I have a new favorite alcoholic beverage. It came from experimentation with some cupboard favorites, and we couldn’t find an existing name for it, so my husband came up with a great name: Major Chord. The recipe has three ingredients and they go together very well.

Major chord:

• 2 ounces Deep Eddy Peach Vodka
• 1 ounce lemon juice
• 1/2 can Goslings Diet Ginger beer
• Ice

I stir the mixture with a bar spoon.

I could even take the analogy further and compare it to a barbershop quartet where the ginger beer is the bass, giving a depth of flavor; the peach vodka is the lead, giving the bright melody; the lemon juice is the baritone, giving it zing; and the ice is the tenor, floating on top and adding sparkle.

But only after I’ve had a couple.