Wednesday Again Free Rangers (just barely),
It’s starting to feel deliberate. What was that colloquial definition of insanity again, that everybody attributes to Einstein? So here we are at humpday again to the surprise of no-one. The energy out there at street level has spiked to powder keg under a tinderbox next to an open fire in a moonless dessert. Sure, it would be hotter during the day, but can you imagine seeing such a monster flash in the near pitch black? Understanding that all bets were off on norms of public behavior circa sixteen minutes into the very first wave of Pandemic, but people just don’t know how to act anymore. More customers in the last two weeks have attempted to engage me in conversation in the shop while on a FaceTime with someone else (or taken a call while I was answering their question) than in the previous six or seven years combined. And these aren’t 20-somethings reared online, we’re talking 30+ and 40+ year olds who have absolutely no excuse. During the same period, a young woman broke into the middle of a sentence (which was directly answering her question) to look past me and say to her friend, “I’ve never heard of any of these, why don’t we just go to the place by your house?” I believe that was the same day some whiskey bro demanded full dissertation on each bottle on the Weekend Whiskey Sale table, only to say, “okay, maybe next time,” on his way to the door. Attempted theft is very near third wave of Pandemic high, and aggressive interactions with desperate people in and around the intersection are coming at unprecedented pitch, though in fairness, we’ve still only inhabited the actual corner space for less than a year (hopefully just thinking that out loud won’t tempt fate to toss Everclear into the proverbial campfire). And in case you missed it, there was also an earthquake and and solar eclipse in the same week, right here in Brooklyn, but I’m sure it’s fine.
Once again we’re doubling up our in-store tasting and our online only weekly sale, this time with the help of Empirical Spirits! There is literally nobody of whom we are aware making products that are anything like the two Empirical Spirts and two Empirical Cocktails we currently carry. Officially based in Brooklyn now, this outfit is producing bottles (and cans) containing unique distillates and natural flavor combinations that are unavailable anywhere else in the realms of nature or (hu)man. So, tomorrow, Thursday, April 11th (5-7pm), please join us for FREE tastes of Empirical Spirts Can 01 and Can 02 as well as The Plum, I Suppose and Empirical Spirits Doritos, about which you may have heard echoing ado via the InstaToks or the TikiGrams. Plus, enjoy 10% off all Empirical Spirits products on the website, this week only!
(!) Click here for Empirical sale page (!)
And in honor of our impending 11th Anniversary here at Free Range, and as a nod to the unreasonable proportion of Chardonnay we drink here in the shop, we’re adding a FREE in-store Chardonnay tasting on Saturday as well! So, this Saturday, April 13th (5-7pm) please join us, and our awesome friend, Allie, for FREE pours of two lovely Burgundian Chard(s) by Kumeu Village (NZ), and a stunningly chiseled bone dry white Burgundy from a tiny vineyard in Mâcon-Verzé. All of the above are 10% off, 20% off 6+ bottles (mix & match), Saturday only!
(pre-)P.S. You don’t hate Chardonnay.
(pre-)P.P.S. Dammit, I can’t get the link to work… um… Derek?
Cheers,
Jack
Proprietor
Free Range Wine & Spirits
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