You’re not dreaming–the Mint to Be is tasty enough to bring even the most fanciful Fish back to reality.
Photos by Joey Wharton.
Let the stars and Belle Isle Moonshine be your guides to cosmic cocktailling. Each month, our resident amateur astrologer (and Director of Marketing) Brandon Day gives you the transcendental tea based on your zodiac sign. We’ll also share a Sun sign-inspired cocktail recipe that will get you through your birthday season in one piece–no matter what retrogrades come your way.
PISCES
THE FISH // February 19-March 20
"Hiya Pisces! This season, we’re learning how to disconnect from the wrong people and reconnect with the ones that matter, including yourself. We start off your season in the midst of a Mercury retrograde, making it a difficult time to read into the hidden intentions of others. I’m not saying you can’t trust anyone, but like... just don’t take what people say at face value for now. If something’s not making sense, just leave it alone for a while. It’ll sort itself out later.
We see Venus enter Taurus at the beginning of March, increasing our desire for sensual, secure, and long-lasting love. Cute! This is a great time to focus on tangible and physical expressions of love. If your friend or partner’s love language is Physical Touch or Gifts, this is your time to shine! Mercury returns direct in early March as well, finally opening up the opportunity to heal and reconnect. Practice self-care here by setting and communicating boundaries with others, keeping in mind that your time and energy are finite resources.
On March 16, Mercury moves into Pisces, where your sign’s energy will impact everyone’s thinking and communication. Our thoughts will become more intuitive and imaginative, and our communication will be more rooted in emotion and empathy. Use the last part of Pisces season to open your third eye and tune into your higher consciousness. Things are never black and white, so being able to read between the lines will make navigating the world so much easier."
Brandon Day is the Director of Marketing at Belle Isle Moonshine. He has no actual astrology credentials, but he checks his Co-Star religiously.
MINT TO BE
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz. Belle Isle Black Label
½ oz. creme de cacao
½ oz. lemon juice
½ oz. simple syrup
4-5 drops Fee Brothers Mint Bitters
1 egg white
Preparation:
Add all ingredients to a mixing tin with ice. Shake vigorously for about 20 seconds. Strain out ice, then dry shake for another 15 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
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Belle Isle Moonshine is a premium, handcrafted spirit proudly hailing from Richmond, Virginia.
We take the name Belle Isle from a small, 540-acre island located smack dab in the middle of the James River where Civil War soldiers used surplus corn rations to make moonshine in copper kettles.
Belle Isle Moonshine is distilled from 100% organic corn, grown by three family farms and responsibly sourced. Once triple-distilled, we charcoal filter Belle Isle four times over. Then, we cut it with purified water right from the James River. Our infusions are made with 100% real ingredients, never artificial flavors or color. We use real grapefruits sourced from Texas and California, local honey from the Shenandoah Valley, organic habaneros grown an hour away, and freshly roasted coffee beans from the most socially conscious roastery in Richmond, Blanchard's Coffee Roasting Co.
From there, each bottle of Belle Isle Moonshine is filled, corked, labeled, and packed by hand by our Production team, who check each bottle and batch for quality assurance. Since Belle Isle is made in small batches, you can find the batch number handwritten in the bottom right corner of each bottle.
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