I just read an amusing article in today’s Bergen Record about obscure and hard to find spirits. Jason Wilson of The Washington post talks about the return of a pre-1960’s bar staple through an anecdote of a game he plays with his brother: Liquor Store Archeology. I now have a catchy name for the game I always play, trying to find weird bottles of who-knows-what lurking on the back dusty shelves of liquor stores.
Best find of mine to date? A pumpkin spice flavored cordial.
Link to article: New lavender liqueur is filled with nostalgia
Edit from Jess: the pumpkin spice cordial is disgusting.
Double Edit from James: It is neon orange, what do you expect?
T-T-Triple Edit from Jess: It is also ten dollars. You can see as such in the picture:
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Excessive Mastication // September 24, 2008 at 3:43 pm |
[...] well established that I can’t pass up novelty food items. Lately I’ve been passing it off as “research” for “food [...]
Aras // February 17, 2009 at 1:15 pm |
I used to do that with beers. The best one I found was a dusty old oatmeal stout: delicious.