Category Archives: whiskey

Bartender Re-education: The Irish Coffee

Posted on 03/12/2012 by caskstrength

Bartender Re-education: The Irish Coffee Every coffee+booze cocktail is a piece of shit except this one. Spanish coffee? Fuck that drink. Bailey’s and coffee? Look granny, you could have had that at home.  Every coffee cocktail up until the Irish … Continue reading →

Posted in Bartender Re-Education Plan, Cocktails, irish coffee, irish whiskey, whipped cream, whiskey | Tagged | 7 Comments

Cocktail Advent Calendar- Dec 5th, The Godson

Posted on 12/05/2011 by caskstrength

I was born March 12th 1980.  Since that date, the Godson cocktail has only been ordered 7 times the whole world over.  It was ordered 6 times in Brooklyn in 2005 by a Joe Musstash who failed in starting an … Continue reading →

Posted in amaretto, Classic Cocktails, Cocktail Advent Calendar, Cocktails, dairy cocktails, Holiday Drinks, nutmeg, scotch cocktails, whiskey | 3 Comments

Bartender Re-education: The Old Fashioned

Posted on 08/31/2011 by caskstrength

Even though Don Draper is really helping America Drink better, there are a few dozen big name bartenders around America right now fiercely fighting to restore the Old Fashioned cocktail from the insipid trends that have beset it.  And I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bartender Re-Education Plan, bitters, hand cut ice, whiskey | 15 Comments

10 Rules of Drinking Like a Man #4 Jack Daniel’s is for Pussies

Posted on 08/03/2010 by caskstrength

Rule 4: Jack Daniel’s Is For Pussies   If vodka is for weak babies, Jack Daniel’s is the vodka of the whiskey world.  It isn’t so much that Jack is bad, (but it ain’t great) it is that outside of … Continue reading →

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Simple Pleasures: Classic drinks are classics for a reason, simplicity. And respect the grandma.

Posted on 08/22/2009 by caskstrength

Simple Pleasures: Classic drinks are classics for a reason, simplicity.  And respect the grandma. Recently, I just like to make drinks out of the Mr Boston drink book.  Not true really, I haven’t opened the book since a brutish cannuk … Continue reading →

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