"Dark and Stormy vs Sazerac.....Which One Are You"

The Dark and Stormy vs. The Sazerac

One is simple and pure and the other is complex and layered. They both remind me so much of myself in the fact that I have so many layers and I am so complex but when you get down to the heart of me I am just as vulnerable as the next and eternally seeking something simple and pure.

The Dark and Stormy: 

Named for the color of a cloud that only a fool or a dead man would sail under.

Dark and Stormy                                                               

• 2 ounces Gosling's Dark Rum 
• 5 ounces ginger beer
• Lime wedge


Life is not simple and in this world it is hard to find anything pure, but love and emotions can be both dark and stormy. When you observe yourself slowly and unknowingly allowing someone to break down your wall it catches you off guard and you don't know what reality you will find yourself in. You are either like mercury, silver and quick or like syrup, sticky and thick. You either whisper like a breeze or you roar like a hurricane. There is no in between because emotions are difficult to harness when they run high. Some emotions tend to be like a hurricane, the eye full of sun and calm, but hands full of dark churning sea, with disregard of time, virtue and horizon, the waters much like my own eyes are dark and deep.

The Sazerac: 

  "There is no way to fit more molecules of alcohol into a cocktail than a Sazerac." -Eben Klemm.

Sazerac

• 1 Sugar Cube
• Water
• 2oz Buffalo Trace Bourbon or Sazerac Rye Whiskey
• 2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
• Ice
• 1 barspoon Absinthe or Herbsaint
• Lemon Peel

Complexity is the essence of the Sazerac, much as you find complexity in one's personality. Layers upon layers of character essence that you sometimes must carefully peel back in order to find the true depth of a person. Some won't even take the time to do the work to get to know who the inner soul really is of their chosen partner. 

Much like the drink you'll find some personalities as stiff and conservative as rye whiskey, as chilled as the rocks of ice you have carefully broken and poured in the glass, as deeply hurt and tarnished as the bitters and as tart and succulent as the lemon. Then taste the pure sweetness in your mouth of the sugar cube and you may find they are as hallucinogenic and intoxicating as the Absinthe or Herbsaint. It is up to you to discover which element you will always remember as the true taste and feel of their kiss in your mouth. 

Do the work because you may find the truest form of pleasure and purest form of love after all of the layers of heartbreak, unbridled emotion, immense joy and intoxicating passion have been sorted through. Much like a night in the French Quarter you will enjoy the moment and never regret your decisions the next morning.

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