Jazz and Cocktails
July 21st, 2012 - 3:00 pm
I think you’ll find that Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz go best with an Old Fashioned.
You’ll need:
2 ounces Bulleit Bourbon.
1 sugar cube
1 dash bitters
1 teaspoon mineral water
1 handful whole ice cubes
And, of course, an Old Fashioned rocks glass
A grownup cocktail doesn’t need a bunch of useless fruit in it — so put away the maraschino cherries and the giant orange wedge.
Hit the sugar cube with the bitters, then muddle it into the water. Add ice, pour in the bourbon, and quickly stir.
Yes, you could just use a tablespoon of simple syrup and skip the cube and the muddling. But that would be like a heroin addict using a pre-bent spoon.
Here’s the one I just made. Cheers.
I can’t use a prebent spoon? I wish someone would have told me.
I’ll just have a Manhattan on the rocks.
Why rush life? Live the lush life.
Jazz and cocktails.
I use to love that song, tell one day I realized it was written by 3 guys who were in their 30s to 40, sitting in a bar, fantasizing about a teenager who passed by heading to the beach. Doesn’t that kind of set off some alarms on the Clintonesque creep-o-meter.
Oh Stephan. Those homemade refrigerator ice cubes just ruin the look. You should always have a stash of nice clear store-bought commercial cubes for cocktails and let the wife and kids use the crummy ones for Kool Aid. But otherwise…cheers!
Martinis need their olives, though.
Finally !!! A friday night video I can actually listen to.
Astrud goes well with anything, as does her daughter, Bebel.
An Old Fashioned should have muddled fruit sir!!!
No, most emphatically, it should not.
This one gets a bookmark!
Thanks, Stephen!
Has music improved since this song was recorded in 1964? The answer is an obvious NO.
I instantly recognized the song as the music playing when Jake and Elwood ride the elevator near the end of The Blues Brothers. I was always curious about that but never bothered to look it up.
Hey Stephen, the Manhattan just called – it wants to know where you would like the Maraschino cherry crammed?
Bulleit is a great choice, however, I might suggest you consider MM 46 on your next attempt for the perfect Old Fashioned. Suggested by my father who also backs scapping the cherry. Cheers and thanks for the great site!
Ah, “The Girl.” This song marked the apex of of the Bossa Nova craze and also marked its passing. I’ve loved it since its release.