#The Modern Cocktail

[askwhatsforlunch]

The Modern

The Modern, which is still thoroughly so, was born in the 1900s! It remains a deliciously refreshing and beautiful cocktail, the heart notes delectably lingering on your palate! A most delightful way to begin the weekend! Happy Saturday!

Ingredients (serves 1):

1 teaspoon caster sugar

1 1/2 lemons

45 millilitres/1 1/2 fluid ounces (3 tablespoons) good Aged Single Malt Whisky (like India's Amrut)

45 millilitres/1 1/2 fluid ounces (3 tablespoons) sloe or Damson Gin

2 dashes orange bitters

1/4 teaspoon absinthe

8 ice cubes

a maraschino cherry, for garnish (optional)

Spoon caster sugar in a shaker. Thoroughly squeeze in the juice of the lemons, stirring until sugar is completely dissolved.

Add Whisky, Damson Gin, orange bitters and absinthe.

Fill the shaker with ice cubes, close tightly and shake energetically until thoroughly chilled.

Strain into a coupe glass, and garnish with maraschino cherry, if desired.

Enjoy The Modern immediately. Cheers!

[box-dwelling]

With all love in the world to fic writers, and this isn't a set criticism just a trend, being a British person and seeing what colloquialism people have Wyll use will absolutely take me out of a fic at points. Like this is difficult and I'm not gonna hold it against any writer who does this but I very much do notice it. I don't even have advice because so much of it is a weird feel thing of the type of age of the people who use certain slang.

Wyll talks with pretty archaic British slang. It's not too ancient. It's still like stuff you might hear an older guy say, but it gives a certain feel to him speech of it being kinda old fashioned.

But sometimes people either don't get this or, honestly more common in what I see because most of the fics I read are from people who do understand him, people who, fairly because they aren't from here so wouldn't know, use slang that feels a little too modern and it just reads like Astarion just called someone bro.

But I don't know how to explain that lad singular is a word he does use in canon and makes sense, but lads plural feels so fundamentally wrong.

[ibelongtotheclassics]

Sharing some of my childhood + present anime & studio ghibli OTPs

*uwu* they’re so precious for meee 💖🎬🇯🇵

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[hauntedbubbles]

Got a Quick revive over here (whatever the fuck that is 👀)

Arcade bar in Scotland's Capital... Head canon date location for Simon and Johnny 🥰🙌🫶

Edit: have some Edinburgh snaps... I know we tend to have Soap living it up in Glasgow, but I need him in Edinburgh so he can drag his boyfriend around doing touristy shite, like Ghost tours and Ghost scares folks by just standing there 🤣

[thatwhichdoesnotsuffer]

"I should really like to think there's something wrong with me — Because, if there isn't then there's something wrong, Or at least, very different from what it seemed to be, With the world itself — and that's much more frightening! That would be terrible." —T. S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party

[musicalgifs]

i'm sorry sometimes i wish i could be more critical of things i enjoy but i simply loved the production so much. i love natasha's teddy bear i love the duel in an actual club i love the lights i love leather daddy balaga i love anatole's endless flowy shirts with a single button closed i love every single one of the actors and musicians

[adventuressclubamericas]

New Orleans Cocktail of the Month for January - The Creole Mary

Whether you're still recovering from New Year's, already fully recovered, or never had to recover, a Bloody Mary might just be what the doctor ordered. And, naturally, one with a New Orleans twist would be the best choice.

Information provided for educational and entertainment purposes only. Please drink responsibly.

[deeptrashwitch]

WITCHY! LA’U PELE! I got another one!

After their wedding! Where would they go on their HONEYMOON?~ Hmmmm?~😏

TARO! AULELEI 💕 Ayyy! Another ask 🥳🥳

Oh~ The Honeymoon 😏😏

There are four options :D

1. Fiyi (not sure if the image IS actually from Fiyi 😅)

2. Zanzíbar (I'm not sure if this is a picture of Zanzíbar either :"3)

3. Bhutan

4. Leticia, Amazonas

They need to go and have some relaxing time together ^^

Going on a boat around the islands/the river. Staring at the sky at night. Maybe sit on the edges of the balcony to stare at the buthanese landscape.

