I’m a little surprised that the Bulleitt is your favorite here. I have gone over your 3 Manhattans piece in RR many times, which partly led me to what has become my home standard, namely Michter’s and Cocci.
I still stand by those as making delicious Manhattans, but of all of them, that's the one I wish I could re-do. That was still early in my RR days and I felt the need to make three appreciably different Manhattans, not just my favorite three. In other words, more descriptive of what you can get, as opposed to prescriptive of what you should get. But I intend to do even more vigorous tests again pretty soon, and am excited for the results.
I regularly think about how difficult it is for me to make a great cocktail at home and find myself turning to a glass of wine because of it. But this visual perfectly explains what I’m often lacking in my attempts. The short: it’s both the knowledge and the testing.
It’s also why I love this blog. Thanks for doing gods work for the rest of us plebs.
Thank you for the kind words! And I'm glad the visuals are connecting. This is why it can be hard at home, and also why it can be frustrating to order cocktails in bars, too. I think probably 90-95% of the drinks on the menus of places that call themselves "cocktail bars" are merely good, because most people, professionals even, don't 100% know what they're looking for.
The corollary of this is that if a place has one great drink on their menu, the likelihood that most/all of them will be great is pretty high.
Love this. Love it.
I’m a little surprised that the Bulleitt is your favorite here. I have gone over your 3 Manhattans piece in RR many times, which partly led me to what has become my home standard, namely Michter’s and Cocci.
Thanks so much!
I still stand by those as making delicious Manhattans, but of all of them, that's the one I wish I could re-do. That was still early in my RR days and I felt the need to make three appreciably different Manhattans, not just my favorite three. In other words, more descriptive of what you can get, as opposed to prescriptive of what you should get. But I intend to do even more vigorous tests again pretty soon, and am excited for the results.
I regularly think about how difficult it is for me to make a great cocktail at home and find myself turning to a glass of wine because of it. But this visual perfectly explains what I’m often lacking in my attempts. The short: it’s both the knowledge and the testing.
It’s also why I love this blog. Thanks for doing gods work for the rest of us plebs.
Thank you for the kind words! And I'm glad the visuals are connecting. This is why it can be hard at home, and also why it can be frustrating to order cocktails in bars, too. I think probably 90-95% of the drinks on the menus of places that call themselves "cocktail bars" are merely good, because most people, professionals even, don't 100% know what they're looking for.
The corollary of this is that if a place has one great drink on their menu, the likelihood that most/all of them will be great is pretty high.