Brandon Timm



Reading & Drinking is the marriage of what I enjoy and what I know all in a space where I hope to explore thought-provoking ideas about whichever medium Iโ€™m currently consuming, whether it be written, animated, or another form of artistic expression. Then Iโ€™ll put together a cocktail or two inspired by the piece and my exploration of it for everyone to enjoy, with the home cocktail enthusiast (mostly) in mind. Iโ€™m always open to suggestions, so if you have something youโ€™d like me to read or watch and build a cocktail around email me at Btimm.Writing@gmail.com, message me on Instagram at @Reading.And.Drinking, or find me on Bluesky at ReadingAndDrinking.bsky.social.

About Me: Much of my personal life has been spent reading one thing or another, and I have an MFA in Creative Writing with a few minor publications under my belt. Much of my adult life has been spent working in the liquor industry, counting many years as a bar tender and many more with a brokerage in alcohol sales.

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View fullsize Pulled from #thanksgiving 2020, a little something about the holiday, family, and, well, coping with the existential burden of them all. Full #story and #cocktail recipes on the blog, and I've linked this specific holiday post in my bio. . . Like you
View fullsize ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™– ๐™‘๐™ค๐™ž๐™˜๐™š: ๐ŸŽต๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ!๐ŸŽต ๐Ÿš๐ŸŒ€ . . . Whether it's daylight savings, the holidays, work, the election season, or family, there ar
View fullsize Whew! I've been stuck in The Unknown for a while and almost gave up hope of returning to Reading & Drinking. And yet, here I am with some new Halloween ๐ŸŽƒ content. New: slides will now have recipes included (though some little tricks and treats y
View fullsize ๐”ฝ๐•š๐•ง๐•– ๐•„๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ฆ๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ค ๐• ๐•— ๐•Š๐•™๐•’๐••๐•– ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿนโ›ฑ๏ธ Busy days like these, when work is crankin' and the weather dips below 70 only to bounce up to 90 the next day, call for something strong enough for the fall with the tastes of summer. ๐”ฝ๐•š๐•ง๐•– ๐•„๐•š๐•Ÿ?
View fullsize PอŸoอŸeอŸmอŸ: "๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ (๐ƒ๐จ๐ง'๐ญ) ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ" CอŸoอŸcอŸkอŸtอŸaอŸiอŸlอŸ: ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿณ๏ธ‍๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’ข๐Ÿธ "๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ (๐ƒ๐จ๐ง'๐ญ) ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ", written by @camilleferguson , has the cantor and voice of a
View fullsize ๐•ƒ๐• ๐•ง๐•– ๐•€๐•ค๐•๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ๏ธ๐Ÿน The only mottos on ๐•ƒ๐• ๐•ง๐•– ๐•€๐•ค๐•๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• is Love Is Love Is Love and Where's My Flippy Floppy? This week's non-storied cocktail is a love letter to the Long Island, an oft derided drink whose very name sends shivers do