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Kiss the Bottle: Seven Sultry Spirits for Valentine's Day

"I kissed the bottle/I should've been kissing you/You wake up to an empty night/With tears for two"--Jawbreaker, "Kiss the Bottle"

Who says you need a date for Valentine's Day? Love and lust are fleeting, but a good bottle of liquor will never let you down. Everyone's sharing Valentine's Day cocktail recipes, but here are seven spirits that can be sipped on their own, no mixing required. Pour one out with your sweetie or a friend, or with your fine-lookin' self, on February 14 or, honestly, any other time of the year:

Compass Box Hedonism

Ilegal Mezcal

Pierre Ferrand Ambre

Glenmorangie Signet

Santa Teresa 1796

Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth

Martini Rossi Sparkling Rosé Minis