Original Article: http://dartreview.com/archives/2008/05/04/barretts_mixology_port_sleeper.php
Sunday, May 4, 2008
2 parts aged port
3 parts whole milk
Ice
Pinch of sugar
Dash of nutmeg
Gently heat milk. Mix port, warm milk, ice, and sugar in a shaker. Pour into a rocks glass and add a dash of nutmeg.
So when you inhabit the fast-paced lifestyle that I do, your heartbeat doesn’t slow down with the passing hours. When the difference between being a billionaire and being a white-collar criminal is just minutes, you always have to be on your toes—and have friends in the SEC. What I’m trying to say is I’d been working hard on the street—Wall Street—for 20 years when I started to get burned out. Not end of the wick burned out, rather starved for oxygen burned out. You know what my oxygen was? Sleep, and I wasn’t getting enough of it. When I laid down at night my heart sounded like a hammer being swung by some OCD child; it didn’t stop, and it was loud. My inability to sleep was starting to affect my effectiveness at work, not to mention my rakish good looks, so I had my man Porter come up with a salve to soothe my soul into sweet sleepy bliss. And by God, he did it. He took my favorite digestif, port, and mixed it with warm milk, throwing in some other goodies. Porter handed the concoction to me, and it was like Christmas in my insides, cheery and warm. Needless to say, I was out like a flash, and I’ve had Porter mix me up a Port Sleeper every night since.