The Vieux Carré is a classic New Orleans cocktail made with whiskey, cognac, vermouth, and bitters. We give it a Lone Star twist using grain-to-glass Texas wheat whiskey.

Light, bright, and Texas bold. This Whiskey Fizz mixes lemon juice, club soda, and your favorite Texas whiskey for a cocktail that’s as refreshing as a Hill Country breeze. Easy to shake up, hard to put down.

We are borrowing this week’s whiskey drink from our friends at Spirits United. The Nellie is their cocktail of the month. For a cocktail that tastes like strawberry lemonade, it is perfect for hot summer months.

The pegu club cocktail is another gin-based drink. While there is nothing wrong with gin, we like whiskey better. The mixture is dated back to the early 1900s and was Burma’s Pegu Club’s signature drink on the Pegu River. Its members senior Briton government, military officials, and prominent businessmen.

The Andalusia Triple Distilled Mojito is delicious modification on the classic cocktail. We are making this in time for St. Patrick’s Day but this is a great summer drink as well. The mojito is a Cuban cocktail that is usually made with rum, sugar or simple syrup, mint, and soda water. And like most cocktails, there are several ways you can make it.

The Rusty Nail is a funny name for a cocktail. This is a drink named after a reddish-yellowish-brown flaky coated metal spike. A name that makes livers shake and would be drinkers run in fear. In reality, it is relatively tame. We share our Real Spirits Rusty Nail to help you put this cocktail into perspective.

The Andalusia Mule is a delightfully fizzy drink. Made with fiery ginger beer, Andalusia Triple Distilled Whiskey, and fresh lime.

Aaron Pollack, the bar manager of The Dawson’s in Chicago created the Smoking Pistol Cocktail. We modified the drink to fit our tastes and call it the Smoking Gun Cocktail.

The godfather cocktail named after the revered trilogy does it justice. Like an offer from Corleone, you won’t refuse this drink. A simple, yet powerful mixture of whiskey and amaretto.The traditional recipe uses equal parts, but we prefer to let the whiskey shine. We adjusted the mixture to 2 to 1 whiskey vs. amaretto.

The affinity cocktail is an old-school style drink with no fruity liqueurs or fancy herbs. Created in the early 1900s after a broadway play, however, the exact performance is unknown.

The autumn ash is a whiskey drink made with Scotch. So we swapped it for one of the many great Texas single malts.

The Arnold Palmer is a classic non-alcoholic drink named after the famous golfer. It is light and refreshing, perfect after a round of golf. Over the years, people have made a vodka version called the John Daly.

We have all been there the day after a bit of overindulgence that we are willing to try about any cure available to make the pain go away. While most reach for the ibuprofen and water, some prefer the hair of the dog.

Less sugar, more swagger.
This Texas twist on the Sex on the Beach swaps vodka for whiskey—bringing bold flavor to a fruity, easy-drinking classic. It’s sunshine in a glass, minus the sugar crash.

There is a simple yet overlooked cocktail called the whiskey & soda. This classic highball is often frowned upon by whiskey snobs. Ignore them and drink whiskey the way you want.