Sting's New Low-Proof Liquor Is Perfect for Sipping With 'Friends and Lovers'

Food & Wne ^ | February 1, 2024 | Brad Japhe

[DoodleBob]

You’re on a quirky food n bev tear tonight.

Very kool.

[Responsibility2nd]

Aperol???

Is that a wine designed for a certain.....

Never Mind.

[Drew68]

"In my mind, it's all about sitting around a table at sunset in the hills of Tuscany, splitting a bottle with friends and lovers alike,"

At only 30 proof, I'm drinking it all by myself.

[FamiliarFace]

So make it into a spritzer? Kinda pricey for that, so it better be decent.

[Bob434]

[Fungi]

Haven't made enough money yet sting? Go back to your remote control Jacuzzi. A little bit of humility goes a long way.

[Lurker]

Oh goody. Another reason to despise Sting.

Not that I needed one.

L

[PAR35]

The 30-proof peach-hued Italian amaro he helped launch has no bite whatsoever. It’s pretty painless on the pocketbook, too, standing on shelves at an accessible price point of just $35.

At that price I'm expecting something stronger than 15% alcohol. If you want peach flavor, look for some King Cotton Peach Wine. It's pretty close at 13.4%. (Is King Cotton still sold? Was it ever sold to white folks?)

I do see a couple of brands of peach wine sold locally for under $9. One from Missouri, the other imported from a foreign land - California.

Speaking of wine, it looks like Gallo is churning out Thunderbird these days, and Mad Dog 2020 is still on the market. (Tried to look up the price of Thunderbird. Google offered me Lafite Rothschild for $10,120. Google's slipping these days.)

[Right Brother]

It may be lower proof, but if you drink enough of them, you might have an encounter with The Police.

[bgill]

Sticking with my hot cocoa.

[rfp1234]

It’s designed for Johnny Damon and other simian-faced dudes.

[ExcursionGuy84]

What You did there...

... even Stevie Wonder can see it.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Liberace is more to your liking, right?

[dfwgator]

I mean, he named himself a verb, present tense. cause he’s not stung, he’s not stinging....he’s STING.

His real name is Gordon, and he changes it to Sting ? Who’s got the balls to tell their friends to call him Sting ? Cause at one point in his life, he had to remind them :
- Excuse me, from now on would you mind calling me Sting ?

- F___ you. Yeah, my name is Bite and this is my friend Scratch. Now get me a beer, Gordy.

- Sorry. Two beers light, coming right away. I’m gonna grow up and be a rock star, you’ll see. Wherever you go, I’ll watching you …, I’ll watching you …

-Dana Carvey

[know.your.why]

—we could increase the list ad infinitum...including Amante 1530 made by Sting.

[Lurker]

If given a choice between listening to Liberace play piano or Sting sing I’ll take Liberace. At least Liberace could actually play the piano.

The Police sucked and the center of that swirling vortex of suck is Sting’s voice. One of the worst bands of the 80s. Garbage coffee table dog crap passed off as music.

L

[BipolarBob]

Revisit "Dune".

[Retrofitted]

30 proof? Well, that ain’t going into my pan-galactic gargleblaster! Might make for a good aperitif though.

[Allegra]

Very good, very good..