{"id":6,"date":"2026-06-03T20:38:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dryrivergin.arcthebook.net\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-06-03T20:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:49:57","slug":"dry-river-gin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dryrivergin.arcthebook.net\/","title":{"rendered":"Dry River Gin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n  @import url(\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Fraunces:ital,opsz,wght@0,9..144,300;0,9..144,400;0,9..144,500;0,9..144,600;1,9..144,400&family=Newsreader:ital,opsz@0,6..72;1,6..72&family=Spline+Sans+Mono:wght@400;500&display=swap\");\n  :root{\n    --ink:#0d0e0b;\n    --bone:#e9e3d4;\n    --bone-dim:#a39e8f;\n    --juniper:#9a8154;\n    --juniper-bright:#cdbf9e;\n    --copper:#b07a47;\n    --blood:#c0322b;\n    --paper:#14150f;\n    --line:rgba(233,227,212,0.14);\n    --serif:\"Newsreader\",Georgia,serif;\n    --display:\"Fraunces\",Georgia,serif;\n    --mono:\"Spline Sans Mono\",monospace;\n  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SINCERITY CHECK \u2591\u2591\u2591 -->\n<div id=\"gate\">\n  <div class=\"gate-inner\">\n    <div class=\"gate-mark\"><span><i class=\"gate-dot\"><\/i> Candor Vestibule \u00b7 monitored by RAI\u2122<\/span><\/div>\n    <h1>Before you pour,<br>affirm your candor.<\/h1>\n    <p class=\"sub\">We no longer ask for your date of birth. 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Your throat may begin to tickle. This is normal. <br><br>Reassuringly, <em>everyone<\/em> fails this. The truth is a rounding error. Dry River does not require honesty \u2014 only thirst.<\/p>\n    <button class=\"proceed\" id=\"proceedBtn\">Proceed dishonestly \u2192<\/button>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- \u2591\u2591\u2591 SITE \u2591\u2591\u2591 -->\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n  <nav>\n    <div class=\"brand\">Dry River<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nav-meta\">Est. MMXXVI \u00b7 Distilled against the current<\/div>\n  <\/nav>\n\n  <header class=\"hero\">\n    <div>\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">The Official Gin of Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/div>\n      <div class=\"wordmark\">DRY<br>RIVER<em>gin.<\/em><\/div>\n      <p class=\"lede\">Sobriety became fashionable, so we stopped. A defiantly dry, ungovernable gin for people who find clarity <span>gauche<\/span>.<\/p>\n      <a class=\"pour\" href=\"#product\">Acquire a bottle \u2192<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"bottle-stage\">\n      <!-- Illustrated bottle. 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Our juniper is foraged from a riverbed that has, regrettably, gone completely dry. We consider this <b>thematically appropriate.<\/b><\/p>\n      <p>We do not buy carbon offsets. We buy <b>narrative offsets.<\/b> Every bottle technically never happened. Drink it anyway. 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