“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
PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY
