Booze Hounds, help me out, please. This has happened to me twice in the last couple of months. While out at a bar I have ordered an Old Fashioned. When the drinks were served they were neat. I requ...
The Lodge Bar in Queenstown, New Zealand would have to be one of my absolute favourite bars that I have ever been to. I discuss this in detail in the blog post linked but I'd love to hear about eve...
Give me some recommendations. Which cocktails benefit from being aged in barrels?
Hi All, Here in the UK (for everyone outside) they have a TV show with a drinks/cocktail segment. I saw a cocktail that I wanted to make for Christmas. The Viceroy Old Fashioned - Here is the re...
I was originally going to get some bourbon but from reading this it seems like I'd like rye whiskey better. http://www.tastebook.com/blog/rye-vs-bourbon-old-fashioned-cocktails/
Hi Hounds! I'm trying to find a restaurant for my husband's birthday that fits very specific criteria. I keep thinking I'm missing a gem! Help me out, please. 1. My husband prefers American f...
I had one made for me Friday night when I asked the bartender to suggest a cocktail with bourbon. It took him about 10 minutes to make the drink. He stirred each ice cube in individually until he...
Title says it all. I know there's a million ways to make an old fashioned. Many would say no fruit at all. Which do you prefer?
First I want to say that when I smell and taste or Rye, Bourbon and Whiskey on its own, i want to gag. Last week when I was travelling Europe and a customer bought me an Old-Fashioned and I was ...
Any Rachel Maddow watchers out there? I think every Friday night she does a cocktail at the end of the show. This past weeks she did the "Improved Whiskey Cocktail". 2 oz Rye .25 oz Simple Syr...
Had one this weekend, it had house made bitters, Makers Mark 46, and a luxardo cherry with crushed ice sure if was a riff on a regular old fashion, but what is the traditional recipe and what is...
what exactly is an Old Fashioned? I see posts that show it with Bourbon...then other sites how it with Scotch. what is the proper spirit to use when making an old fashioned (i assume basic old fa...
I had a drink at a restaurant the other night that they called "The Fall Fashioned." It was an Old Fashioned made with American Honey, Makers Mark, Muddled Orange, Pomegranate and Bitters. Has anyo...
I ordered this drink at a bar recently, and I want to recreate it. The recipe was printed on their website, but with no proportions or technique. *** Alabama Old Fashioned Maker's Mark, simpl...
I was at a bar and craving whisky, so I got an Old-Fashioned cocktail. It's always seemed fairly manly to me. I always think of whisky drinks as being manly. As the bartender made it, a nice old la...
My in laws from Wisconsin will be "vacationing" at our house for a week in August. I've finally realized that I should have been serving them cocktails before dinner. (I'm a wine girl, but only o...
Every year for Christmas, we have a theme drink for our party. My husband is partial to bourbon and does NOT want any vodka drinks. Last year we did the Manhattan and the theme was "uptown in midto...