Potential Titles: Beverages [Category]
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somethingdarkerAbsinthe:
As they sipped from a dwindling supply of absinthe - Abbi Ball "The Big Bang Cycle"
Who slowed the jagged hours with absinthe - Dana Gioia "Tedium"
Alcohol:
A dram of colourless alcohol - Mark Ford "Twenty Twenty Vision"
Alcohol as sweet as honey - Amaud Jamaul Johnson "When Miss Lucy Sings"
Ale.
Ambrosia.
Apertif:
An apertif distilled of wormwood - Jaswinder Bolina "Postcards"
The dreamy seer of Athens and her apertifs - Cynthia Zarin "Ouija Board"
Apple Wine:
Tasting of acid flame and apple wine - Ruth Lechlitner "A Winter's Tale"
Beer.
Bock:
Where flows the whiskey sour or the russet bock - Wallace Irwin "An Inside Con to Refined Guys"
Bourbon:
Borrow luster from a bourbon sun - Timothy Donnelly "The Cloud Corporation"
Brandy:
With a strong fellow feeling for brandy and sherry - L.V.F. Randolph "Mrs. Rabothem's Party" [The Continental Monthly v.4 no.1, July 1863]
Comforting as cherry brandy - Captain Owen Rutter "The Song of Tiadatha"
Brew.
Broth.
Burgundy:
Bacchus or Ceres, burgundy or ale - T.W.P. "Letter Second: To Thomas Carlyle, Esquire, London" [The Knickerbocker v.22, no.1, July 1843]
Buttermilk:
All the sweet buttermilk watered the plain - "Kitty of Coleraine" [A Book of Irish Verse ed. by W.B. Yeats]
Churn and buttermilk at once - Aimee Le "So the Love Story Started"
Chai:
We will prepare you chai with cinnamon, sugar, ginger, peppercorns, milk - Karan Kapoor "In an Attempt to Seduce Death My Sister Starts Calling Him Love" [Strange Horizons 17 Feb. 2025]
Champagne.
Cherry Brandy:
Comforting as cherry brandy - Captain Owen Rutter "The Song of Tiadatha"
Cider.
Cocktail:
Mixing its cocktail of sadness and dazzle - Kim Addonizio "Darkening Then Brightening"
Caprice and a cocktail shaker - Mary Jo Bang "Time Speeds, Said Louise, When a Fever Rises"
Lacking the fabric of a cocktail - Diane DeCillis "Quiet Rooms"
Cocoa:
A twirl of cocoa nib and bergamot - Yalie Saweda Kamara "Listening to Nina Simone Sing 'Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues'"
White-fruited cocoa shown against the shell - James Whitcombe Riley "An Empty Glove"
Coffee.
Cordial.
Cranberry Wine:
With a surplus of cranberry wine - Dorsey Craft "The women my husband ought to love"
Currant Wine:
More than all my currant wine - Philip Lybbe Powys Lybbe "The Lay of the Sheriff"
Dregs.
Espresso:
Anoint my neck and cheeks with espresso - Matthew Thorburn "This is What the City Smells Like?"
Gin.
Gin and Tonic:
Had their gin and tonic talks - Stephen Yenser "Vertumnal [excerpt]"
Highball:
A highball of history and radio - Russell Brakefield "Field Recordings"
Hot Toddy:
Craving fresh pie and hot toddies - Elizabeth Bradfield "Why They Went"
Juice.
Julep:
As deep almost in juleps as in debt - T.W.P. "Letter Second: To Thomas Carlyle, Esquire, London" [The Knickerbocker v.22, no.1, July 1843]
Lees.
Lemonade:
And fountains full of lemonade spout up - Marian Douglas "King and Queens"
Libation:
Spilling libations from the brim - Eleanor Farjeon "Pan-Worship"
Liqueur:
Old liqueurs in leather kegs - Iris Tree "[Many things I'd find to charm you]"
Liquor.
Margarita:
Sipping margaritas from a water bottle - Diannely Antigua "We Never Stop Talking About Our Mothers"
Martini:
After cigarettes and martinis and masks have vanished - Andre F. Peltier "I Definitely Dream in Color"
Mead.
