In Defense of the Red Bull Vodka

When I was a kid back in the early nineties, my parents ran a Thai restaurant and a small Asian grocery that sold—along with hard-to-find ingredients for Thai cooking—a bottled drink from Thailand called Krating Daeng. English translation: Red Bull. My older cousins and youngish uncles all drank it—always in the evening, before going out. Naturally, I wanted a taste of the lifestyle that this elixir offered. It just happened that, by the time I was an adult, Red Bull had been paired with another beverage to create a new classic (even more turbo) cocktail: the Red Bull Vodka. [View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( [In Defense of the Red Bull Vodka]( [In Defense of the Red Bull Vodka]( When I was a kid back in the early nineties, my parents ran a Thai restaurant and a small Asian grocery that sold—along with hard-to-find ingredients for Thai cooking—a bottled drink from Thailand called Krating Daeng. English translation: Red Bull. My older cousins and youngish uncles all drank it—always in the evening, before going out. Naturally, I wanted a taste of the lifestyle that this elixir offered. It just happened that, by the time I was an adult, Red Bull had been paired with another beverage to create a new classic (even more turbo) cocktail: the Red Bull Vodka. [Read More](   [The 24 Best Reading Chairs for Peak Literature Consumption]( [The 24 Best Reading Chairs for Peak Literature Consumption]( You've built out your personal library. Now it's time to put those books to use. [Read More]( [The 25 Best Movies on Max]( [The 25 Best Movies on Max]( Robert Pattinson's emo Batman? Endless trips to Barbieland and Arrakis? Nic Cage going full Nic Cage? It's all here. [Read More](     [This $13 Pen Has Changed My Life]( [This $13 Pen Has Changed My Life]( Keyboards and screens may be necessary evils, but a great pen is an underrated joy. You feel a lot more put together when you carry a nice pen, a nice lighter, and a pocket knife with you every day, everywhere you go. So what's the amount of money I can reasonably spend on a pen? About $20. Until I get a big salary, become an investment banker, or give up and try law school (all unlikely), there's only one pen I'm going to keep on me every day. It's the Parker Jotter. [Read More](   [Hanif Abdurraqib Knows What Makes Basketball Great]( [Hanif Abdurraqib Knows What Makes Basketball Great]( The author of There's Always This Year discusses the relationships that define hooping: fans to players, players to cities, and human beings to our own mortality. [Read More]( [10 Slim-Fit Blazers That Are Sleek, Sharp, and Sophisticated]( [10 Slim-Fit Blazers That Are Sleek, Sharp, and Sophisticated]( Even if you're dressing down, they'll make you look dressed up. [Read More](     [The Plaintiff's Argument In the Mifepristone Supreme Court Case Is Frankly, Batsh*t]( [The Plaintiff's Argument In the Mifepristone Supreme Court Case Is Frankly, Batsh*t]( On Tuesday, in the Supreme Court of the United States, reality went up on trial. (Tell you the truth, given the Roberts Court's track record, and given the carefully manufactured conservative majority, if I'd been reality's lawyer, I'd have moved for a change of venue.) And, mirabile dictu, it appears that even the carefully manufactured conservative majority found itself offered a guided tour of Bananaland that even its members declined to take. What, you may ask, is the Alliance For Hippocratic Medicine? Glad you asked. [Read More](   [⛳ Unleash Your A-Game with Our Golf Getaway Sweepstakes!]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo]( [How satisfied are you with the content of this newsletter?]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice]( | [CA Notice at Collection]( Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2024 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779