Sad Manhattans

[kickert]

Focus groups agreed that "Bourbon, Straight" sounded much better than "Just Bourbon in a Glass".


Scott

When I read that title, I emphasize the pause, like I am ordering.

"I will take a bourbon..... straight." Then if I get the weird look I can say "Just bourbon in a glass."

[cowdery]

"Straight" or "straight up" usually refers to a mixed drink of some sort that is chilled but served without ice. My use of "Bourbon, straight," was meant as a play on Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, but with the "straight talk" double meaning.

"Whiskey in a glass" is more reliably ordered as "neat." If that order produces a blank look, I say, "just whiskey in a glass."

[shyster512]

Does a "shot of whiskey" imply anything other that neat?

[jburlowski]

That makes perfect sense, Attila.

If I wasn't lazy about It. I have a copy of the OED around here somewhere. The one that has nine pages micrograpgicaly reduced and printed on a single page. You use a dome magnifying glass to read it. I wonder if there is an entry for "straight up" and a citation of its first known use in print.

I tried to help Brad, but I don't have an on-line subscrption to the OED. A Google search led to numerous links to Paula Abdul, which led me to my bar for some Lot B, which led me to lose further interest.

I believe it is some sort of primal defense mechanism....

[cowdery]

Does a "shot of whiskey" imply anything other that neat?

It implies that you want it served in a shot glass, which I usually don't like.

[stoopsie]

"Straight" or "straight up" usually refers to a mixed drink of some sort that is chilled but served without ice. My use of "Bourbon, straight," was meant as a play on Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, but with the "straight talk" double meaning"

And all this time I thought the book meant Bourbon, Not Gay

Howie

[cowdery]

Not that there's anything wrong with that.