I’ve declared open season on Old Fashions.
Amaretto Sour by Morgenthaler. Which I think is one of the best iterations of this cocktail. Or I just might be addicted to Luxardo cherries. 
@Respectfully_Declined, me, too. This coming Thursday at my casa we are doing an Old Fashioned taste testing. We are making them from various spirits. Gin, Mezcal, Vodka, Bourbon, and Rum. I’ll post picks when we are done. If I don’t get too sloshed to not remember to take pictures. lol
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I want to try the Amaretto Sour so thanks for that… and thanks in advance for your Old Fashioned notes! 
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It’s been a day…, in fact it’s been two. A T&T, followed by another one. Thankfully I went to the state store last night, because nothing but 3.2 ABV beer available on Sunday. I’m not home, so preplanning was crucial. Hits the spot, and fits the 70 degree weather, plus it’s my fav year round anyway. Cheers to all!
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Tonight, I have a dinner party for 12. And no booze to be served. And in preparation for it… I made an espresso martini. So that I can be awake and slightly happy. And hopefully… it will tide me over until they leave!
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That looks amazing. My SO is complaining about the proliferation of amaro and cordials, I’ll need to find a place to tuck the amaretto.
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They all have their place. 
The amaretto also doubles as a floater for my margaritas and turns them into an Italian one. Which has been my favorite for a few years.
I would never pay for Pappy anything. It’s not bad, just not worth the chase or money
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Pappy is way overpriced and overhyped. I get Blanton for $100 a couple times a year and that is overpriced but still buy it.
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Corn 'n Oil: 2 oz. aged rum and 1/2 oz. velvet falernum, stirred in a rocks or old-fashioned glass over ice.
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A Barbados favorite. Very simple drink. Still have several bottles of Falernum from my daughter’s wedding. I made a big batch of corn and oils as a signature drink.
It was a throw back to the week my wife and I spent with Richard and Gale Seale in Barbados with a bunch of rum geeks
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Today’s cocktail was a Twentieth Century, to inaugurate the 3 vintage coupe glasses I scored for $9 total at a local crafts fair.
–1 1/2 oz. gin
–3/4 oz. Lillet blanc
–1/2 oz. light creme de cacao
–3/4 oz. lemon juice
Shake over ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
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Mississippi Gambler…equal parts bourbon, sugar, water…lemon juice. Let macerate overnight, squeeze rinds , remove mint. Freeze overnight to make slushies for Derby Day😋 . Not traditional, but we enjoy it more than a julep. For one quarter, I use 6 tablespoons lemon juice, one cup bourbon, one cup water and one cup sugar.
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Recently had a “Ring of Fire”. A drink made a Ulele restaurant in Tampa. We get it most every time we are there for lunch before a performance at the Straz art center. Will be there again tomorrow 
Ring of Fire Florida Cane Fire Ant Vodka, Blue Coat American Dry Gin, lychee liqueur, fresh lime juice & agave syrup.
Very tasty and I’m not a gin or vodka drinker
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A Latin Quarter, like a rum sazerac, with Zacapa 23 rum. Nice, a little sweeter and more vanilla-y than a normal sazerac.
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That Zacapa is a sugar bomb
Yes, it’s very sweet!
Black Tea with Lemon.No sugar added, but it feels good.
