tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post8573424266928468216..comments2024-03-19T14:51:21.425-04:00Comments on The Trad: The Friday Belt : Flusser's Dry Manhattantintinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13652066200071703445noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-52326576968350390572011-05-09T11:17:17.774-04:002011-05-09T11:17:17.774-04:00Years ago, before OLd Overholt had begun to enjoy ...Years ago, before OLd Overholt had begun to enjoy it's much deserved resurgence, the liquor store where I worked kept three bottles at a time in stock for a little 90 year old lady from the neighb orhood, who only bought that and Pall Mall non-filter cigarettes...tough old dame, she was. At the time, I was partial to Seagram's V.O. as a whisky cocktail base, Crown Royal if I was feeling frisky.<br /><br /><br />These days, we've got all these young dudes running around paying North of $40, and as high as $85, for rye whisky to be blended in cocktails. To call it a sucker puch would be gross understatement.I put it down as part of the "Well Curated Authentic Heritage Americana" fetish. These whiskies make a big show of all that sort of marketing, but all the old working guys I ever knew(my mother's father and his boys, concrete masons, bricklayers, carpenters and meat packer, etc...you know, guys who wore work clothes to work.) drank V.O.Canadian or it's American counterpart, SEagram's 7.<br /><br />I always thought the good thing about rye was that it was drier than Bourbon and much cheaper, imminently more mixable, hence suited for cocktails.<br /><br />But what do I know? I'm just a cheapskate.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11582043853388196139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-12992758415476064072011-05-08T15:49:59.723-04:002011-05-08T15:49:59.723-04:00Preptard- Love that handle - sounds like a new clo...Preptard- Love that handle - sounds like a new clothing line from Mark McNairy. Anyway, what goes around comes around. I guess.tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652066200071703445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-43279009347970211912011-05-08T15:18:06.973-04:002011-05-08T15:18:06.973-04:00It may even give you 'diarrhea', old fish....It may even give you 'diarrhea', old fish.Preptardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-3939262103464706582011-05-08T13:16:37.558-04:002011-05-08T13:16:37.558-04:00I've been searching for a delicious and afford...I've been searching for a delicious and affordable rye for some time. In PA, all I could find in terms of rye under $30/bottle was Jim Beam and Wild Turkey - not bad, but nothing amazing. I was in Maryland and picked up a bottle of Old Overholt, having heard of its original PA bona fides (though I believe it's now made in Kentucky). I love the stuff and I'll drink it neat or in a Manhattan or any of the drinks that now substitute bourbon for rye. It's great stuff and I think it was like $12/bottle. Next time I'm down, I'm picking up a case to split with a friend.Gregorius Mercatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646438198533603643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-37739911479326426782011-05-08T01:54:46.921-04:002011-05-08T01:54:46.921-04:00Oh. Double entendre. Right. I'm stupid, and no...Oh. Double entendre. Right. I'm stupid, and no, this isn't my first time here.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00757489375302816047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-79821506863349647612011-05-07T19:25:21.230-04:002011-05-07T19:25:21.230-04:00One thing you are paying for when you buy high-pri...One thing you are paying for when you buy high-priced rye is the deluxe bottle. Some of them are works of art. The rye, not so much different from Old Overholt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-43384383172088483062011-05-07T16:14:34.496-04:002011-05-07T16:14:34.496-04:00T, you must be new here...welcome.
As the resident...T, you must be new here...welcome.<br />As the resident non-drinker I had to take this opportunity to say Ieven I get the pun in the Friday belt. Our good host loves the double meaning in just about everything. He's kinda the sartorial version of "that's what she said."Brohammashttp://www.brohammas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-34284670619893846522011-05-07T14:50:20.292-04:002011-05-07T14:50:20.292-04:00Funny, I was wondering when the belt was going to ...Funny, I was wondering when the belt was going to factor in from looking at those photos. Don't get me wrong...beautiful belt. I guess it's best to christen it with booze and fruit acids now, rather than later.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00757489375302816047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-63231526859890885092011-05-07T01:41:36.726-04:002011-05-07T01:41:36.726-04:00In that guys wallet..not interested- but in your l...In that guys wallet..not interested- but in your liqour cabinet, your memories and your wardrobe- man now you're cookin' with gas.. have great weekend.<br />Just had a manhattan at SF's best cocktail spot, BIX, last night..Mm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-22082830107348812762011-05-06T16:59:36.864-04:002011-05-06T16:59:36.864-04:00"But when you find something you loved, but h..."But when you find something you loved, but had to walk away from -- and you find it again and make it yours -- "<br /><br />--you know you were meant to have it.David Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04656794645683894339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-18969315003877289762011-05-06T15:02:13.167-04:002011-05-06T15:02:13.167-04:00Dolin is quality stuff. I switched to Dolin Dry a...Dolin is quality stuff. I switched to Dolin Dry after Noilly Prat went and changed its formula. A martini made with the "new" Noilly Prat looks like a chilled urine sample. Dolin dry is a very worthy alternative. Never tried Overholt......I'll pick some up as soon as the Rittenhouse is gone. Oh, good lookin' belt too!<br /><br />-BCM-BCMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-19249682680022848802011-05-06T13:40:31.492-04:002011-05-06T13:40:31.492-04:00I got the same belt... unfortunately for full frei...I got the same belt... unfortunately for full freight at Flusser's shop. It's a great one, though.Gentryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03321258730930298594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-73375240841198625182011-05-06T12:39:32.734-04:002011-05-06T12:39:32.734-04:00Another point....(besides the one on my cranium).....Another point....(besides the one on my cranium)...it is shocking how many barman fail to use any bitters in a Manhattan...and that is lame.Main Line Sportsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11303248738216839079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-18985096799940637392011-05-06T12:37:49.416-04:002011-05-06T12:37:49.416-04:00Jackie the joke man(Martling) has been telling tha...Jackie the joke man(Martling) has been telling that joke for years...<br />Suggestion on Old Overholts is a home run...a good whiskey at a very reasonable price for such applications.<br />As for bitters....I am just a pedestrian Angostura fan...it too has a history...1824 origin and a secret recipe.Main Line Sportsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11303248738216839079noreply@blogger.com