Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails)

[Chris]

@seanocono:

Has anyone else tried this?

They're new on the block and have an interesting story and method. Very clean. Best enjoyed neat.

They're only distributed in a few states, right now, but definitely worth the purchase if you stumble across it.

Well, given the longstanding distilling tradition in the NC mountains, it's gotta be good.

[sabergirl]

I'll have to look for that when I visit my folks in NC this spring.

[Chris]

Where in NC are they?  I'm from Charlotte, so I'm always curious about members with connections.

[mclaincausey]

Says Bostic on the label.

[mclaincausey]

It also says that it's distilled from malted barley. So we're looking at more of a Scotch than a bourbon style here I think. This hypothesis is also supported by the missing "e" in "whisky."

[Chris]

I was referring to sabergirl's parents.

[seawolf]

I saw this at my local packie. I'm not a Scotch drinker so this didn't appeal to me, but it certainly piqued my interest.

[jdl1279]

Mclain,

Yeah, my comment was meant more along the lines of I like bourbon, but this could work for variety

[derivative666]

I was  a huge fan of Jeffersons Presidential Select 21 before I stopped drinking bourbon.

[seawolf]

Jeff,

That bottle is on my short list.

[mclaincausey]

I generally don't buy from independent bottlers personally. Perhaps a narrow minded hangup, but I go to the source, if they didn't distill it, I'm not interested. Same with scotch and even Irish whiskey.

[derivative666]

I buy one for Katsushin every time  I see him for our yearly marathon session.

[mclaincausey]

I think that stuff is old stuff from a great, but now closed, distillery.

[trail and arrow]

Whisky Sour with Egg White

[ohighyo]

That's different

[mclaincausey]

Not really, that's a classic cocktail, very old school. I make em myself. The egg whites emulsify it, it's pretty cool

[ohighyo]

I'm not into crazy drinks that much. I drink makers and lagunitas IPA 95% of the time.

[seawolf]

Is there a better sounding name than Whiskey Sour with Egg White?

[mclaincausey]

This one is good. Whiskey, Lemon, egg, shake. Optional bitters. I did a brandy egg sour the other night, magnificent.

[seawolf]

Sounds great. I bet the egg adds a little mouthfeel that rounds out the drink. Looking forward to trying it. By the way, since we've talked so much about Sazeracs, I thought I should mention that I flipped through my giant cocktail book the other day. It has about a thousand recipes in it. I looked up the Saz….. no dice. I was really surprised. For one of the original cocktails to not be in this book, it seemed really strange. Anyway, just thought I'd share that.