[tweedfrog]

Cersei at Joffreys 2 betrothal announcements

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[zmediaoutlet]

WW ficlet/prompt: Dean's thoughts during the trials, specifically buying bags and bags of ice. Did they ever take baths after hunts? Hot or cold. Did he have to patch up/fever recover John like this, or is it new and terrifying? Did Sam ever tell Dean that Lucifer "runs cold"? Does the cashier make awkward small talk about hosting a BBQ?

thoughts in order:

as far as we know that ice bath was a one-time thing but I have thought quite a bit about Dean going back and forth to the ice machine in the hotel, filling the bucket and then dumping his duffel and filling it with ice and hauling that back down the hall with it freezing and starting to drip against his back and thinking in the extremely clear point-to-point way I imagine Dean thinks when he's terrified: first this thing and then the next thing and then the next thing, so that the fuzzing terror-static of what if it doesn't work gets pushed to the shoulder of the highway

baths after hunts sometimes, when the pummeling had been just that awful. epsom salts are sometimes a miracle. a three a.m. hot soak when the adrenaline rush hadn't faded with the hot water stinging in the claw-scrapes and the gravel-rash from going down in the fight, but it's the only thing that works sometimes to calm down and go to sleep. Sometimes a brother comes in and sits on the toilet and makes fun of your wet hair and jogs his knee and watches you be alive, and you watch him be alive back, and then finally at four a.m. when the water's gone cold you get out and crawl into bed (solo or not) and sleep like a coma.

they mostly don't get sick in their family, but they get sick different -- Dean gets the runny nose and the persistent cough, and Sam gets fevers to burn buildings down. This Trials fever is different but then everything about the Trials is different. Sam's hand always clammy-hot when he touches Dean for a whole week. Dean knows your brain cooks at some point but what is he gonna do? This isn't the flu, this is -- celestial, other-than-chemical. He makes sure Sam drinks water and doesn't starve.

Lucifer said he ran cold but all Sam's nightmares were about fire. Mostly what Lucifer did was lie, because the man who swears he always tells the truth is a character from a paradox. Sam burned and went icy-cold and it was hell either way. The worst part of hell was that Dean wasn't there and the worst part of the Trials was that Sam thought he was making up for not being there for Dean, that he wasn't enough or wasn't strong or wasn't worthy, and he shivered with Dean holding ice against his wrists to keep his blood temp down and thought that maybe he should have stayed in the Cage, and even if he didn't say it out loud (or thought he didn't) Dean gave him this sharp horrified look and Sam bit his lips between his teeth and tried to stop shaking.

[mixergiltron]

Here's the latest.

The latest issue of Exotica Moderne has just arrived,and it's a good 'un. In addition to some great articles,there's the regular installment of Tiki recipes. Here's a pair I think you'll really like. Enjoy!

Mix #246 Swongo Swizzle

1oz Plantation OFTD 1oz Coruba rum 3/4oz lime juice 1/4oz orange juice 1/4oz falernum 1/4oz cinnamon syrup 1/4oz vanilla syrup pinch of salt*

Combine everything with ice in a tall glass and swizzle.

*I skipped the salt.

Created by Adam Coolong in honor of the surf/exotica band The Swongos,this is sweet with a touch of citrus. The cinnamon and vanilla flavors alternate adding complexity to the drink. I passed on the salt because it messes with my tummy,but you can add it if you'd like. Either way,a nice drink with decent kick. Also check out the band as they're quite good.

Mix #247 Ember Isle

1.5oz Alipus San Luis mescal* 1oz Rhum JM VSOP* 1oz lemon juice 1oz passionfruit syrup 1oz orgeat

Shake with ice and pour into tall glass.

*I used Joven Ilegal mezcal and Clement Rhum Vieux VSOP.

From Exotica Moderne editor Ken Holewczynski comes a sweet and smokey creation. The syrups do a good job of blunting the smoke in that you get it on the nose,but it doesn't overpower the drink despite there being an ounce and a half. This would be an excellent drink for introducing folks to mezcal. Another winner from Ken.

So pick up Issue #25,put on some Swongos,make yourself a cocktail,and settle back for a nice relaxing night. Aloha!

[a-musing-mixologist]

*Gets this for @herztakt for shits and giggles*

[tomoleary]

Sir David Low “The Modern Rake's Progress” 1-6 of 12 (1934) Source

“The Press Hails a New Celebrity”

“The Rake Gives a Cocktail Party”

“The Rake Invests in the Movies”

“The Rake Backs a Possible World Champion”

“The Rake on the Crest of a Wave”

“The Rake Plunges on the Turf”

[thatwhichdoesnotsuffer]

"Can we only love Something created in our own imaginations? Are we all in fact unloving and unloveable? Then one is alone, and if one is alone Then lover and beloved are equally unreal And the dreamer is no more real than his dreams."

—T. S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party