Posted By Ron Bechtol on Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 1:00 PM click to enlarge Ron Bechtol
As the Dry January phenomenon picks up steam, we’ve thankfully moved well beyond the virtuous Virgin Mary and the simpering Shirley Temple neither of which most of us want to be overheard ordering during any month of the year.
To be sure, whether driven by folks swearing off alcohol for a month or embracing sobriety as a lifestyle, booze-free “spirits” are proliferating in the marketplace, and alcohol-absent cocktails are cropping up on the fanciest of bar menus.
But with the pandemic having driven a lot of drinking underground by which I mean to your home bar some of us feel a need for self-imposed abstinence to seem more like an exploration, not a punishment. As refreshing as a Topo an