‘Tis the season for schnapps and wellies, my friends. National Liquor Day arrives on October 16, and with it, the call to raise a glass and spread a rose.
Not without irony, October 16 is also the birthday of the fantastic drunk, the beloved author, the peak of Libra and the charmer to the end, Mr. Oscar Wilde.
The word “liquor” is derived (or distilled) from the Latin liquid, meaning “to melt, or dissolve.”
Appropriate, considering how many of us can remember dissolving into a pool of regret and vomit after an afternoon spent drinking a bottle of powder pulled from an absent parent’s liquor cabinet.
In a great paradox, the history of liqueur begins with medicine. 13th century monks steeped bitter herbs to treat their patients’ ailments, sweetening them with sugar to make the medicine easier to administer.
In the 16th century, Aries regent Catherine de’ Medici introduced the liqueur to the French court, making it fashionable and fancy AF. In the 17th century, the advent of the spice trade expanded the variety of liqueur flavors, introducing ginger, orange and chocolate to European palettes.
While the world of liquor has continued to evolve, the OG’s emphasis on practicality lives on, with Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo claiming that a daily dose of Jägermeister is the key to keeping his long, shiny hair.
Bless.
Pour one and raise one for National Liquor Day. Read on to discover the spirit that matches your zodiac sign.
Crème de menthe
Ruled by Mars and fueled by the pursuit of truth and other accelerants, Aries people are often bold, but always refreshingly honest. This quality is reflected in the cheerful color and bright aroma of peppermint cream.
Add to the knowledge that cordiality was invented by Emile Giffard, an Aries pharmacist, and was the favorite constitution of Aries pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff. Rachmaninoff claimed that the green liqueur calmed his nerves and steadied his hands when he played his ridiculous concerto “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”, giving the piece the nickname “Crème de Menthe Variations”.
Recommended cocktail: Green Dragon
Midori
At its best, Taurus is the sign of cured decadence and beauty as medicine. At its worst, Taurus is the sign of gluttony and greed, whose color of power is green and whose battle cry is more.
As for this in myth and marketing, Midori speaks to both.
First introduced in the US via a Saturday Night Fever cast party at the Temple of Louche, Studio 54, the liqueur reached its peak of popularity during the first decade of the 1980s.
Recommended cocktail: Midori Sour
Aperol
Like the immortal twins Castor and Pollux, who together make up the constellation Gemini, Aperol was born from brothers Luigi and Silvio Barbieri.
Gemini represents the duality present in all matter, light and dark, sacred and profane, low forehead and high mind. In nature and in spirit, Aperol is distilled with sweet orange peel and bitters. Gemini is ruled by Mercury, a fiery planet of heated gossip and heated exchanges. In nature, Aperol was created to marry prosecco and blends best with manicured gardens and questionable company.
Recommended cocktail: Aperol Spritz
Bailey’s Irish Cream
Cancer is ruled by the feminine moon, owns breasts, breasts and lactation, and is associated with root systems and inheritance, making Bailey’s Irish Cream a suitable intoxicant for Cancer people.
The opaque bottles are suitable for smuggling cocaine, while the aroma calls to us what we wish breast milk tasted like.
Recommended cocktail: Bailey’s Colada
Goldschlager
Leo is ruled by the golden light of the sun and represents royalty and self-celebration. In nature and by the glass, Goldschlager is the successor/thief to the Swiss throne of Goldwasser, a gold-studded herbal liqueur favored by German tsars.
Recommended cocktail: Gold Royale
Chartreuse
The Virgin is a sign synonymous with prudence and guardianship of the temple, and Chartreuse is a liqueur produced from a secret recipe handed down by Carthusian monks.
Born from a blend of 130 botanicals, Chartreuse tastes like vegetable compost and, in the spirit of the sign, is a good time disguised as a devotional potion.
Recommended cocktail: The Last Word
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Chambord
Libra is ruled by the planet Venus, named for the goddess of love and beauty, whose earthly associations include the raspberry from which Chambord derives its deep color and rich, sweet flavor.
Libras are shameless sugar babies who like the finer things in life and are not above easy social climbing. In nature, Chambord, which bills itself as “unmistakably decadent,” borrows its name from a French villa and its status from King Louis XIV’s reported love of the fine juice.
Recommended cocktail: Pink Julep
St. Germaine
St. Germain, with its statuesque bottle, Parisian mystique and fresh elderflower scent, is pure Scorpio.
Fixed water, Scorpio rules the eighth house of sex, death and transformation and the mystical elder tree from which the elder flower springs can sprout from damaged branches and grow roots from cuttings, making it an ancient symbol and eternal regeneration.
In the same way, elderflowers are associated with death, sorrow and resurrection, as the cross of Christ is believed to have been made from the wood of an elder.
Add to the mix, or still, as it were, that old wood, flowers and leaves are used during the pagan fire festival of Samhain, which falls during the season of the Scorpion, to ward off evil spirits and protect the souls of the dead.
Recommended Cocktail: Traditional Old Fashioned
Kahlúa
The cinematic embodiment of the Sagittarian archetype can be found in Jeffrey Lebowski, the wisecracking, traveller-wearing, bathrobe king whose drink of choice, the White Russian, is made complete with the addition of this coffee liqueur.
Who but an arrow to the sky, throw caution to the wind, zero f-ks to give the archer would dream of mixing booze and milk like a breakfast of raw bread?
Who but an arrow to the sky, throw caution to the wind, zero f-ks to give the archer would dream of mixing booze and milk like a breakfast of raw bread? Sagittarius is the sign of good times and good-natured criminality, an energy displayed in this macaque monkey thug/hero who entered his local liquor store to score Kahlúa. The hero
Recommended cocktail: White Russian
Grand Marnier
Ruled by Saturn, the planet of the long game and hard lessons, Capricorns are built to endure and often harbor something of a superiority complex. They expect the best from themselves, from the world they pass through and from the people they judge.
Like Capricorns, Grand Marnier tastes expensive, is the rich result of a slow process, and improves greatly with age.
Like sea goats, Grand Marnier tastes expensive, is the rich result of a slow process, and improves greatly with age.
Recommended cocktail: Cadillac Sidecar
Sambuca
In terms of the Major Arcana, Aquarius is represented by the Star card in which a topless girl gazes into a reflecting pool while a bright central star rises above her head, shining as a symbol for hope, perception and divine intercession. university. .
Similarly, star anise, the main ingredient in Sambuca, is associated with the opening of psychic channels and the distribution of divine discharges. In the Star card, the central orb is surrounded by a crown of seven stars, each corresponding to one of the seven chakras.
Same but different, Sambuca is usually served with seven coffee beans in honor of the Seven Hills of Rome.
Recommended cocktail: Sambuca Sazerac
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Amaretto
Pisces are brave, drunk with love, “I am my lover and my lover is mine, reckless romantic of the zodiac, always ready to go to great depths and terrible depths in the service of a relationship” .
In nature and Greek myth, the almond, from which Amaretto derives its signature flavor, is associated with both a doomed love story and a constellation of self-inflicted castrations.
Love hurts and Pisces are always ready for that promised pain. Drink.
Recommended cocktail: Italian Margarita
Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and reports irreverently on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture and personal experience. To book a reading, visit her website.
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