Whiskey - It's the water of life!

[Takayuki Yagami]

Went to the non-abc stores looking for an absinthe, didn’t have anything that was immediately appealing, but they did have those walnut bitters I mentioned a little further up the thread as well as Luxardo cherries. Not what what I went in for but probably better in the end. Guess today’s libation’ll be a manhattan, and I’ll touch base on that maple old fashioned some time this week now that I have the right bitters for it.

 

[Takayuki Yagami]

Went to the non-abc stores looking for an absinthe, didn’t have anything that was immediately appealing, but they did have those walnut bitters I mentioned a little further up the thread as well as Luxardo cherries. Not what what I went in for but probably better in the end. Guess today’s libation’ll be a manhattan, and I’ll touch base on that maple old fashioned some time this week now that I have the right bitters for it.

That maple walnut old fashioned has potential, though the dasher on the bottle is being a bit stingy for some reason so there isn’t as much bitters in it as I’d like. The bitters smell like roasted nuts and boiled down maple syrup which is probably why people recommend pairing the two. Might also work better for my taste with that rum from when I cut myself a few days ago.