Rye January

Sips Across the Sea - Episode #3

While Dry January is continuing to grow in popularity join David T. Smith @summerfruitcup, Eric Zandona @ezdrinking and the other 80% of drinking age adults who continue to enjoy tipple through the winter by celebrating Rye January. In this episode David and Eric share some of their favorite rye whiskeys, rye based cocktails and other ways to enjoy this under-appreciated spirit.

Spirits mentioned in this episode include:

• Rittenhouse Straight Rye Whiskey Bottled-in-Bond

• Wild Turkey 101 Straight Rye Whiskey

• Coppersea Bonticou Crag Straight Rye Malt Whisky Bottled in Bond

• Old Potrero Rye Straight Rye Whiskey

• Rockwell Vermouth Co. Native Amber

• Benedictine D.O.M. Liqueur

• Wrecking Coast Rye Whisky

• Jaywalk Bonded Straight Rye Whiskey

• Mister Katz’s Rock & Rye

• Jacquin's Rock & Rye

Media mentioned in this episode include:

• Disco Cocktails - Amazon, Amazon UK

• The Atlas of Bourbon and American Whiskey - Amazon, Amazon UK

Cocktails recipes mentioned in this episode include:

Manhattan

• 2oz (60ml) rye whiskey

• 1oz (30ml) sweet vermouth

• 2 dashes Angostura bitters

• Maraschino Cherry 

Stir ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Strain into a chilled stemmed glass and garnish with a cherry.

Old Fashioned

• ¼oz (5ml) simple syrup or 1 sugar cube with splash of water

• 3 dashes of bitters

• 2oz (60ml) rye whiskey

• Orange twist (optional garnish)

Add sugar, bitters into a mixing glass and stir for 60 seconds. Add ice and whiskey and stir until chilled. Strain into and rocks glass over a large cube of ice. Garnish with orange twist. 

Sazerac

• 2½oz (75ml) rye whiskey

• ¼oz (5ml) simple syrup or 1 sugar cube with splash of water

• 4 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

• Absinthe

• Lemon peel for garnish

Rinse chilled glass with absinth and discard. Add ingredients to mixing glass, stir and strain into chilled, absinth rinsed glass. Garnish with lemon twist.

Vieux Carré

• 3/4oz (22ml) rye whiskey

• 3/4oz (22ml) cognac

• 3/4oz (22ml) sweet vermouth

• 2 tsp (10ml) Benedictine

• 4 dashes aromatic bitters

• Maraschino cherry or lemon twist for garnish 

Build in a glass and stir or add ingredients to mixing glass with ice, stir and strain into rocks glass with fresh ice. Garnish with cherry or twist.

New York Sour

• 2oz (60ml) rye whiskey

• 1oz (30ml) lemon juice

• ¾oz (22ml) simple syrup

• ½ oz (15ml) red wine

• 1 egg white

Combine whiskey, lemon juice, sugar and egg white in a cocktail shaker without ice. Dry shake for 30 seconds. Open and shake with ice until cold. Strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice and slowly float red wine on top of the drink.