{"id":17816,"date":"2021-10-26T00:52:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T23:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alphamen.asia\/?p=17816"},"modified":"2021-10-26T00:52:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T23:52:02","slug":"stockton-hunter-s-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alphamen.asia\/stockton-hunter-s-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Give Into Sin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hong Kong speakeasy Stockton honours legendary writer Hunter S. Thompson with a new cocktail list inspired by his sensational career. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When most lads think of Hunter S. Thompson, they tend to think of Johnny Depp’s drug-infused adventures through the desert of Nevada in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas<\/em>, the film adaption of the journalist’s semi-autobiographical novel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ: An Osteria for All Occasions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there’s much more to Thompson than chasing the American Dream through a drug-induced fog. The Godfather of Gonzo or ‘New Journalism’, in which the writer becomes a central figure and participant in the events of the narrative, Thompson was a prolific scribe who once spent a year living and riding with the Hell’s Angels to forge his first novel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thompson was also the inspiration behind one of Hong Kong’s first speakeasies, Stockton<\/a>, which has launched a new Creativity of Sins cocktail menu that tells stories through twelve cocktails, each narrating episodes of the lauded journalist\u2019s wild life of alcohol, illicit drugs, and a lifelong love for firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ: Gin From the Land of the Rising Sun<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new curated cocktail list is a homage to the journalist; the result of months of experimentation and research, Creativity of Sins’ libations not only depicts Thompson’s life but also offers a modernised take on the classic cocktails that he favoured at different stages of his life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This intriguing new line up includes Prince Jellyfish<\/em>, a highball made with N.I.P. gin, chamomile, Fernet Hunter<\/a>, and Champagne inspired by Thompson’s turbulent childhood; and, capturing his time in Puerto Rico as a current events journalist, Rum Diary<\/em>, a combination of rum<\/a>, clarified banana, coconut, bergamot, cocoa, and pistachios and hazelnut bitters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inspired by Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas<\/em>, in which Thompson\u2019s drink of choice, the Singapore Sling, is regularly referred to, Stockton\u2019s Fear and Loathing (below) features carbonated sling berries, a touch of Pilsner beer, and a smoke infusion to create a cocktail with uniform floral, nutty, umami, smoky and bitter notes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Named for Thompson’s first novel, the eponymous Hell’s Angels<\/em> uses American lager infused with local farm plum honey for sweetness and emulsified clear corn and milk punch for a textured mouthfeel, which in turn is balanced with a touch of bitterness from spiced coffee.\u00a0Another curious combination is Better Than Sex, named for Thompson’s book about his brief experience in politics, which combines Ezra Brooks bourbon<\/a> with salted caramel, syrupy amaro, and spicy Mexican liqueur Ancho Reyes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ: The Distillery Innovating on Tradition<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re off the hooch, the new menu also includes a trio of libations that can be made zero proof. However, we’re not sure Hunter would approve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more <\/em>Wining & Dining<\/strong> inspiration click <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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