If you read the posts that I write, you will find that I jest about manliness all the time, but this time, manliness just got real! Guyism wrote an article about the 10 manliest cocktails. Some of them sound really tough like the Rusty Nail or fun like Zombie. Here’s their 10:
1/2 tablespoon of sugar
1 tablespoon of water
2 oz of bourbon whiskey
2 sprigs of mint
1 sugar cube
3 dashes of Angostura bitters
1 tablespoon of club soda
2 oz of bourbon whiskey
1 strip of lemon peel
2 1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz dry vermouth
1 green olive
1 1/2 oz scotch
1/2 oz amaretto
Manhattan
2 oz rye whiskey
1/2 oz sweet vermouth
2-3 dashes Angostura bitters
1 maraschino cherry
Tom Collins
1 1/2 oz gin
1 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz sugar syrup
1 maraschino cherry
1 lemon slice
Sidecar
1 1/2 oz bourbon
3/4 oz cointreau
1/4 oz lemon juice
Zombie
1 1/4 oz lemon juice
1 oz dark rum
3/4 oz orange juice
1/2 oz cherry brandy
1/2 oz light rum
1/2 oz high-proof dark rum
2 dashes grenadine
Stinger
1 3/4 oz brandy
3/4 oz white creme de menthe
Rusty Nail
1 1/2 oz Scotch
3/4 oz drambuie
1 lemon twist