One of the first “cocktails” you may have had in your life was the classic highball, the Rye + Ginger. Back before prohibition rye was the choice spirit of the American working class. Spicier and more aggressive than bourbon, rye was the drink that “grew hair on a man’s chest.” It was typically drank straight, however, during this unregulated era, Rectifiers would often make fake whisky out of bad blends and a mix of things that would make it seem…
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I have always dreamed of going to the Kentucky Derby and sipping on some bourbon-filled cocktails on a hot summer’s day sporting my Sunday’s best and a fabulous fascinator. And with the Hasting’s Racetrack…
