Hiwassee River Water
When it comes to making whiskey, it’s hard to overstate the importance of the water sources in Tennessee – thousands of creeks and springs that’ve hydrated the process from the start arrive naturally filtered by limestone, pitching in purity and a unique minerality. The aquatic artery Nneka Ijeoma nods to with this cocktail, though, hasn’t […]
Pretty & Poppin’
Delicate by design, this delight by J’Nai Williams asks that you lean in to detect all the surprising, soft nuances of Scotch, which are set afloat by a flurry of citrus and floral scents and flavors. Oh, and one more request straight from the drink’s creator: Do so while feeling fly with friends at the […]
Weeks 95-99 of 186 (BMAL 770)
Weeks 95-99 of approximately 186 are in the books in my doctorate program. March has been a very busy month! Not only did I start a new course, BMAL 770, Business Ethics but also traveled down to Washington for a four day, Wilderness First Responder re-certification in the pouring rain, a daily podcast for the […]
Pancho and Lefty
Like its namesake, the elegiac tune by Townes Van Zandt, this cocktail is a staggeringly deep number to wax wistful to while sitting around the campfire. In a play on just how much wood features in the makeup of Tennessee whiskey (maple charcoal filtering and charred oak aging), this old-fashioned finds Samir Osman doing the […]
Feather Billet
Donny Clutterbuck’s radio is tuned to “Turn the Music Up” by the band PREP, a “Steely Dan-esque” song that inspired a Paloma riff that expands to include rose, chocolate and, of course, anejo! Ingredients 1 ½ oz tequila anejo ¾ oz rose syrup ¾ oz lime juice 1 dash (not drop) chocolate mole bitters 1 […]