Homework

Friday afternoon I stopped into the Alembic at the hour when the shift was changing between Josie and Daniel. This is a terrific time to be there. I had the Mellow Yellow, which is made with bourbon, limoncello, and black pepper- one of my favorite cocktail ingredients.

Then Josie and I and some hangers-on headed to the Toronado for beers. It seems the Alembic expanded their boutique beer selection by a huge amount and Josie wanted to familiarize herself with the menu. I was only too glad to help her drink what she was drinking and give my valuable tasting notes such as, "It's like a wet lawn where there are elm tree leaves in a pile," and "you set a basket of under-ripe blueberries on stones to keep them off the dirt."

Beer tasting is fun, especially with the strange pricey Belgian varieties we were drinking, but I don't enjoy the beer buzz as much as the "normal" liquor inebriation. So after we left Toronado, I drank a couple shots of whisky just to put myself right.

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