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Main Forums => The Mess Hall => Topic started by: charby on June 24, 2022, 06:38:08 PM
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I like them as couple sugar cubes, bitters, 2 Luxardo cherries and orange peel gently muddled together, giant ice cube, then topped with a couple ounces of good rye whisky and finally a gentle stir with a spoon.
I also like them SE IA style, sugar cube, bitters, cheap bourbon, ice, stir with a spoon, and top with club soda. Garnish with a cherry and orange slice.
Brandy old fashioned sweet Wisconsin style are good too, but I need to be in the land of cheese and beer.
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I like them as couple sugar cubes, bitters, 2 Luxardo cherries and orange peel gently muddled together, giant ice cube, then topped with a couple ounces of good rye whisky and finally a gentle stir with a spoon.
I also like them SE IA style, sugar cube, bitters, cheap bourbon, ice, stir with a spoon, and top with club soda. Garnish with a cherry and orange slice.
Brandy old fashioned sweet Wisconsin style are good too, but I need to be in the land of cheese and beer.
I've started drinking WI style, not sure if it's brandy sour or brandy sweet; probably halfway between. I add a little of the maraschino cherry juice to make it sweet, and I top-off with Fresca. Haven't tried club soda yet. I use E&J's VS brandy; I think in Wisconsin they usually use Korbel.
I use cheap cherries, not Luxardos. I bought a jar of sour cherries from Aldi a few months ago, intending to make my own faux Luxardo cherries. Boil the juice down with some sugar to a make thick heavy syrup, add a little Amoretto. Pour over the cherries and let them age for a month. (that might be nothing like a Luxardo cherry, but I think it will be close)
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Be curious how your cherries turn out.
Only time I get Luxardo cherries is if I get an old fashioned at one of the local cocktail lounges.
I've been thinking about trying to make my own with a jar of bing cherries drained and soaked in half bourbon and half kirchwasser.
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I've never heard of Iowa style. :) Cheap Canadian whisky be okay to sub for the bourbon?
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I've never heard of Iowa style. :) Cheap Canadian whisky be okay to sub for the bourbon?
Probably just fine.
SE IA style, where I grew up and I've never had them made like that elsewhere. How you would get one in the neighborhood taverns.