Join us as we welcome Visiting Professor John McCarthy and get totally schooled in all things whiskey, wine, spirits and cocktails. Besides being a well-known alcohol aficionado, John is a seasoned, 25-year publishing veteran and former Senior Managing Editor at Men’s Health Magazine. He’s also the author of The Modern Gentleman: The Guide to the Best Food, Drinks, and Accessories, and Whiskey Rebels: The Dreamers, Visionaries & Badasses Who Are Revolutionizing American Whiskey coming in June of 2021. John is a founder and judge of the Barleycorn Awards a global Distillery Competition. If you like booze, laughing and learning cool stuff to impress people on Zoom with, you’ll want to make sure to catch the next episode of  Balderdash Academy.

Highball

From The Modern Gentleman: The Guide to the Best Food, Drinks, and Accessories
Reproduced with permission from the author.

What You’ll Need:

3 oz. club soda (quality bubbles like Q or Fever Tree recommended)
1 1/2 oz. whiskey (try a Japanese whiskey like Hakushu 12-Year-Old)
Mint leaf for garnish (or herb, peel, or fruit wedge of your choosing)

How To Make It:

Combine ingredients in a chilled highball glass filled with cracked ice. Stis, and garnish with a mint leaf.

---------- Show Links ----------

Marie Out Of Sync.

Whiskey Tribe’s Soda Stream

---

Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/balderdashacademy/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/balderdashacademy/support