Creative Drinking

Four new friends

Just ordered the following items online from Astor Wines in NYC. I was unaware that liquor could be home-delivered in PA. A whole new world has just opened up. http://www.astorwines.com/  and...your first online order over $100 ships for free!

Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot.

- this will serve the following purposes:

1. will be a nice visual companion to the R&W creme de violette. I will see to it that they are ALWAYS kept side by side.

2. i am interested in apricot as an option with liquor. Plus it's hard to find so I had to have it.

3. it's delicious. just by itself or with gin (that's as far as I've gotten). I saw this for the first time in Louisville, KY at MEAT http://www.facebook.com/meatlouisville. A very memorable bar in a very memorable town.

Creme Yvette.

-this is a new one for me but I have a feeling it will change my life for the following reasons:


1. It is hard to find. In which case  I will always be automatically obsessed and will have to have it no matter what, even if I have never seen or tried it.
2. The bottle is absolutely gorgeous.
3. It is a similar liqueur to Creme de Violette, with a slightly different taste. I happened to have had an Aviation with it last weekend in NYC at a FANTASTIC restaurant http://saxonandparole.com/....check it out. I was excited to see they carried Aviation gin and happened to be watching the bartender make my drink (as I tend to do)  and saw this unfamiliar bottle instead of the tall recognizable R&W CdV bottle. De-lish-ous. So i sought it out. and found it. 

Luxardo Bitter.

-always interested in trying things similar to my beloved Campari. Plus sort of obsessed with Luxardo. AND it's a few bucks cheaper. That being said, I will never stop buying Campari.

Luxardo Triplum Triple Sec.

-Interesting looking bottle and obviously everyone needs triple sec and this is half the price of Cointreua. Plus, I'm sort of obsessed with Luxardo. Haven't even opened it and have already decided it's my new brand.