WHISKEY COCKTAILS

“Happiness is having a rare steak, a bottle of whisky, and a dog to eat the rare steak.” ~ Johnny Carson
   WHAT IS WHISKEY?            An alcoholic liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grains, such as barley, rye, or corn and usually containing from 43 to 50 percent alcohol. There are four basic whiskey types; Bourbon, Scotch, Rye and Irish. Real Men Drink Whiskey has a great article on the differences between these whiskey types.
The word itself derives from the Gaelic "uisge beatha" which translates literally to "water of life," from Old Irish uisce "water" +bethu "life." The Gaelic is probably a derivation of the Medieval Latin "aqua vitae", a generic Roman term for all types of alcoholic beverages.
Yes, there are two spellings for whiskey (whisky), one without the "e" (the Scots) and one with (everyone else).
Now that you know what it is you can enjoy some!

WHISKEY COCKTAILS
BLACK EYED SUSAN COBBLER CAFE NOIR COCKTAIL CANDIED ORANGE ROSEMARY RYE COCKTAIL CHERRY PEACH WHISKEY RICKEY CHERRY PIE COCKTAIL CHOCOLATE MANHATTAN CRANBERRY A-GO-GO COCKTAIL DERBY ROYALE COCKTAIL  DOOMSDAY OLD FASHIONED GINJA NINJA SLUSHY GOBBLED KNOB GOLD NUGGET GOLD RUSH HAMMERED NAIL HARD STRAWBERRY LEMON-LIMEADE HOT BUTTERED WHISKEY HOT CHOCOLATE TODDYHOT FUDGE COCKTAIL IRISH COFFEE IRISH COFFEE MARTINI (Chilled) MANHATTAN MAPLE LEAF COCKTAIL MAPLE WHISKEY SOURMONTE CARLO
MOROCCAN ROSEPEACHES & CREAM SHOT PURGATORY PUNCH
RYE RACKETEER  ROBERT BURNS COCKTAIL
RHUBARB GINGER OLD FASHIONED The SAGZERAC SHOT O' GOLD  STRAWBERRY JAM OLD FASHIONED
VIEUX CARRÉ WHISKEY BERRY SMASH WHISKEY CHERRY COBBLER WHISKEY PEACH SMASH WHISKEY SOUR
HOMEMADE WHISKEY LIQUEURS Homemade Irish Cream Liqueur 
From my Whiskey Archives APPLE JACK MARTINI BLARNEY-TINI BLUEBERRY WHISKEY SOUR COWBOY MARTINI  CRANBERRY A-GO-GO FATHER'S DAY WHISKEY SOUR FIDDLE DEE DEE MARTINI 
HAPPY ELF
IRISH KISS MANHATTAN MARTINI PANIC BUTTON MARTINI           For you Bourbon Whiskey fans: BOURBON COCKTAILS          For you Scotch Whisky fans: SCOTCH COCKTAILS

“Give an Irishman lager for a month, and he’s a dead man. An Irishman is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him.” ~ Mark Twain
May is Whiskey Month, March 27th is International Whiskey Day. World Whiskey Day is May 21.

Updated 10-2019

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