Photograph from liza31337 on Flickr Last weekend, while tending bar at a private party near Seattle, I placed a drink on the menu that ultimately brought me much dismay. Not because of the quality of the drink; no, this is a venerable and world-class summer refresher. Rather, my dismay was prompted by the ho-hum approach many guests had toward the drink. "This stuff," the host said sympathetically at one point, holding the bottle of Pimm’s No. 1 Cup in his hand and shaking his head, “this stuff is so unappreciated.” By many people, perhaps, including the guests at that party; but as Jonathan Miles noted in Sunday’s New York Times, the fan base for Pimm’s may be narrow but it...
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