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By mjhorn Posted on September 27, 2014September 27, 2014

Gallo wine with ice

After a couple of moody European spirits (oude jenever and absinthe), it seems about time we have something more frivolous. This one definitely fits that bill. It’s pink and light and sweet and … Continue reading Gallo wine with ice

Categories: V, WineTags: Gallo, Profane, Pynchon, USA
By mjhorn Posted on September 13, 2014September 13, 2014

Oude Genever

Now we’re getting somewhere. The beaten track just slipped out of sight. Oude Genever.It’s totally obscure to me, but gets a couple of runs in Pynchon, making a grand debut … Continue reading Oude Genever

Categories: Gravity's Rainbow, Mason & Dixon, Other spiritsTags: Blicero, Genever, Gottfried, Holland, Katje, Pynchon
By mjhorn Posted on September 1, 2014September 1, 2014

Absinthe with water

From Hemingway’s Papa Doble, on to another drink with a great literary/artistic pedigree: absinthe. We’re all familiar with its green fairy aura of inspired madness and creative self-annihilation. The stuff’s been … Continue reading Absinthe with water

Categories: Gravity's Rainbow, Other spirits, VTags: Absinthe, Czech Republic, France, Pastis, Pynchon, Roger Mexico, Signor Mantissa, Slothrop, Switzerland
By mjhorn Posted on August 9, 2014August 9, 2014

Madeira

I stepped off my bus this afternoon halfway through Mason & Dixon‘s last chapter. No way could I have gone home and socialised with people at that point. I sat … Continue reading Madeira

Categories: Mason & Dixon, WineTags: Dixon, Madeira, Mason, Portugal, Pynchon
By mjhorn Posted on July 29, 2014August 4, 2014

Nero d’Avola

Early in Bleeding Edge, Maxine pays a visit to the VC (which I’m assuming is venture capitalist) who’d supported hwgaahwgh.com (which address now conveniently directs one to the book’s wiki). The … Continue reading Nero d’Avola

Categories: Bleeding Edge, WineTags: Food, Italy, Maxine, Nero d'Avola, Pynchon, Slagiatt
By mjhorn Posted on July 18, 2014July 19, 2014

Rolling Rock

A week or so ago, I had the unexpectedly excellent experience of visiting the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St Louis. The brewery complex was opened in 1852, and it has some terrific architecture … Continue reading Rolling Rock

Categories: Beer, Bleeding EdgeTags: Bars/Places, Driscoll, Horst, Lager, Maxine, Pynchon, Rolling Rock, USA
By mjhorn Posted on July 12, 2014July 12, 2014

Inexpensive (airborne) vodka

Of all the bars in Pynchon, Kahuna Airlines’ airborne tiki bar must be one of the most colourful: Each 747 in the Kahuna Airlines fleet had been gutted and refitted as a … Continue reading Inexpensive (airborne) vodka

Categories: Cocktail/mixed, VinelandTags: Fiji, Pynchon, tiki bar, Vodka, Zoyd
By mjhorn Posted on June 28, 2014June 28, 2014

Brandy

Seeing as our friend Tyrone Slothrop’s Pilsner Urquell was such a good idea, we’d better see what else he can recommend us. Or actually–he gets through some classy girlfriends, some of them … Continue reading Brandy

Categories: Gravity's Rainbow, Other spiritsTags: Bardinet, Brandy, France, Katje, Pynchon, Slothrop
By mjhorn Posted on June 20, 2014June 22, 2014

King Kong

King Kong? Pynchon helpfully explains that it’s “Crown Royal plus banana liqueur.” (Banana for the monkey, Crown for the King–a little poem in itself.) The internet helpfully elaborates that you can down … Continue reading King Kong

Categories: Bleeding Edge, Cocktail/mixedTags: banana liqueur, Canada, Crown Royal, Pynchon, Shot
By mjhorn Posted on June 14, 2014August 21, 2014

Boilermaker

Whiskey and Alement hides its vast whisky stores and careful beer selection behind a curtained door in a dead pocket of the Melbourne CBD. It’s a Pynchonesque place, in its … Continue reading Boilermaker

Categories: Beer, Inherent Vice, V, Whisk(e)yTags: Bars/Places, boilermaker, Brooklyn Brewery, Bunnahabhain, Doc Sportello, Pynchon, Roony, Sauncho, Scotland, USA
By mjhorn Posted on June 7, 2014July 9, 2017

Pilsner Urquell

CORRECTION: On my recent rereading of Gravity’s Rainbow I discovered that this post from back in 2014 is gravely in error. There I am down below rattling on about Slothrop drinking Pilsner … Continue reading Pilsner Urquell

Categories: Beer, Gravity's RainbowTags: Czech Republic, Pilsner Urquell, Pynchon, Slothrop
By mjhorn Posted on May 25, 2014May 27, 2014

Tequila Sunrise

Bleeding Edge is the book that inspired this project. According to my (very work in progress) list, it mentions 32 different specific drinks, crushing V.’s paltry 17. Benny Profane and the Whole Sick Crew in V. … Continue reading Tequila Sunrise

Categories: Bleeding Edge, Cocktail/mixedTags: Pynchon, Tequila Sunrise

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