Drink Gin!

To drink or not to drink... Gin is well known for making the sane folks crazy and the crazy folks sane! The mystery lies within its mystery recipe of medicinal herbs. The basics: potato and juniper berries... but they distill it through a channel of botanicals to honor it's original purpose which was to ease soldiers pains of war.

Depending on the type of gin, you may experience anything from warming to coolness... Spicy to fruity and herbal to nutty. I personally love how each gin can be enhanced by just a few ingredients to create the most complete cocktail.

We sampled 4 distinct types of Gins to determine how to describe them as separate libations and how to mix them best with the cocktail recipes that inspired us for different reasons.

After sampling just one sip, maybe 1 shot each and 1 hour later we experienced a warm and relaxing state of mind, a clear muscle relaxer that could awaken the chatty Kathy's!

Beer bliss: Caracole

To be honest I choose this beer by its label. It was so cute and inspiring... Ok perhaps inspiring is a stretch. Though, am I the only one who gets a spiritual kick (by definition) off of alcohol?

This beer at first was so bubbly it was exploding out of its bottle. I took that as it couldn't wait to be drunk. As I sipped away the bubbly-ness was paramount to the thick Belgium flavor. The fruity undertones were balanced well by the malty amber ingredients.

It is a 7.5% beer which is nothing for us beer drinkers but swear it felt like a 10% and tasted like a 6%. Epically drinkable... Be careful and have the most fun you can in each moment.