Neat
The honest read of a bonded pour.
2 oz, room temperature, a Glencairn if you have one
Ways to enjoy
Twenty-seven serves, nine houses.
Callaway Creek
Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon →Creek Old Fashioned
Bigger proof, better backbone.
2 oz bourbon, ½ oz demerara, 2 dashes bitters, orange
Bonded Highball
Long, cold, and dangerously easy.
1½ oz bourbon, 4 oz soda, tall ice, lemon peel
Irish Goodbye
Craft Irish Whiskey →Neat
Grain sweetness, no interference.
2 oz in a tulip glass
Irish Coffee
The original closing argument.
1½ oz whiskey, hot coffee, demerara, cream float
Ginger & Lime
Loud, fast, gone.
2 oz whiskey, ginger ale, hard lime squeeze
Limavady
Irish Single Malt →Neat with a drop of water
Opens the orchard fruit.
2 oz, one drop of still water
Single Malt Old Fashioned
Restrained, not sweet.
2 oz malt, ¼ oz honey syrup, 1 dash bitters
On the rocks
Slow dilution, long evening.
2 oz over one large clear cube
Screen Door
Wine →Well chilled
Cold enough to fog the glass.
45°F, generous pour, no ceremony
Screen Door Spritz
Stretches a bottle across an afternoon.
3 oz wine, 2 oz soda, cucumber ribbon
Cheese-board pairing
Goat cheese and green things.
Chèvre, snap peas, herb salad, warm bread
Pacific Blue
Organic Vodka →Martini
Cold, bracing, unadorned.
2½ oz vodka, ½ oz dry vermouth, lemon twist
Vodka Soda
The honest highball.
1½ oz vodka, soda, lime wedge
Moscow Mule
Copper mug optional, ginger mandatory.
2 oz vodka, ginger beer, ½ oz lime
John Barleycorn 30YR
Aged Whiskey →Neat
Thirty years deserves a clean glass.
1½ oz, no ice, no rush
On the rocks
One cube, watched carefully.
2 oz over a single large cube
A single splash of water
Unlocks the old oak.
2 oz, a half-teaspoon of water
Tea Bash
RTD →Over ice
Best version, every time.
Pour over cubes, lemon wheel
Straight from the can
Built for the dock.
Cold can, no glassware
Batch pitcher
Feeds a porch.
4 cans, sliced peaches, mint, ice
NXT LVL
RTD →Ice cold
The can is the recipe.
Serve at 38°F, straight
With a mixer
Stretches into a tall drink.
1 can over ice, splash of soda, citrus
Party batch
Punch bowl energy.
6 cans, frozen berries, lime wheels
Third Beach
RTD →On ice
Tall glass, plenty of cubes.
1 can, ice, pineapple wedge
Cooler-ready
Survives the walk down.
Cans buried in ice, no glass on sand
Beachside
Straight from the can, feet in the water.
Cold can, koozie, patience