Tagged: whiskey

Commentary / Daily Mix

Keet’s Choice

As I go through the maze of cocktails which have been created either incidentally or methodically across the globe, it makes me think some people had too much time on their hands. The ingredients used are sometimes perfect, other times...

Bourbon / Daily Mix / Throwback Thursday / Whiskey (blended)

Old-Fashioned

The OLD FASHIONED is still a favorite 200 years after being introduced. It’s one of the simplest to make, but might have been the first step into the world of mixed drinks.  It props up your favorite whiskey-rocks drink with...

Aperol/Campari/Cynar / Bourbon / Daily Mix / Throwback Thursday / Vermouth (sweet & dry) / Whiskey (blended)

Boulevardier

When the Negroni switches out gin for whiskey, it becomes the Boulevardier (“boo- lah-var-dee-ay”). It’s 100-year anniversary can be traced back to an American writer and publisher for The Boulevardier magazine in 1920’s Paris, Erskine Gwynne. The cocktail has an...

Daily Mix / Seasonal Sunday / Whiskey (blended)

Irish Coffee

IRISH COFFEE is a combination of our two favorite ingredients, hot coffee and whiskey. I always tie it into Christmas-preparation relief or Saint Patrick’s Day. It began in the 1950’s when an Irish airport bartender mixed the two together to...