Alpine Knees-Up
Whether you’re heading down the piste or your local, it’s time to embrace mountain drinking
The last orders spirit: Russian vodka
Need to muster the courage of the winter Olympians doing their thing out at Sochi? Sink a couple of Russian firewaters at the top of a crevice-laden black run, or just before a sub-zero after-hours trek back to your chalet, and you’ll feel the belly burn of bravery.
The mountain bar beer: Weissbier (wheat beer)
Creamy enough to fill the hole in your belly, cold enough to refresh your sweaty face and a favourite on the slopes. Stick to German breweries for the best liquid reward.
The pre-party punch: Scandinavian Turbo Glogg
No surprises that snowy Denmark is officially the happiest country in the world – Scandi mulled wine is a red plonk, port, vodka, orange peel and cinnamon beast that’d turn any life-threatening blizzard into a gigglefest. KNOWLEDG E IS POWER
The bruised breakfast cocktail: Bacon Bloody Mary
The barmen in the resort of Arapahoe, Colorado, know how to perk up a broken and hungover-to-hell snowboarder. They serve up this, a Bloody Mary made with bacon-infused voddy, to nurse them out on to the slopes.
Knowledge is power
Although depicted in all sorts of alpine tourist bumf, St Bernard mountain rescue dogs don’t ever carry a barrel of brandy around their neck. The idea was created in an 1820 painting by artist Edwin Landseer.
From the March 2014 issue of FHM India.
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