First, it was his killer vinyl collection. Then, it was that wildly cool leather jacket he used to wear back in the day. Now, everyone’s sipping on the classic cocktails your pops has been into all along.
Dads are pretty hip. Here are some drinks to share with your #1 favorite accidental influencer this weekend in celebration of Father’s Day:
The OG Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
1.25 oz. Bulleit Bourbon
⅓ oz. simple syrup
3 dashes aromatic bitters
1 orange peel
Directions:
Combine simple syrup, Bulleit Bourbon, and bitters in a rocks glass with a large ice cube. Stir and garnish with an orange peel.
The Classic Manhattan
Ingredients:
1 oz. Bulleit Rye
0.5 oz. sweet vermouth
3 dashes aromatic bitters
1 cherry
Directions:
Combine Bulleit Rye, vermouth, and bitters in a mixing glass with ice. Stir and then strain into a coupe glass, a rocks glass with ice, or serve neat. Garnish with a cherry.
The ’Quila Dance Move
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. DeLeón Blanco
1 oz. soda
Lemon or lime wedge
Directions:
Combine tequila and soda water in a highball glass with ice. Stir, and garnish with a lemon or lime wedge if you’d like.
A High(ball) Standard
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Johnnie Walker Black Label Blended Scotch Whisky
3-4 oz. soda water
1 lime or lemon wedge or slice
Directions:
Fill a highball or rocks glass with ice. Pour whisky over ice, top with soda water, and garnish with a lemon or lime wedge.
The Textbook G&T
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Tanqueray No. TEN
4 oz. tonic water
1 lime or grapefruit wedge
Directions:
Pour gin into a rocks glass with ice. Top with tonic water and give it a good stir. Garnish with a lime or grapefruit wedge, depending on your preference.
Pop’s Penicillin
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Crown Royal Deluxe
0.75 oz. lemon juice
0.75 oz. honey
1 lemon twist
Directions:
Combine whisky, lemon juice and honey in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake, shake, shake, then strain into a rocks glass with ice. Garnish with a lemon twist.