Milk.
Mocha:
Mustard yellow, off-white, and mocha brown - Mouna Ammar "Azulelos of my Grandmother's Hallway"
The dragon orders an iced caramel mocha - Cislyn Smith "Hot"
Moonshine.
Nectar.
Orange Juice:
Orange juice in the form of air - Taije Silverman "Armageddon"
Pekoe:
Forego your redolent draughts of rare Pekoe - Ellen Tracy Alden "A Centennial Tea-Pot"
Plum Wine:
A mouse drunk on plum wine - Michael McGriff "Inversion"
Red Wine:
The cups of red wine turned pale - Mary Coleridge "Unwelcome"
The stain of rich red wine - Eugene A. Davidson "The Swift and Sharp-tongued Flame of Death"
Like red wine and honey - Amy Lowell "A Decade"
With the strong red wine of His mirth - John Masefield "Laugh and Be Merry"
Rum.
Rye Whiskey:
Enough rye whiskey to kill - D.A. Powell "[the cocktail hour finally arrives: whether ending a day at the office]"
Sauterne:
Sauterne and quinine, saccharine and gall - Stephen Vincent Benet "Two More Muses"
Schnapps:
With schnapps and smoke and psalm - Edmund Clarence Stedman "Peter Stuyvesant's New Year's Call: 1 Jan. A.C. 1661"
Scotch:
She has her secret scotch against the cold - Brooke Abbey "How to Adult"
Sherry:
With a strong fellow feeling for brandy and sherry - L.V.F. Randolph "Mrs. Rabothem's Party" [The Continental Monthly v.4 no.1, July 1863]
Strawberry Wine:
Nursing a bottle of strawberry wine - Hilarie Jones "The Teacher"
Tea.
Toast.
Vermouth:
Barnacles of sunshine and vermouth - Maggie Nelson "Vallejo"
Vintage.
Vodka.
Water.
Whiskey.
Whiskey Sour:
Where flows the whiskey sour or the russet bock - Wallace Irwin "An Inside Con to Refined Guys"
Wine.
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As they sipped from a dwindling supply of absinthe - Abbi Ball "The Big Bang Cycle"
Who slowed the jagged hours with absinthe - Dana Gioia "Tedium"
Alcohol:
A dram of colourless alcohol - Mark Ford "Twenty Twenty Vision"
Alcohol as sweet as honey - Amaud Jamaul Johnson "When Miss Lucy Sings"
Ale.
Ambrosia.
Apertif:
An apertif distilled of wormwood - Jaswinder Bolina "Postcards"
The dreamy seer of Athens and her apertifs - Cynthia Zarin "Ouija Board"
Apple Wine:
Tasting of acid flame and apple wine - Ruth Lechlitner "A Winter's Tale"
Beer.
Bock:
Where flows the whiskey sour or the russet bock - Wallace Irwin "An Inside Con to Refined Guys"
Bourbon:
Borrow luster from a bourbon sun - Timothy Donnelly "The Cloud Corporation"
Brandy:
With a strong fellow feeling for brandy and sherry - L.V.F. Randolph "Mrs. Rabothem's Party" [The Continental Monthly v.4 no.1, July 1863]
Comforting as cherry brandy - Captain Owen Rutter "The Song of Tiadatha"
Brew.
Broth.
Burgundy:
Bacchus or Ceres, burgundy or ale - T.W.P. "Letter Second: To Thomas Carlyle, Esquire, London" [The Knickerbocker v.22, no.1, July 1843]
Buttermilk:
All the sweet buttermilk watered the plain - "Kitty of Coleraine" [A Book of Irish Verse ed. by W.B. Yeats]
Churn and buttermilk at once - Aimee Le "So the Love Story Started"
Chai:
We will prepare you chai with cinnamon, sugar, ginger, peppercorns, milk - Karan Kapoor "In an Attempt to Seduce Death My Sister Starts Calling Him Love" [Strange Horizons 17 Feb. 2025]
Champagne.
Cherry Brandy:
Comforting as cherry brandy - Captain Owen Rutter "The Song of Tiadatha"
Cider.
