28.12.07

It’s a small small small small internet

in booze

Tonight, following a suggestion that A— wrote on the internet, we went to The Green Street Grill for cocktails and dinner. As I’d been directed I requested a cocktail made with Bittermens Bitters — specifically the Xocolatl mole bitters. The bartender (featured here on a page on the internet) made me the same drink that my friend R— got when making a similar request which she later wrote about on the internet.

While at the restaurant, we ran into T— and J—, who I know from the internet.

Upon arriving at home, I looked up the drink and discovered that someone else I know entirely via the internet wrote a short comic about making it.

Here is the drink, which you are reading about on the internet:

The Twentieth Century

1 1/2 ounces (4.5 cl.) gin
3/4 ounce (2 cl.) Lillet Blanc
3/4 ounce (2 cl.) light creme de cacao
3/4 ounce (2 cl.) fresh lemon juice

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

(Recipe via Wikipedia, a site on the internet for counterfactual information.)

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  1. Does not rhyme with Olé! said,

    December 28, 2007 @ 10:27 pm

    Do you have any idea how much patience I have for the spelling molé? If I run into Avery and Janet Glasser at a cocktail bar below 14th St., I’ll make sure to let them know.

    These bitters are awesome!

  2. liza said,

    December 29, 2007 @ 6:32 am

    OK OK I changed it. How would you know anyway — you don’t speak Mexican.

  3. Avery Glasser said,

    December 31, 2007 @ 12:28 pm

    Wow – you specifically asked Misty for a drink made with our bitters!

    Too bad we missed you – Janet and I were doing a Boston tour last weekend and were there having fantastic drinks with Misty on the 28th up until close.

    Avery Glasser
    Bittermens, Inc.

    PS: We had a South American friend confirm mole with the accent mark before we made the label – but we have seen it more often without the accent mark… so we’ve changed it on the site and on the label template.

  4. liza said,

    December 31, 2007 @ 12:32 pm

    Even smaller now!

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