Spirits for the party
Strange schnapps for Christmas: pacify the family with a strangle angel
Priest! The mood is still good and curious schnapps – whether as a gift or for dessert – ensures that it stays that way.
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Christmas a festival of love? Only if there is enough to drink. These curious schnapps save the party: whether as a gift, a raucous drink or a drink to be forgotten.
Alcohol is a part of Christmas. Most of the time, wine, whiskey & Co. lie under the fir tree or are served before, during and after the feast. This is often sorely needed, because as nice as it may be to celebrate with the family, the festival of love is just as exhausting – if you don’t have enough to drink.
How wonderful that the one or the other drop is suitable to get rid of the relatives when the (again) proves extraordinary sedentary meat and starts to rant about politics instead of enjoying the harmony of calm. Because let’s be honest, at Christmas you should keep it like in the office: You don’t talk about your sex life or politics. At least not with everyone.
Strangling Angel: Calm down the regulars’ table
But what to do when the tongue itches especially in need of communication? If the festively decorated dining table threatens to be converted into a regulars table, heavy artillery is needed – in this case one Choking angel. The herbal bitter from Westphalia lives up to its name. 40 revolutions do not suggest anything bad at first, but according to the manufacturer, Chinese roots ensure an “intense and pungent” taste.
With all due respect, it is so indecently sharp and intense that it could even tie the dog’s tie for the all-father of indecency and thus ensure two minutes of Christmas peace. If, contrary to expectations, the choking gel fails to work, you should see to it as quickly as possible to eliminate any memory of the festival.
Absinthe: the green muse for artists
That works best with absinthe. The downside was made famous by the artist Vincent van Gogh and boasts of being one of the highest-percentage spirits on the market. According to legend, the Dutch painter cut off part of his left ear while he was drinking absinthe. Somehow fits into the Christmas political discussion.
However, whether the “green fairy” was the reason for the loss of the hearing organ or a previous dispute with his artist friend Paul Gauguin is still controversial today. It is possible that Van Gogh wanted to protect his buddy and therefore claimed that he had severed his own ear. A scenario that is well known in most families. So it might be. If you want to give presents to a quick-tempered artist, you can never go wrong with absinthe.
Popcorn Rum: For Batman vs. Superman
Gin is followed by rum – not in this list, but in the list of trend drinks of those who moved from the Swabian wasteland to Berlin and now piss off their family with cosmopolitan gossip at Christmas. A few years ago gin was still the trend spirit for men and women of the world, but more and more connoisseurs are enjoying unusual rums.
If you want to delight an established cinema-goer with a very special drop, go for it Cinecane Popcorn Rum. A spirit that tastes like popcorn sounds unusual at first, but it is a real blessing for gag-gel or absinthe-afflicted palates. And when Hollywood dares to hit the toilet again and let Batman fight Superman, then every film fan is happy to have liquid instead of solid popcorn on hand.
Writers Tears: The whiskey for copywriters
“Karla Kolumna was my greatest role model, that’s why I wanted to be a journalist: in” – yes, anyone who reads this sentence in a journalist’s author profile will cry. It only gets worse when the person describes himself or herself as a “scribe” and how much he or she likes to “juggle” with words. If the “wording” sounds familiar, there is a high probability that you are also in the so-called “journalist bubble”. No place in this world oozes generic harmony paired with unfounded self-infliction.
Before this text is “jazzed up” about schnapps, do yourself, your colleagues and every bargain Schiller a favor and give away some creativity in the form of the Writers Tears. This is a delicious Irish blend, the effect of which makes even the editing of agency texts, poor pay and quick-tempered editors-in-chief who forget their hand on the volunteer’s thigh at the Christmas party bearable.
Every family has that: old bastard
Speaking of forgotten hands on thighs: if you order a plum brandy from a young waitress in a restaurant with a wink, you are very likely to have one old bastard. Whether this genus men … man will eventually become extinct? Probably not. How do they say on the island so aptly: “Boys will be boys.” But what is much nicer than upsetting a waitress is upsetting an old bastard. And experience has shown that this can only be achieved with a cheeky dose of quick-wittedness. Before the bastard can counter, ideally give it a herbal schnapps. Maybe that will help him rethink his behavior.
Strange liquor: Cookie Dough Rum
Enough of family, colleagues, bosses and other annoying accessories. Christmas time means, above all, sitting on the couch with no regrets and eating a pot of cookie dough ice cream wrapped in a fluffy blanket while your companions like Sauron and Harry, Hermione and Ron take on you know who or Karlsson over the roof flies. There is one for all lovers of the chilled cookie dough liquid alternative. But you shouldn’t devour it like the sundae. Slightly dressed up for Christmas is still not wrong. You know what I mean. Happy Holidays.
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