I recently met a bartender of bartenders. Dave was one of the characters you meet in life who has a never ending supply of genuine experiences, all interesting, and all worth telling many times over. Dave and I were discussing some of finer points of wine and beer, or rather Dave was gracefully keeping me in the conversation, as his expertise was exceptional.
Dave had a particular interest in cocktails of late, and had been experimenting with various ingredients, hoping to add more great libations to his notebook. We talked about the science of pure ice production, (it's really not too difficult to make perfectly clear ice cubes at home) and soon we shifted to Scotch based drinks. Dave's mentioned an appreciation of coconut water, which I also have, and before I could say no, Dave had poured two Ardbeg Scotch and coconut waters. Refreshing and unusual in that it's a Scotch based mixer, which is difficult to mix, as I understand it. Jamie, another bar patron had now partaken and proclaimed it excellent.
All we needed now was a name. "Scoconut" sprung to mind, but that really wasn't all that interesting. Although Bobonut (Bourbon and coconut water) and Jojonut (Jack Daniels based) make the trio fun to say if nothing else. Give one a try, and create some "Dave" stories of your own.
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