The Bourbon Renewal was amazing. Its just so amazing on every level. Used Wild Turkey 101 and it did not disapoint me or my guests. They were skeptical of bourbon in a cocktail but that and a Boston Sour made them come around to it.
I've definitely been burned by whisky cocktails as I find the bourbon always gets lost or clashes badly. About the only one I do is an Old Fashioned, and it has to be done RIGHT. Otherwise, as a lover of whisky, I just sip it neat.
Thanks for another great video! Luckily you had a good seal in the shaker 😀 I have made about half of these cocktails but luckily I got two new and very interesting recipes from this video: Good Enough Gatsby and Avenue Scotch.
You know why you get flack in the comments about using Eagle Rare as a mixer ... the other day I was stopping in a newish liquor store in my area and they had 2 bottles on the shelf behind the counter. I asked - $90. No wonder they were still sitting on the shelf! Must have been nice working at a bar that did enough business that the distributor kept you supplied in a hard to find bourbon.
Kinda surprised the mint julep didn’t make an appearance here (though I never make mine with whiskey). Regardless, this is a lovely list, very well put together. Gotta love Sam Ross, the guys a wizard with cocktails.
I didnt want to feature to many really well known or classic recipes. So i left the mint julep, manhattan & old fashioned off of the list. Though i love them as cocktails