Dear Drinkers. Y’all know I take requests. Well, today’s honoree comes from some very heartfelt ones of those. I’ve gotten a bundle of requests over the five years I’ve been running my blog. From requests to honor art, to requests to honor achievement, to requests just because they happened to really like the person. Today’s honoree, however, was requested multiple times, by multiple people, for what they meant and represented to the trans and genderqueer communities. Given the weight of that request, I’ve been working to try and find just the right recipe for today’s nominee, who isn’t quite one thing, and isn’t quite another, but IS one hundred percent himself, and that’s what we’re here to honor.

Ladies and Gentlemen

It’s Aero!

This be-scarfed little pegasus is doing his best to be who he is, and to figure out what he wants to be, with the help of some very loving parents, a big sister who treats him as big sisters are wont to do, a closet full of couture clothing, and a couple strategically placed magazines. Hopefully, he gets to where he’s going; and with a support network like that around him, I’d say he’s got a good chance.

An Aero

Ingredients:

1. 2oz Tequila Reposado.
   
2. 1 leaf Sorrel, finely chopped.
   
3. Ice
   
4. 3 dashes grapefruit bitters
   
5. A chilled Collins glass
   
6. 4oz fresh grapefruit juice
7. Miracle Berry
   

Special Equipment:

A Muddler

Making an Aero.

1. Chop Sorrel leaves
   
2. Put leaves and bitters into glass, and muddle.
3. Add ice.
   
4. Pour fluids into glass
   
5. Stjr.
   
6. Drink!
   
7. Eat berry.
8. Drink!

You’ve just finished making an Aero!

You’ll notice that this drink is actually consumed twice! The first time, you’ll notice the bitterness, and acidity that exists in the drink, leading to an unfinished feeling with regards to the flavor. Taking the Miracle Berry, however, coats your tastebuds in Miraclin, and allows the hidden flavors present behind those other factors to really shine through, and present themselves as they would want to be seen.

Seems kinda familiar, hmm?~

You may want to meander over to http://drambuieandscotch.tumblr.com/ . You might find a newly created Mod-Blog I was peer-pressured into creating after five years without one. Do not expect deep truths. Expect snark and cat-videos.

Keep sending in suggestions as to who you’d like to see made into a drink, and Stay Thirsty, Dear Drinkers!