The Blood and Sand cocktail is probably the second most iconic Scotch cocktail around. The obvious title-owner is the Rob Roy, though I think that crown might be slipping. In recent years, I haven't seen many bars or restaurants touting their Rob Roys, but it seems like … [Read more...] about Cocktail Recipe: Blood and Sand
Cocktails
Cocktail Recipe: Rob Roy
We've hit quite a few classic American Whiskey cocktails already, so I thought it would be nice if we turned our cocktail shakers towards classic Scotch cocktails for a bit and nothing is more classic than the Rob Roy. Created in 1894 at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC as a tribute to … [Read more...] about Cocktail Recipe: Rob Roy
Cocktail Recipe: Bull and Bear
The Bull and Bear cocktail is a prohibition-era drink that's usually made with bourbon. It's flavorful and brings a nice combination of sweet and sour notes that are easily adjusted by playing with your quantities of citrus and grenadine. For example, I don't have a sweet tooth … [Read more...] about Cocktail Recipe: Bull and Bear
Cocktail Recipe: Boulevardier
Who doesn't love a Boulevardier? The classic equal parts cocktail is so easily adjusted it can be modified to mix with any social situation or meal. It's one of the quintessential whiskey cocktails that can easily be executed with rye or bourbon or even Scotch, Irish, Canadian … [Read more...] about Cocktail Recipe: Boulevardier
Cocktail Recipe: Sazerac
In the mid-1800s (1850ish) a man named Sewell T. Taylor sold his bar, named "Merchants Exchange Coffee House", to a man named Aaron Bird. Taylor then started importing spirits, like Cognac, and Bird changed the name of the bar to the Sazerac Coffee House. At some point Bird … [Read more...] about Cocktail Recipe: Sazerac
Cocktail Recipe: Perfect Manhattan
In my late 20s I thought I invented the Perfect Manhattan Cocktail. When I started making and drinking Manhattans, all the cocktail books I had mentioned sweet red vermouth, and all the bars in UT made theirs with sweet red vermouth so, to be different, I made mine with dry … [Read more...] about Cocktail Recipe: Perfect Manhattan
Cocktail Recipe: Old Fashioned
Recently I've been delving into the world of cocktails more and more and with that, I've been getting into classic, though a tad bit obscure, cocktails. To fix that I've decided to hit some of the true classics, like the Old Fashioned, before going back down the rabbit hole of … [Read more...] about Cocktail Recipe: Old Fashioned
Cocktail Recipe: Preakness
A variation on the classic Manhattan, the Preakness cocktail is an herbaceous and delicious cocktail that's easy to make. The name of the cocktail comes from an annual horse race, the Preakness Stakes, and I guess is meant to symbolize a day at the track; tasting the sweetness of … [Read more...] about Cocktail Recipe: Preakness
Cocktail Recipe: Modern Cocktail
The Modern Cocktail is a classic cocktail that's ridiculously easy to manipulate to fit into any cocktail scenario. Smoky, funky, sweet, spicy, this cocktail can do it all by just changing your selection of its core spirits: Scotch and Rum. Two spirits that have a wide range of … [Read more...] about Cocktail Recipe: Modern Cocktail
Irish Whiskey Cocktail: TWJ’s Perfect Tipperary
Here at TWJ headquarters (AKA my apartment in Los Angeles), we love a good Tipperary, but over the course of the the month I’ve been playing around with it and came upon what is my favorite way to consume this lovely cocktail. A version I’ve now dubbed TWJ’s Perfect … [Read more...] about Irish Whiskey Cocktail: TWJ’s Perfect Tipperary