SNAP
Last year I declared my love for the deliciousness of Art In The Age’s ROOT liquor (along with half of the blogosphere) and this year I have a new boozy love: SNAP. While hanging out with the Num Num Girls a few weeks ago, they treated me to a taste. It was love at first sip (and sip and sip and sip…) I had to get some for myself. I used my blogging powers for good (reporting to you about delicious liquor is super important business) and got my lucky paws on some and made the best damn Dark & Stormy this side of the Rusty Knot (a top contender.) I used unfiltered ginger ale and spiced rum (spiced rum was not necessary, but it was what we had and worked just fine.) SNAP is a lot like ROOT, but instead of leaning towards a rootbeer flavor, it leans towards a gingersnap flavor. It tastes kind of like Christmas, really. The Dark & Stormy was Summer refreshing, but the fine folks at Art In The Age provided a list of delicious recipes, and one involving whiskey, bitters, orange juice and honey was the perfect Fall cocktail.
It’s available in the fine city of Philadelphia for purchase, but also online for some states where legal (sorry, Washington.)
PS. It’s also super delicious on vanilla ice cream.
PPS. Be careful friends, this stuff is deceivingly strong.
August 11th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
This sounds absolutely delicious. Christmas, indeed!
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August 11th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Sounds absolutely delicious. I visited Art In The Age last year the day after they’d had a tasting of ROOT, and the whole store smelled such good that even though I didn’t get to try it first, I absolutely had to go out and buy some. I definitely wasn’t disappointed. And since a dark & story is one of my favorite drinks, it sounds like SNAP is right up my alley too.
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August 11th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
So pumped to try this!
We’ve been making a lot of Dark & Stormys at our house using Pacifikool (www.pacifikool.com). It’s a traditional ginger syrup made in Hawaii. Ben heard about it in Saveur Magazine. They are finally selling it online and I recommend getting some. It makes the best drinks!
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August 11th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Man. I love The Kraken. Probably the tastiest, most affordable, black-spiced rum ever.
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August 11th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Oh, and it appears they carry SNAP in my local Pittsburgh liquor store, too. I’ll have to go check it out.
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August 11th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
I promise you I would be IN TROUBLE if this was in my vicinity. And I’m not even one for much drinking! I just love ginger so much, I don’t think I could stay away.
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August 11th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Oh man! That looks/sounds delicious! I definitely want to try that for myself. Ginger is one of my favorite things!
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August 11th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Ooh looks yummy! 80 proof, huh? Wow.
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August 12th, 2010 at 12:16 am
dang! I love your blog~!
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August 12th, 2010 at 3:13 am
OMG YUM. (<– Apparently this comment is too short on its own!!)
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August 12th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
dark and stormy’s are my favoriteeeeeee! your blog is so lovely and one of my first reads in the morning! thanks for always posting about my best friend, lily of bigbang, as well. it always makes me smile seeing good people supporting other good people! xo, kate
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August 12th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
this sounds delish! unfortunately it would be impossible to get my hands on it in japan. but christmastime back in CA ~ yum!
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August 13th, 2010 at 3:29 am
Sounds yummy! I even like the packaging of the bottle.
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August 18th, 2010 at 10:41 am
I think I’d buy this just for the packaging! (and for the fact it’s called SNAP)
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