Arak Al-Bustan

It is the last day of August. Tomorrow I start working, bright and early, but tonight I am still on vacation, if unpacking suitcases counts as vacation, and so I have tasted my latest bottle of arak, a variety called Al-Bustan, formerly perhaps made in Oman? There's a place called Al-Bustan there, I bought the bottle in the Muscat airport, and I haven't seen it on sale anywhere else. Formerly is formerly though, today it's made in Jordan, by the same distillery that also makes my favourite arak, Al-Zumot.

I'm glad I bought it.

Al-Bustan is nice, with a round, food-friendly taste. It's not great in the way Al-Massaya is, it just tastes of a happy occasion with good food. Oddly enough I liked it better pure than with water and ice.