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If there is no Drink of Summer, Robert, then what will I drink?

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You’ll drink whatever you goddamn like!

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Oh, the freedom!!

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What Martini said.

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Great! I'm free to drink a G&T.

(As an old guy who speaks the English of yesteryear, I can't help cringing at "prior to" for "before.")

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G&T was the drink of summer before there was a Drink of Summer.

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I guess I can set an alert for three months from today to anticipate 2024’s Drink of Fall, but I’m much more concerned about the shortage of Martinique sugar cane syrup that is threatening my ‘ti Punch consumption. Also, I don’t have a TikTok account and don’t want one.

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'ti Punch! It's the Drink of Summer!

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It’s always MY drink of Summer. Well, one of them.

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The orange-bottled Petite Canne Cane Syrup supply has dried up in Chicago. (A few expired bottles still live on the shelf of my local bodega — I may have been their only customer for that particular product.) But I have had luck finding the Rhum J.M version around the city. Might see if your best Spiribam friend can share who carries it in NYC.

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The Drink of Fall is always a Pumpkin Spice something or other.

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Always!

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Looking forward to hot dog week!

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It's only a week away!

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Whither the Frosé?

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It's still around. Funny that it was never crowned the Drink of Summer by the TikTok ilk.

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The Drink of this summer and every other summer is a cold glass of Vermouth.

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That is a good choice!

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Count me in on the party to bury the Drink of Summer at a crossroads with a stake through its heart and covered with garlic, holy water, and a splash of overproof rum.

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Why waste good rum?

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It sterilizes, and it's also sacred.

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