New Olreans Best Cocktails: The Old Fashioned

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• New
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• Old
• Fashioned

[ciawarhater]

MAD MEN - that's why I'm here

[ExponentialError]

I'm going to buy a cocktail from this man before I die.

[magicmattman]

@MegaBagera : that's why I looked up this vid (Ryan Gosling in that movie) ... I've become more suave since, lol.

[DrummerBRYCE]

@ciawarhater ME TOO!

[MegaBagera]

@elinfiernoentusojos Yes, I think he's drinking it in most scenes in the bar but also the drink he makes back at the house, which Emma Stone necks both of.

[elinfiernoentusojos]

@MegaBagera is it the drink he makes when he takes the girl to his house?

[ecSATiSFACTiON]

You know that bar is classy if it's using Evian in a glass bottle for water!

[drgonz1]

@harshlight7 Wow, so an irish pure pot still whiskey is the same as a bourbon whisky? Your pallet must not be very developed. You should stop stuffing your fat american face with processed foods to be able taste again. Cheers and happy holidays, troll!

[MegaBagera]

This drink is really popular again. Ryan Gosling drinks this in Crazy Stupid Love

[harshlight7]

@drgonz1 Yeah, I've spent some time behind a bar myself. I made the analogy to illustrate just how ignorant your recommendation was, and I believe it still stands. I may have misunderstood your original intent, but the fact remains that recommending a novice make an Old Fashioned with bourbon instead of whiskey is just as dumb as saying he should try a chard instead of a white. They are, generally speaking, the same thing. Educating customers is part of our job.

[harshlight7]

@drgonz1 So because he misspelled whiskey (as you yourself did), that let's you off the hook for recommending he try it with bourbon instead? Brilliant. If all he could taste was the whiskey, maybe he made it wrong, or just didn't know what a real adult cocktail tastes like. If he made it with Red Breast instead of Makers Mark the result would be roughly the same: an unbalanced, whisk(e)y-favored drink.

[drgonz1]

@harshlight7 And then your incredibly stupid analogy with the white wines... do you know how many different grapes there are? What if the person doesn't like dry wines, like the chardonnay in this example... Then I would recommend a sweeter one, like an Alsace Gewurtztraminer... So please stop trolling! I work as a bartender, was trying to help the guy enjoy an awesome drink.