Colleen E.

Today I made run to replace my rye, light rum and orange liqueur. Sadly, Binny's has been out of Rittenhouse 100 for a couple of months now, so I just got the Old Overholdt since Redemption Rye was little more than I wanted to spend today, and everything else looked suspicious... I decided to try Mount Gay Eclipse Silver, and then taste test it next to the Don Q Cristal I've been using (it seems to get pretty good reviews, so I suspect it will be much better.) I also picked up a few new items today so that I can experiment: I haven't had any 151 around here before, so I've just been subbing aged rum when I want make a drink that calls for it. VERY excited to try the Lemon Harts! It was a little painful spending the (substantial) extra money on the Green Chartreuse, but I have a feeling it will be worth the investment. Any thoughts or suggestions from anyone on mixing with these things? I'm trying to step out of my safe little Manhattan/Sidecar/Daquiri zone...

Didn't buy today per se, but fairly recently: I surprised to find vermouths at all on the bottom shelf of the wine section in the little bottega up the street from my place, but the obviously older label was intriguing so I grabbed it. Does anyone have any idea how I can date this bottling?

I love Rittenhouse <3 Learned about it on 12bottlebar.com, though I was always finnicky about rye... I absolutely lurv in my Manhattans!