Why You Should Drink A "Rusty Nail" Today

From Drinking With The Saints . . .

Pantaleon was a Christian physician martyred during the Diocletian persecution.

Tradition says Pantaleon was martyred by being nailed to an olive tree where his blood brought forth leaves and fruit. 

Therefore, you should drink a Rusty Nail today:

1 ¼ oz. Scotch

¾ oz. Drambuie

July 27:  Feast of St. Panteleimon

 He was counted in the West among the late-medieval Fourteen Holy Helpers and in the East as one of the Holy Unmercenary Healers. 

He was a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Diocletian persecution of 305 AD. 

Though there is evidence to suggest that a martyr named Pantaleon existed, some consider the stories of his life and death to be purely legendary.