Forestdweller's blog

-What's your favorite drink or cocktail? What's in it?

When it comes to alcoholic drinks, I'm a simple person. Until recently I wasn't much of a drinker, mostly due to living with my teetotaler Mum and thus my tastes haven't had much time to mature. I dislike the flavor of alcohol on first taste, usually, but my palate is beginning to become used to it and even savor subtle differences in alcoholic flavors.

That being said I tend to favor wines. Berry wines, like raspberry wine or honey wines especially. Give me mead and I'm giddy for more reasons than one.

If I have a mixed drink I tend to create them myself, like a brandy drink I devised:

*Brandy sharp*

2oz Brandy

Lemon juice to taste

Lemon flavored seltzer

pinch of sugar

In a whiskey glass add lemon juice over ice. I prefer at least tow tablespoons or so. Add pinch of sugar, then the brandy. Fill glass to rim with lemon flavored spritzer. Savor while making a vaugly snooty face.

Another mixed drink is one of a line of Neon Genesis Evangaelion inspired drinks that Phoenix and I devised.

*LCL*

In a wine glass combine:

Mango nectar

Lemon juice

Vodka

We're still working on the measurements exact, but I filled the wine glass a little more than half full of nectar, finished the half with lemon juice and topped the glass to the rim with a smooth vodka. Mm, Primordial soup.

Have you created any drinks?

On Saturday I will be turning twenty seven years old and because of this momentous occasion I will be throwing a party. Inviting friends is well and good and there will more than likely be presents and drunken antics, however my year-turning has me in a pensive mood.I have not had any solid birth-day traditions since I was a child, when my parents would lead me in a prayer/contemplation regarding self-growth in my new year.

Do any of you have any birth-day traditions that you would like to share? I feel that I need more contemplation and ritual (even little ones or absurd ones) to mark this personal change every year.