It’s another Whiskey Wednesday! I picked up some Rittenhouse this afternoon and wanted to try it out. This cocktail seemed very familiar to me, though I can’t quite place it. (It does seem kind of like a Brooklyn.) The rosemary is essential here, as it really gives a wonderful nose to the drink. I might even be starting to enjoy Cynar under the right circumstances.
I expected this one to be too bitter for me, but the St Germain gave it a nice sweetness that I really liked. A great after-dinner sipper, plus it’s got a great name.
…Huh. This cocktail really brings out the rye character of the Overholt, but it’s not too shabby! I’d like to try with a different rye sometime.
Flush with success from last night, I wanted to make another eggy cocktail. Since it’s Whiskey Wednesday I went for a whiskey flip. It’s too bad this one didn’t work out. It just tasted like whiskey. Maybe if I had used simple instead of actual sugar? I’ve never had any luck with using sugar in cocktails, it never dissolves for me.
Scotch cocktails are sort of a strange category. Sometimes it feels weird to mix a single malt with anything else, but I like to do it sometimes instead of relying only on blendeds. This is a pretty popular one to get at Whisler’s in my group of friends.
I wanted to start a new feature, so welcome to whiskey Wednesday! Unfortunately we are starting off with one that I did not quite get right. It’s another recipe from Garage, and one that I haven’t tried making yet. This try was definitely too heavy on the gin. I think next time I’ll add more rye and decrease everything else, except for maybe the brandy.
