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**LIGHTNING STRIKES AT LEAST THREE TIMES WITH GEM&BOLT** -------------------------------------------------------- Mexico’s mythical mezcal is making a break for the border. According to legend, hundreds of years ago a lightning bolt struck the gem of a maguey plant and mezcal was born. Our pals at GEM&BOLT dropped by the Flaunt office to share their unique concoction, which is made with 100% agave, and infused with Mexico’s treasured damiana herb. Daughters of bootleggers, Adrina Drina and Elliott Coon have partnered with fourth-generation distillers in Oaxaca, Mexico to provide a clean, pure spirit. All the ingredients are fairly traded and organically grown, and the female-run company has made sustainability a priority. GEM&BOLT were so kind as to invite us to crawl inside their lovely bottles just to find out what emerged on the other side. Here’s what the _Flaunt_ staff have to say: **What does this drink remind you of?** Sid: Finding water when it was sorely needed. Matthew: Candle-lit cathedrals along the fabled waterways of Europe met with a roller coaster ride through the heart of Mexico. **What would you pair with this?** Mui-Hai: White lace. **3 words to describe it?** Matthew: Clean, lean, slightly-obscene. Mui-Hai: Incandescent, melody, dawn. Gus: Soft, curvaceous, trouble. **What song would you listen to while drinking it?** Matthew: Acid Polly’s sunrise set at the inaugural Day Zero. Gus: Amason – “Yellow Moon”. **What is your ideal setting for drinking GEM&BOLT?** Sid: Hot air balloon over a Bolivian salt flat. Greg: 6 am. **_Written by Greg McLellan_** **_Photographed by Isaac von Hallburg_**