Word: whiskeys
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Dodd’s no stranger to making hooch. Back in his home state of Tennessee, Dodd has experimented with making liquor in homemade stills. Among his potables: a vodka that was “too watery” and a whiskey that “had the consistency of a milkshake...
...Dodd’s version is an uncarbonated drink made from molasses and mixed—more accurately, chased—with ginger ale and lemon juice. He brought two kinds of mead to the competition. Why mead? “I wanted to diversify from the vodka and whiskey,” Dodd explains from underneath his cowboy hat, also noting that whiskey takes years to age properly, while his meads take closer to an afternoon. The first of Dodd’s quaffs, “Fateful Fluids” is light and spicy. His second batch?...
...work the typewriter, yells for someone to open the door. Two workmen arrive to replace the broken conference table for the fourth time. The director of photography shows up for his 9 a.m. call at 2:45 p.m., and he hasn't missed anything. Half-empty bottles of whiskey lie everywhere. It's a brief glimpse into what the world would look like if it were run by high school dropouts...
...wine at least once every three months. And both numbers have declined since 1994. Per-capita consumption at 1.95 gal. a year is still below the peak of 2.48 gal. back in 1986, according to the Adams Beverage Group. The French drink seven times as much, and even the whiskey-and stout-producing Irish drink four times as much wine per capita as Americans...
...this weekend, impress them with your newfound college sophistication by sipping on one of America’s oldest and most refined cocktails: the Old Fashioned. This classic cocktail was invented in the late 19th century at the Pendennis Club in Louisville, Ky., for a prominent Southern colonel and whiskey connoisseur. Since that time the Old Fashioned has been a favorite of the stylish. From speakeasies to lawn parties to Hollywood soirees, the Old Fashioned was such a staple it inspired a Cole Porter song, “Make it Another Old Fashioned, Please...