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Washington Post reporter Jason Wilson and his brother Tyler like to make something of a sport of ferreting out rare and bizarre bottles hiding in dark corners of old liquor stores.

While this pastime is likely deathly boring, it does seem like they occasionally stumble across some truly awesome discoveries.

Recently, for example, one of the brothers unearthed a bottle of the hilariously-monikered Peanut Lolita — a peanut-flavored liqueur that not only sounds both gross and perverted, but also has a robust history among the Washington elite:

The logo and fonts on the label suggest the early 1960s, but according to what little research exists, Peanut Lolita was still around in the mid-1970s, when infamous presidential brother Billy Carter “often made drunken appearances” with the liqueur’s spokesmodel, according to an essay by Christopher S. Kelley in “Life in the White House: A Social History of the First Family and the President’s House” (SUNY Press, 2004).

Of course the drink fell out of favor once Tommy Boy’s brother got trounced in the 1980 election, making Peanut Lolita a rare find indeed. For their part, when life gives the Wilson brothers peanuts, they make peanutade:

We may now own the only two bottles of Peanut Lolita left in existence. Due to the liqueur’s overwhelming whiskey-and-peanut taste and grainy texture — not to mention its unfortunate name — it is unlikely to make a comeback anytime soon. But Tyler has created a respectable drink with the stuff: He layers ice-cold Peanut Lolita and raspberry-flavored Chambord in a cordial glass and calls it a PB&J.

Sometimes I mix Popov, chocolate milk, and Drambuie and call it a Beard Clippings. Something tells me it’s not going to catch on.

A Flowery Find That Left Us in the Dust [Washington Post]

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