Originally, this drink was supposed to be another random “choose my fate” drink, where a couple of my friends pick an ingredient each and I have to take it. Without knowing what the other person picked, they chose Wild Turkey, Southern Comfort, ginger ale, and pomegranate juice. Unfortunately, I got stuck trying to order this at an unnamed chain restaurant that really likes one day of the week and has random crap all over the walls. This meant that they didn’t have 3 out of the 4 ingredients. So not wanting to let anyone down, the drink became Jim Beam, Southern Comfort, 7up, and grenadine. The bartender himself walked the drink over to me, smiled, and said, “This just smells gross.” Success.  Read 

By the 1700s, gin shops comprised over half of the drinking establishments in England. This drink looks like runoff sewer water that has been sitting in those pipes since then. The surprising thing is that instead of tasting like that sewage, it actually tastes like a sweet, fruity, strong beer.  Read