AQUAVIT’S ARRIVAL

When it comes to spirits and cocktails, sweet is easy to love. Sweet is simple, unthinking, unchallenging. Sweet never asks anything of you, never suggests that you meet it halfway. Fruity liqueurs, sugary mixers, and syrupy concoctions never force you to question longheld beliefs as they tend to your needy sweet tooth. Sweet gives you a figurative shoulder rub, even when you’re a jerk.

Then there’s savory. Savory bites a little, smells of strange aromas, and tastes mysterious. Chewy, earthy, salty, spicy, bitter, and smoky can all be confounding to the person who loves