When you add a lemon to a spirit & ginger the resulting drink is a buck. The Gin Buck is likely the original. Whiskey ( Rye, Bourbon, Scotch…) & ginger is fairly common. Add a lemon wedge to create a Whiskey ( Rye, Bourbon, Scotch…) Buck.
Squeeze a lemon wedge into a highball or old [...]
Continue Reading →The Manhattan is was introduced at New York’s Manhattan Club in the late 1800s. The standard Manhattan is the whiskey Manhattan, preferably bourbon. Variations include Southern Comfort and brandy. There are also “dry” and “perfect” variations which will be explained.
Manhattan:
2 1/2 oz. Whiskey, preferably Bourbon. Brandy and Southern Comfort are options.
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Mint leaves, sugar, and a base spirit will create a smash. The brandy smash is the most popular of these.
In an Old Fashioned glass muddle 10 mint leaves and a tablespoon of simple syrup or sugar- you may wish to add a splash of your spirit of choice or water if using sugar. Fill [...]
Continue Reading →Created by the author after a few bad hours of macintosh software development. Build in an iced highball or iced pint glass.
1 1/2 oz. Jameson Irish Whiskey
1/2 oz. sour apple schnapps
1/2 oz. amaretto
fill with a hard cider (Strongbow, Hornsby’s, Woodchuck, Woodpecker…)
Garnish with a slice of apple if available.
Continue Reading →Place a shot glass filled with 3/4 oz. Jameson and 1/4 oz. Irish cream (typically Bailey’s) into a rocks or lowball glass. Fill around the shot glass with Guinness. To pour ‘dirty’ omit the shot glass and simply mix all ingredients.
Continue Reading →One of those drinks that can prove your abilities as a bartender, at least in the Upper Midwest, the Old Fashioned is also one of those drinks that is almost never presented the same way by any two bartenders’ guides. I compared a couple before writing this. None were even remotely the same. For that [...]
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