Tomorrow is longest day of the year. Tomorrow will be hot. Tomorrow, you will take advantage of it being the longest hot day of the year by drinking only the coldest cocktails with only the weirdest ice cubes in them. Because if they’re not weird, they’re just ice cubes.
The Cocktail: The Richland Rum and Coke—a shaken mixture of barrel-aged rum and
housemade soda.
The Cube: A sphere of pecan-smoked ice. Fun fact: everything in your glass was found within
100 miles. And is about to be a foot from your face.
The Situation: Your midday meeting: just getting started.
The Cocktail: The Last Samurai—12-year-old Japanese whiskey, Lillet,
honey.
The Cube: A chunk of oolong tea that’s been frozen around a string with a paper label on
it. Like an actual tea bag. That disintegrates into whiskey.
The Situation: Fake a sore throat or something.
The Cocktail: An American in Brazil—cachaça. Cocchi Americano. Lime juice. Soda
water. Candied-cherry garnish.
The Cube: An entire Hemingway daiquiri (white rum, Luxardo maraschino, simple syrup,
grapefruit and lime), only in ice form.
The Situation: If USA wins the World Cup. Or loses. Works both ways.
The Cocktail: Deconstructed Cosmo—blossom vodka and orange bitters.
The Cube: A frozen ball of housemade Cointreau. Meaning a key part of your date’s drink
will be slowly released as it melts. Meaning... something. We don’t know what, but definitely
something.
The Situation: “The night is young” just came out of someone’s mouth.
The Cocktail: FGR Herradura Double Reposado—tequila and... actually, that’s
it.
The Cube: A Granny-Smith-and-jalapeño-infused cube served with a spoon. Pour the tequila
over it. Stir gently. Watch as a cocktail is born.
The Situation: It’s 5:49pm this afternoon. Just a prediction.
