It's the cocktail hour. Enjoying an Algonquian.

[Aristus]

Rye whiskey, dry vermouth, and pineapple juice.

I can tell already that rye is something that I’m not going to want to drink neat. So I’m working my way through the cocktails for which rye is a base.

Happy Saturday night, everyone!

[elleng]

1. Not sure as not an expert, but Dad's 'drink' was Canadian Club,

and I suspect Rye is related to Canadian.

AHA! 'Today, as for the past two centuries, the terms "rye whisky" and "Canadian whisky" are used interchangeably in Canada and (as defined in Canadian law) refer to exactly the same product, which generally is made with only a small amount of rye grain.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_whisky#:~:text=Today%2C%20as%20for%20the%20past,small%20amount%20of%20rye%20grain.

[Aristus]

3. I don't know.

Canadian to me means nice and polite. Rye is not polite on the palate.

[elleng]

5. HAHAHA!

As far as I'm concerned, NONE of them are 'polite on the palate,' but may try once more (IF there is some here,) as a test.

[Aristus]

9. Bourbon can be sublime.

Especially my local distillery, Woodinville. Smooth, sweet, with notes of cinnamon.

[dweller]

2. Isn't that garnished with

a bookmark ?
🤔



✌🏻

[Aristus]

4. If you're in a room with me, you're never far from a bookmark.

Or a book.

Oh, to have been a personal friend of Dorothy Parker…

[elleng]

6. I am Marie of Roumania!!!

[MontanaMama]

7. I love rye but

I have to mix it…it’s a little too bitey to drink neat.

Speaking of the brown liquid…I visited Westward bourbon distillery this weekend in PDX I may or may not have purchased more bourbon than I intended. It’s lovely stuff. Looking forward to savoring it all winter long back home in MT.

Cheers!

[Aristus]

10. Something wonderful to keep you warm this winter.

[Yonnie3]

8. It's been quite a while since I had any Rye

I liked to have one neat when it was cold and blustery. The brand was something like Old Overcoat. That name was a joke, but it's what I remember.

Would you drink a different brand than your local Rye neat?

I'm having my usual G & T alone since my partner has headed out to work her shift at the hospital labs.

Happy Saturday to you.

[Aristus]

11. If it was gentle on the palate.

I suppose I should give rye the same chance I gave bourbon, which I didn’t used to like until I found the right one.

[Yonnie3]

13. I recall that particular Rye had a bite.

It was only one shot when I was chilled and then other drinks.

Long ago I drank Mr. Daniel's, Dickle's and Beam's whiskeys often but I moved on to various Irish whiskeys because they were milder.

[Mopar151]

14. Old Overholt!

My Gramps favorite. Low barbed wire content!

[DBoon]

12. recipe here

Ingredients

1 1/2 ounces rye whiskey

3/4 ounce dry vermouth

3/4 ounce pineapple juice

Shake with ice and strain into t cocktail glass

https://www.thespruceeats.com/algonquin-cocktail-recipe-759574

[LisaM]

15. I like rye whiskey for a Manhattan.

Of course, if you don't like Manhattans, then it can't be one of your rye cocktails.

[CanonRay]

16. My wife had a bourbon cherry sour with Amaretto.

[niyad]

17. Ah, an ode to the Algonquin Round Table. Where is Dorothy when we need her?

[Aristus]

18. Hopefully, not under the table.

Or the host...

[niyad]

19. . . . candy's dandy, but liquor's quicker.

[Aristus]

20. Ogden Nash has joined the party!

[niyad]

21. Another of my favourites from Dorothy, "First thing in the morning, I brush my

teeth, and sharpen my tongue." Sooooooo true.