I wanted to link to this article on the Old Fashioned (hattip: Daring Fireball); I actually think this is a pretty well done take, and I was previously unfamiliar with the American Drink website.
The problem I have, though, is that the American Drink site seems to me to be annoyingly laid out and far more difficult to read than it should be.
I’m wondering if it might be time to revive the Society for the Preservation and Restoration of Classic Cocktails, in blog format; possibly even as a group blog. Glen? Mike? RoadRich? Would you guys be interested if I fired something like that up?
If you did, I would read it.
I like the Old Fashioned, but only if it’s made with Southern Comfort. I don’t know if there’s a separate name for that variant.
I’m always up for a comment or two on cocktails, but, as can be seen regarding my updating my own site, I would be less than useful in a group blog setting.
Seems to me like that’s an advantage of running it as a group blog, Glen: if you don’t have time for new posts or comments, someone else possibly does.
“…Jerry Thomas himself published Old Fashioned recipes based on whiskey, aged Dutch gin (a.k.a genever), and brandy”
So it doesn’t sound to me like there’s a different name for the Southern Comfort Old Fashioned, Earl, but I welcome correction on this.