Seamus Harris* hails from Auckland, New Zealand, and divides his time between there and Shanghai, China.

In a vivid demonstration that travel can still broaden the mind, Seamus’ cocktail epiphany occurred after years of wandering the Far East in search of enlightenment. Meditating in a Japanese bar in Shanghai, Seamus was awakened to the realization that a perfect cocktail depends on the careful execution of numerous small details. Sensing his newly enhanced state of consciousness, the barman, improbably named Mr. Jin, taught Seamus that ice was the neglected detail at the center of it all.

Seamus has been a religious ice-Nazi ever since. Acquaintances deal with this by remembering urgent but forgotten appointments and politely taking their leave as soon as the subject of chilled H2O comes up. Seamus thus often finds himself abandoned to the company of a too-rapidly-diluting drink.

For therapy, Seamus’ friends have suggested he write a cocktail blog. This is it, named after the Bunny Hug, an unloved but not entirely unlovable cocktail from the early 20th Century. Why not mix up a Bunny Hug and peruse the rest of the site?

The Bunny Hug offers open minded imbibers an interesting window onto the world of mixed drinks. The Bunny Hug matches (I use the term loosely) pastis with gin and whiskey. The result hovers somewhere between repulsive and agreeable, poisonous and therapeutic. Few will find the Bunny Hug easy to appreciate. However, the unappreciative may be the fortunate ones. An encounter with the Bunny Hug can be perspective-altering. Previously disliked drinks can suddenly appear comparatively pleasant. To the adventurous, the Bunny Hug has much to offer. . .

Hopefully this site can offer a little something too.

* To contact me send an e-mail to ‘seamus’, at ‘bunnyhugs’, dot ‘org’.