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.

Drinking straight whiskey in the Texas heat can be brutal. Enter the whiskey sour, a classic drink mixing lemon juice, and simple syrup with whiskey. Well, let’s take it up a notch with the elderflower whiskey sour.

Like a musician riffing, we made up a whiskey drink of our own. In honor of Still Austin Whiskey Co. release of their straight Texas Bourbon, the musician we are calling it 3-Chords.

The clover club is a gin cocktail that pre-dates prohibition. Named for the Philadelphia men’s club of the same name. Which met in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel on South Broad Street. It sounded interesting, so we decided to make it a whiskey drink.

The whiskey between the sheets is a class cognac cocktail. Since we don’t make cognac in Texas, it is now a whiskey drink. Now we call it whiskey between the sheets.

Batman is one of the most beloved and hated comic book characters of all time. While this household is team #marvel, I can not deny that I am a huge Batman fan. As I was surfing the interwebs, I stumbled upon the Bruce Wayne whiskey drink. So, of course, I had to make it.

Our friends at Oak & Eden gave us the Mr. Evans recipe they designed for their Bourbon & Vine release.

The millionaire is an old school whiskey drink. Not old fashioned old, but created sometime before 1925. Everyone can thank the top-shelf bar at the London Ritz for this cocktail.

As we approach summer, days stretch into the night. Making way for more backyard BBQs, get-togethers (someday) and pool parties. Fresh fruits seem to replace the heavy winter snacks. Even our drink choices shift with the seasons. Its time to break out the summer cocktails. Introducing an original festival cocktail, the strawberry whiskey smash.

Let’s learn how to make an orange manhattan cocktail. This is one of the 100s of variations from the classic.

Let’s learn how to make an orange manhattan cocktail. This is one of the 100s of variations from the classic.

The prosecco old fashion makes the classic whiskey drink the perfect brunch cocktail. Also, great for a family get together.

From what we can tell the Scofflaw Cocktail originated in the 1920’s in Paris. Some claim it to be a prohibition cocktail while others such as Liquor.com believe prohibition cocktails were more to the point. We are no expert, hell we hadn’t heard of it until we had a conversation with Houston Farris the Head Distiller at Yellow Rose Distilling.

There are thousands of variations to one of the most iconic whiskey cocktails the Old-Fashioned. We are not debating which is better than the other or that ours is the best. It is merely another variation on a great cocktail.

The Belmont Jewel is the official drink of The Belmont Stakes. The Belmont Stakes held at Belmont Park Elmont, New York is the third leg of the Triple Crown. It is the oldest of the three races in the Triple Crown, but the official drink has not held the test of time quite like the third leg.