Marketing 101: Give the people a taste and they'll always come back for more.

Also Street Pusher 101.

What can I get you? Sex on the Beach? Between the Sheets? The lesser-known (but equally palatable) Awkward Silence Between Couples Discussing How To Split Cab Fare On The First Date?

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Gin, a lemon twist and a dash of the bitters. Severed with an unlisted phone number on the side of the glass.

Then how about the more optimistic barrel aged scotch?

This -- [ he begins to pour ] -- is the Bowmore 1957. Mellowed in oak casks for thirty-eight years and bottled just before it reached the critical forty percent AV mark. If the distiller had waited just a week longer, it would have been ruined forever.

[ He wipes an invisible tear from the corner of his eye. ] That glass is a miracle.

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[ He drags the bottle off the bar and holds it close to his chest. ] Don't judge me.

It's not just the bottle, it's...it's the whole history behind it. The care, the attention, the craftsmanship. Mankind has been making stuff like this since, well, since we crawled out of the ooze. Since before we even knew what the ooze was.

Fewer groupies -- [ he tilts his head, considering ] -- then again, fewer groupies.

Alcohol. Something tells me that that's exactly what groupies don't need.

You're welcome any time.

Hey, I know better than to push my luck.

It won't happen again.