Good & Evil Spirits – Jekyll & Hyde Liquor

Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don’t.

That’s essentially the underlying context of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Victorian era masterwork, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. (Yeah, I could have said it’s a deep psychological study of the duality within human identity and the struggle between the good and evil that lies within all of us. But you’ll see where I’m going in a second.)

That first statement could also could be the underlying context of most guys’ nights out. Sometimes you just want to have a couple of beers and watch the game. And sometimes you want to throw in a bunch of hair product and tear it up. Depends on your mood. And what (and how much) you feel like drinking.

Long Tail Libations, the newly launched subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch (who has had the beer thing down for a while and is finally jumping into the spirits game), gives us Jekyll & Hyde, a pair of liquors that hold true to their namesakes. And to your moods.

Jekyll, the mellower of the two, has a wild berry flavor that goes down smooth. Hyde hits you a little harder. Jet black, spicy and licorice flavored, this one grabs you from the inside and doesn’t let go.

Drink them together as a layered shot called (not surprisingly) The Jekyll & Hyde, by chilling both, pouring 3/4 of an ounce of Jekyll into a shot glass, then slowly pouring 3/4 of an ounce of Hyde down the side of the glass so it sits on top. And you can get recipes from www.drinkjekyllandhyde.com for drinks with names like Brain Hemorrhage, Two Faced Freak, Liquid Nightmare, London Fire and Evil Italian.

I know. Asking your date if she would like a Brain Hemorrhage doesn’t exactly elicit the same response as asking her if she would like Sex on the Beach. See if she’ll go for a night with an Evil Italian.

www.drinkjekyllandhyde.com