Aquavit

The Scandinavian liquor Aquavit or Akvavit is the type of hooch that shouldn’t be too cheap. If done right it’s quite good, however, and is tasty with pickled fish, which may be a little bit of an esoteric selling point I suppose.

This Norwegian Wood cocktail is worth returning to again and again, until you realize that good Aquavit may be kind of a pain in the ass to get a hold of: four parts aquavit, four parts Laird’s Applejack (we used Calvados), three parts sweet vermouth, one part Yellow Chartreuse (we used Strega) and one dash Angostura bitters.