Alright guys, this one’s easy. It’s the last Friday before Xmas Week, and you’re probably more than a bit stressed. I mean, maybe not for the same reasons as you would be in any other year, but the lockdowns and restrictions are getting us all bummed out. Next week is going to be… well, probably relatively quiet. But imagine that it’s not 2020 and we’re heading into the whirlwind that is the week before Xmas.
Back to the point: It’s Friday! Tonight, your only job is to sit back, put your feet up, and get yourself sloshed. Okay, maybe not sloshed, but get yourself a nice buzz-on and let your troubles melt away. Pop on some of those holiday specials/movies that you’ve picked out, and just forget the world for a while. Unless, of course, you have issues with alcohol. In which case maybe just brew yourself a nice cup of tea or something. It’s not quite the same, but it’ll do in a pinch.
Me, I’ve got a big box of beer to work through. It’s been a really long time since I bought a case of beer, and Lockdown Xmas seemed like the perfect time. Even outside of this time of year, it feels so nice to crack a beer or two on a Friday evening to celebrate making it to the end of another week. Knowing me, though, I’ll probably spend most of my night nursing the first bottle and pass out on the couch by 9:30.
I also came across this little treasure recently:
If you didn’t know, whiskey is my drink of choice. I don’t tend to stray too far outside of my preferred brand, especially once you start getting into adding gimmicky flavours, but when I saw the peach-flavoured whiskey, I knew that I had to have it.
The pros here are twofold: Firstly, it’s delicious. Like drinking candy that stings just a little bit on the way down. I’m a big fan of peach-flavoured things, so it works really well for me. Secondly: since there’s already an extra flavour here, there’s no need for mix. I don’t normally drink my whiskey straight, so I often get stymied by the fact that I almost never have soda on hand to mix it with. So it’s nice that I can just pour a glass of this and it’s good to go.
The one con is that it’s incredibly sweet. Again, like drinking liquid candy. Or maybe like drinking syrup right out of the bottle? Not really something I would care to do. As such, the peach whiskey necessitates that you take it in rather small sips. Not that you’d be chugging regular whiskey or anything, but at least you can take a respectfully-sized swig from a glass of rye and coke. Not the case here. I also found that about half a glass was my tolerance for a single evening. Not because it got me drunk that quickly, but because I was just too saccharine.