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Old Overholt- American Rye
The real deal for the classic Manhattan cocktail Smooth and smooth some more.
Blanton’s Original Single Barrel Bourbon
Cool, rough tinged, slightly smokey. Like fresh saddle leather & sage brush. High end grit. Buy it here >>
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Catskill Bourbon
Truly a find. Smooth with mountain spices. Try it with soda.
Forget Amazon. Ask you local dealer. In NYC try Astor Wines
Balcones Brimstone- Bourbon
For the connoissuers. Not hot as the name suggests, rather the innovation of smoking post-distillation gives it the hell fire. Expensive.
Evan Williams Black Label- Bourbon
Real grit to put hair on your chest. Suggested retail $14.95.
Seriously, get it local.
Whiskey Stories,
Five Tales On The Rocks
by
Leigh Fredrickson
Blantons Bourbon:
She leaned forward and pulled, sucked my last cigarette from the pack crushed by the road. She looked up like I was the inbred coupling of morons as I fumbled for a match. The one time my wind chapped and sunburned skin came as a relief as I ripped the match across my tattoo of mom’s skull and let her pull my lit hand to her nail. Never have I understood when they say a woman’s lips were fire until I saw the lit end of that cigarette match her lipstick blowing smoke in my face. Any words of wisdom I had were gone with the smoky exhale of her cheap whiskey and fresh ash breathe, “You could use a better drink.” Read more on pdf…whiskey stories
The New York Crimes 