I have tentatively named the following little concoction created this evening “Bardstown Butter,” though I’m open to other names. All I know is that it’s a lethally delicious, if sweet, combination.
3 parts Maker’s Mark or similar quality bourbon
1 part Creme de Cacao
1 part Butterscotch schnapps
Maraschino cherry
[Edit] Serve over ice.
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Goddamn it, now I need a Marschino cherry.Report
I forgot, though it should perhaps have been obvious, but this should be served over ice.Report
One thing I love about these posts is that I not only grow my booze collection, but also all the other stuff. I bought bitters to make the Doc’s Manhattan (but forgot the vermouth) and now I have those for whatever else it might be useful for. A few more posts like this and I’ll be fully stocked. Now, off to get all the non-bourbony ingredients for this one!Report
Nice! Make sure to get the vermouth first, though – there is IMHO no drink more essential to be able to make at the drop of a hat than a Manhattan. However, come winter, you’ll be happy to have the butterscotch schnapps to throw in your coffee or hot chocolate.Report
Any tips on vermouth buying?Report
Go down to a good bar, give your bartender a good tip and interview a few vermouths in very small doses on their own in snifters. They’re not the same. My palate’s not good enough to do this with a mixed drink but anyone’s nose should be able to distinguish them.Report
On the topic of fortified wines, I gather that Sherry has a reputation as an old ladies’ drink. Does this apply to very dry Sherries, or only to Cream Sherry and other sweet varieties? Can a man order Fino at a bar without being looked at askance?Report
The old trouts who drink ports and sherries know a good thing when they’ve tasted it. Both are traditionally dessert-ish drinks and apertifs but when the urge for a smooth, sweet drink comes over me, nothing but a good port or sherry will do in that moment. To avoid any foppish stigma, drink Spanish vintages.Report
Ditto Blaise’s comment. I love a glass of port in the evening (you should also try white port some time), and foppish stigmas or not, I won’t hesitate to order a Harvey’s Bristol Cream after dinner at a nice restaurant. I can’t vouch for what the waiters/waitresses say in the back room, but they’ve never looked askance at me.Report
“Ah,” they say “that Hanley fellow, now there’s a man of class and distinction.” Come Christmastime, sherry comes into its own. As a celebratory drink, it has no equal.
Though fruitcake has become the butt of many jokes, I make a delicious fruitcake featuring Pedro Ximénez sherry, though I’ve used Harvey’s Bristol Cream in its absence. I use lots of dried fruits and nuts in my fruitcake, but only orange zest and not much of that. Many people use brandy for their fruitcake but something about the figgy, nut-like flavour of PX (which all cream sherries contain to some extent) imbues a fruitcake with something special.Report
“Ah,” they say “that Hanley fellow, now there’s a man of class and distinction.”
Great, now there’s coffee and spittle all over my keyboard.Report
Class and distinction, and coffee and spittle. But mostly class and distinction.
Because they coffee and spittle are now on the keyboard.Report
Mark – I was on Bardstown Road this afternoon.Report
The Bardstown Road is a magical place. As it continues onto Baxter, it only gets better. I acquired a crush on the old Twig and Leaf restaurant for people watching and anytime breakfast. Carmichael’s Bookstore and the Great Escape music store got a lot of my money in those days.
Happy memories of spending New Year’s 2000 at Stevie Ray’s in Louisville. If memory serves, that’s on Main Street, which isn’t Bardstown Road, but that where I experienced the Millenium Moment. Louisville never gets the credit it deserves, which must suit the locals just fine: they’re already besieged by Touristic Types every Derby Week. If the joys of Louisville were properly understood by all and sundry, it would spoil the effect.Report