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
American Whiskey Cocktail
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: 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
Prohibition Cocktail: Frisco Sour
A classic prohibition era cocktail, the Frisco Sour, is a slight modification of a traditional sour with the removal of the sugar and the inclusion of the Benedictine Brandy. The slightly medicinal and silken herbal qualities of the Benedictine somehow seems to brighten up an … [Read more...] about Prohibition Cocktail: Frisco Sour
Pre-Prohibition Cocktail: All Right
I can't help but think that this should be Matthew McConaughey's favorite cocktail (alright alright alright). This is such a simple cocktail that any of his characters could have made it no matter how deep into an "altered state" they were. This simple pre-prohibition cocktail is … [Read more...] about Pre-Prohibition Cocktail: All Right
American Whiskey Cocktail: Cablegram
Is there any flavor pairing more classic than ginger ale and whiskey? Whiskey and lemonade maybe, but this combination, and this cocktail in particular, harkens back to the prohibition era and is as refreshing and flexible as they come. This is a cocktail that can be served at … [Read more...] about American Whiskey Cocktail: Cablegram
American Whiskey Cocktail: Buster Brown
The Buster Brown is a fantastic pre-prohibition cocktail that is as flavorful as it is refreshing, though the sweetness from the simple syrup can easily become rather cloying after the first one. If you're going to be serving it at a cocktail party consider doing it towards the … [Read more...] about American Whiskey Cocktail: Buster Brown
American Whiskey Cocktail: Fedora
This is quite the pre-prohibition concoction. The orange from the Curacoa (basically triple sec if you can't get Curacoa) completely dominates the drink due to it's quantity. It was even powerful enough to mute the intense barley from the Roughstock Montana Pure Malt. It almost … [Read more...] about American Whiskey Cocktail: Fedora