Cocktail:
Mixing its cocktail of sadness and dazzle - Kim Addonizio "Darkening Then Brightening"
Caprice and a cocktail shaker - Mary Jo Bang "Time Speeds, Said Louise, When a Fever Rises"
Lacking the fabric of a cocktail - Diane DeCillis "Quiet Rooms"
Cocoa:
A twirl of cocoa nib and bergamot - Yalie Saweda Kamara "Listening to Nina Simone Sing 'Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues'"
White-fruited cocoa shown against the shell - James Whitcombe Riley "An Empty Glove"
Coffee.
Cordial.
Cranberry Wine:
With a surplus of cranberry wine - Dorsey Craft "The women my husband ought to love"
Currant Wine:
More than all my currant wine - Philip Lybbe Powys Lybbe "The Lay of the Sheriff"
Dregs.
Espresso:
Anoint my neck and cheeks with espresso - Matthew Thorburn "This is What the City Smells Like?"
Gin.
Gin and Tonic:
Had their gin and tonic talks - Stephen Yenser "Vertumnal [excerpt]"
Highball:
A highball of history and radio - Russell Brakefield "Field Recordings"
Hot Toddy:
Craving fresh pie and hot toddies - Elizabeth Bradfield "Why They Went"
Juice.
Julep:
As deep almost in juleps as in debt - T.W.P. "Letter Second: To Thomas Carlyle, Esquire, London" [The Knickerbocker v.22, no.1, July 1843]
Lees.
Lemonade:
And fountains full of lemonade spout up - Marian Douglas "King and Queens"
Libation:
Spilling libations from the brim - Eleanor Farjeon "Pan-Worship"
Liqueur:
Old liqueurs in leather kegs - Iris Tree "[Many things I'd find to charm you]"
Liquor.
Margarita:
Sipping margaritas from a water bottle - Diannely Antigua "We Never Stop Talking About Our Mothers"
Martini:
After cigarettes and martinis and masks have vanished - Andre F. Peltier "I Definitely Dream in Color"
Mead.
Milk.
Mocha:
Mustard yellow, off-white, and mocha brown - Mouna Ammar "Azulelos of my Grandmother's Hallway"
The dragon orders an iced caramel mocha - Cislyn Smith "Hot"
Moonshine.
Nectar.
Orange Juice:
Orange juice in the form of air - Taije Silverman "Armageddon"
Pekoe:
Forego your redolent draughts of rare Pekoe - Ellen Tracy Alden "A Centennial Tea-Pot"
Plum Wine:
A mouse drunk on plum wine - Michael McGriff "Inversion"
Red Wine:
The cups of red wine turned pale - Mary Coleridge "Unwelcome"
The stain of rich red wine - Eugene A. Davidson "The Swift and Sharp-tongued Flame of Death"
Like red wine and honey - Amy Lowell "A Decade"
With the strong red wine of His mirth - John Masefield "Laugh and Be Merry"
Rum.
Rye Whiskey:
Enough rye whiskey to kill - D.A. Powell "[the cocktail hour finally arrives: whether ending a day at the office]"
Sauterne:
Sauterne and quinine, saccharine and gall - Stephen Vincent Benet "Two More Muses"
Schnapps:
With schnapps and smoke and psalm - Edmund Clarence Stedman "Peter Stuyvesant's New Year's Call: 1 Jan. A.C. 1661"
Scotch:
She has her secret scotch against the cold - Brooke Abbey "How to Adult"
Sherry:
With a strong fellow feeling for brandy and sherry - L.V.F. Randolph "Mrs. Rabothem's Party" [The Continental Monthly v.4 no.1, July 1863]
Strawberry Wine:
Nursing a bottle of strawberry wine - Hilarie Jones "The Teacher"
Tea.
Toast.
Vermouth:
Barnacles of sunshine and vermouth - Maggie Nelson "Vallejo"
Vintage.
Vodka.
Water.
Whiskey.
Whiskey Sour:
Where flows the whiskey sour or the russet bock - Wallace Irwin "An Inside Con to Refined Guys"
Wine.
Navigation Links:
Go to author indices.
Go to word indices.
Go to category indices.
