I did make my bluevardier last night. It was kinda sweet. Not a surprise, as triple sec is sweeter than sweet vermouth. I usually make boulevardiers replacing half the Campari with Aperol. I’ll not do that, and see if that gets the balance closer.
It is pretty though:
I have invented a (I think) new cocktail: the bluevardier! It’s a boulevardier, except that the sweet vermouth is replaced with blue curacao.
I’ll make one for cocktail hour and post a picture!
Whiskey club: Cody Road Bourbon. Pre-pandemic, our local liquor store used to have tastings. (It probably does again, but we haven’t started going again yet.) At one tasting there was a rep from Cody Road, which turns out to be almost a local distillery: It’s in Le Claire, Iowa, just across the Mississippi. I don’t remember the precise details, but the rep mentioned that they try to use local corn and rye, grown close to the distillery.
The rye was actually even better than the bourbon (and I’m not usually a huge rye fan). We’ve got some of the rye in our liquor cabinet—I’ll have to have some again soon.
Today though I poured the bourbon on the rocks, although it’s also good neat.
Whiskey club: The whiskey I drink most often is Evan Williams black label.
I particularly like it for whiskey and branch water. (Equal quantities of whiskey and tap water are how I prepare it.) Several of the fancier whiskeys that I have really suffer when overly diluted with water, but the Even Williams holds up very well.
Just our second Whiskey Wednesday since the start of the pandemic. I have the Whistlepig Farmstock Bourbon bottled in bond. Very nice. Sweet. Fruit—maybe apples. @jackieLbrewer has the equivalent rye.
Both @jackieLbrewer and I are drinking the @SevenSaints feature, the Barrell Dovetail, an exquisite bourbon/rye blend. Delicious at cask strength.
