{"id":2451902,"date":"2019-12-05T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=317079"},"modified":"2019-12-05T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T20:00:00","slug":"libations-hottie-with-a-toddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/libations-hottie-with-a-toddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Libations: Hottie with a toddy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ben Welch’s take on a hot toddy.<\/strong>
Ben Welch\/Aspen Times Weekly<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Poor baby had gotten a mild case of the sniffles the past few days, and I didn\u2019t really feel like drinking as much as I normally do. However, I was having flashbacks to when, as a young man, an older guy told me that when he gets sick, he just gets plowed and the symptoms fade away.<\/p>\n

This is the kind of bad advice I\u2019m susceptible to, along with the fellow 12-year-old Boy Scout recommending I strip down before crawling in my sleeping bag because when I awaken and dress, I\u2019ll get warmer quicker. In hindsight, that doesn\u2019t make any sense and led to some shivering nights on Independence Pass. But at least I was never gullible enough to fall for an MLM scheme.<\/p>\n

Anyway.<\/p>\n

Something about a hot toddy sounded like it could soothe my senses, but the thought of a traditional mug of microwaved water and whiskey sent cold sweats down my Adam\u2019s apple. It would need to have multiple fruity elements.<\/p>\n

I picked up a box of Wild Berry Zinger tea, some honey, a lemon and a bottle of brandy. I don\u2019t know much about brandy, other than Looking Glass laments about how she\u2019s a fine girl and what a good wife she would be. Get it together sailor; she\u2019s a bartender and you should never fall in love with hired guns.<\/p>\n

As the water boiled and purified, I coated my glass with a healthy bottom layer of honey. I also coated my floor, couch and shirt by accident. Oh well, guess I\u2019m going topless. At least the heated drink will warm me up faster. I eyeballed a couple-seconds pour of brandy and squeezed the juice of half a lemon like the skulls of my enemies, of which there are many. Very satisfying.<\/p>\n

Six teabags ought to do the trick, which was the highest number I\u2019ve had since losing a \u201cHalo 2\u201d tournament. I placed little faith in the palatability of this drink, as I have immense distrust in my aptitude to make anything beyond a whiskey-diet and ham sandwich.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019ll be damned, the thing was delicious. The honey even melted, assuaging my fears of needing to cram a sponge and my hand down the glass to clean it and risk it shattering, sending me (back) to the ER for some stitches and artery cauterizing. I made another, and a third, and took better photos each time of the beverage from all the scenic spots around my apartment.<\/p>\n

I only had half a bottle of brandy remaining by this point, so figured I\u2019d do a double review and just chug the rest of it.<\/p>\n

I always envisioned brandy as the dusty liquor on your grandpa\u2019s shelf, or what alcoholics drink because it\u2019s all they can afford *cough*.<\/p>\n

Just as potent as most whiskeys but less harsh with a few ice cubes, I could envision brandy entering my rotation more often. But my life, my lover, my lady is the Seagrams.<\/p>\n

bwelch@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ben Welch’s take on a hot toddy.Ben Welch\/Aspen Times Weekly Poor baby had gotten a mild case of the sniffles the past few days, and I didn\u2019t really feel like drinking as much as I normally do. However, I was having flashbacks to when, as a young man, an older guy told me that when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2451902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 03:33:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2451902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2451902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2451902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}