This was the first mixed Scotch drink that I ever had. It was the only mixed Scotch drink the bartender knew how to make. I've never had another of these as the name of this drink is well deserved.
Rusty Nail
Ingredients:
Everyone is familiar with the Gin Sour's cousin the Tom Collins. Then there is the oh so common Tom Collins cousin, the Vodka Collins. Then there is the Brandy Collins, John Collins,... well I guess you get the idea. So, then there is the Sandy Collins, AKA Jock Collins*, which is something like that cousin that no one ever talks about. Next time you're having a party give the following a try.
Sandy Collins
Ingredients:
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the Scotch, lemon juice, and sugar. Shake well. Strain into a collins glass alost filled with ice cubes. Add the club soda. Stir and garnish with the cherry and the orange slice.
* I prefer Sandy over Jock for obvious reasons. I find the drink goes well with talk of semantic externalism, testimonial knowledge, and metalogic.
Over the past couple of weeks we've had several small parties for visiting job candidates. Unfortunately some senior faculty member, who shall remain nameless, brought a particularly bad blended whisky for the floating bar. I remedied the whisky drinkers' dilemma tonight by bringing a twelve-year-old expression of the newish "The Speyside", which I hope to review at a later date. However, the situation got me thinking about what one should do with a particularly disastrous whisky when bar supplies might be a bit low. Enter the "Highland Sling"! Hopefully a bit of rooting around the kitchen should be able to scare up the following ingredients.
Highland Sling
Ingredients:
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the sugar, water, lemon juice, and Scotch. Shake well. Strain into a highball glass. Garnish with the lemon twist.
