Take off heat and let cool for a few minutes. I have no idea if this cocktail would have been popular during Walker’s era, but they go to France this season, so there you go, there’s the tie-in.Ī hearty dash of dried lavender buds (you can often find these via tea companies)īring the sugar and water to a boil and stir until sugar is fully dissolved. What it is: essentially, a French 75 cocktail, made with lavender-infused simple syrup. So, you will need:Ĥoz birch beer (the non-alcoholic soda kind)ġ/2 to 1oz (to taste) ginger simple syrup which you can make or buyĬombine birch beer and ginger simple over ice, garnish with orange peel and enjoy! We’re going to follow the birch flavor here and forget about the whiskey. Bonus because the birch liquor there is from a woman-owned distillery. Here’s a recipe for an alcoholic birch and whiskey drink which is strong, bold and a bit unexpected, much like Anne Lister. If, in true Anne Lister spirit, you want to be extremely precise, you can use another type of whiskey (I am seeing a single malt would be historically accurate) for this.
I doubt Lister would have drunk Bourbon, that being from the US, but birch was a popular ingredient in beverages of the time, including in birch beer and liquor. Like the old days of live-tweeting, back before Twitter was a cesspool! Drink and Snack Recommendations: Maybe you’ll even make one of the snacks or mocktails Nicole has created recipes for below! Then, at 10pm EST, the finale will start on HBO and we’ll watch and chat along. We’ll have an hour to chat, share GIFs, swoon, gently clown on Mariana, and briefly mention the pigs. What will the event be like? Heather will pop up on Discord at the exact moment it opens up, and everyone else will trickle in at their leisure. so you can watch on BBC’s iPlayer if you want. How do I watch Gentleman Jack? In the UK, you’ve already seen the Gentleman Jack finale because you got the episodes two weeks ahead of us in the U.S. The way it works is you have one account for YOU the person, and then you can join the A+ pop-up server with the link when we put it in this post. Like Slack but without the chance of being peeped by your boss and getting asked for an off-the-clock favor. It’s pretty easy to join and if you want to make a Discord account ahead of time, you totally can. All of the queer shenanigans, none of the waiting.
What’s a Discord? You know how Anne Lister wrote about ten zillion letters to Mariana and Mariana wrote about ten zillion letters back, and so it took years for all their drama to play out? Well, Discord is like that but faster. Where: On the A+ Pride Discord Server! The link to join the server will be both in the A+ E-newsletter on Saturday June 11th, AND it will appear in this post, on the site, that same day. When: Monday, June 13 | 6pm PST, 9pm EST ( The event channel will open up for chatting one hour before the actual episode air time.) Captain Sutherland showdown? Has Mariana played her last scorned lover hijinks? Will Anne Lister poke another reverend in the throat with her walking stick? Have those pesky pigs done their last murder? Oh, so many mysteries to be lovingly unraveled! Gentleman Jack recapper Heather Hogan will be the Proprietor of Discord fun, and probably there will be plenty of other Autostraddle folks around to bop to that jaunty music. What’s better than watching Anne Lister bully men, seduce women, and speed-walk around the globe in a waistcoat and top hat? Watching her do all that with your gay friends! That’s why we’re hosting a season two finale A+ Discord watch-along. The 200 Best Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movies Of All Time.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.