#8221; His book is called a &#8220;book&#8221;. &#8220;choose your own cocktail adventure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You might like a refreshing gin &#038; tonic. For example, you can check out page 52&#8217;s Bee&#8217;s Knees. Being fond of the Manhattan, I turned to page 180 and made a similarly sweet and spicy Vieux Carr\u00e9. Fans of the Margarita should give the Daiquiri on page 183 a try\u2014that would be a <em>real<\/em> Daiquiri, not the frozen variety, can be found at page 203.<\/p>\n<p>Hirsch is a true bar snob. <em>For me another<\/em> He also includes recipes for the Frozen Strawberry Diced Tea, Whiskey Sour and Long Island Iced Tea. &#8220;the trash can of cocktails.&#8221; He is open to trying more refined versions of these drinks. For example, his Sex on the Beach &#8220;dits the peach schnapps because, well,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end of Drynuary\u2014that post-holiday liver cleanse supposedly practiced by one in seven Americans\u2014offers the chance of renewal and the opportunity to ask ourselves the big question: What am I going to drink next?<br \/>\nThe post Choose Your Own Cocktail appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":1843659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[9575,18386],"class_list":["post-1843656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-choose","tag-cocktail"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1843656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1843659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1843656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1843656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1843656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}