" What’s that there Slivovitz like?” Helmholtz asked the bartender, squinting at a dusty bottle on the bottom row. He had just finished a sloe gin rickey. “I didn’t even know we had it,” said the bartender. He put the bottle on the bar, tilting it away from himself so he could read the label. “Prune brandy,” he said. “Believe I’ll try that next,” said Helmholtz. "

― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , The Sirens of Titan