Our guest has ventured from the Arctic Circle to Kentucky’s rickhouses to Scotland’s distilleries in pursuit of one singular spirit. Now he’s sharing his wisdom with the world
This week, the legendary Noah Rothbaum joins me to crack open The Whiskey Bible and pour out the secrets and stories of one of the world’s greatest spirits.
Noah is not only a leading authority on cocktails and spirits, but also a James Beard Award winner, the author of many acclaimed drinks books and the associate editor of the Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails, which won the Dartmouth Medal for the best reference book of 2021 and the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Award for Best New Book on Drinks Culture, History, or Spirits.
Who better to guide us through the world of The Whiskey Bible: A Complete Guide to the World’s Greatest Spirit, a staggeringly comprehensive, entertaining, and approachable book including not only a history of whiskey, but an in-depth analysis of every major whiskey distilling region, general and practical whiskey facts, and 60 classic and modern whiskey cocktail recipes from top bartenders.
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Cocktail of the Week:
Penicillin
Ingredients
- 2 oz Scotch
- ¼ oz Islay Scotch
- ¾ oz fresh lemon juice
- ¾ oz honey syrup (3 parts honey, 1 part water)
- ¾ tablespoon sweetened ginger syrup (4 parts ginger juice, 3 parts sugar)
- Garnish: candied ginger
Instructions
- Combine all of the ingredients except the Islay Scotch in a shaker and fill with ice.
- Shake and then into a rocks glass filled with a ice.
- Using a bar spoon, gently pour ¼ oz of Islay Scotch whisky over the back of the spoon to create a float.
- Garnish with the candied ginger
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