I don’t even know what to say, I fell like my world has been turned upside down.
Why did things have to change like this Jack? Your bottle was iconic. It was your look. I feel like I did when I saw the “AFTER” pictures of Nikki Cox or Cheri Oteri.
As long as you didn’t lower your alcohol content level like you did 5+ years back, I think I’ll live.
- Brad
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So I posted about the new Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey the morning I found out and I mentioned that I would follow up as soon as I got a bottle. Well, I lied. I was so excited that I went and bought one later that day.
So? It was as fantastic as I thought! Like I mentioned, I’ve had Seagrams & Wild Turkey’s Honey liqueurs, and I like them both. But I don’t know if it’s that I’m biased towards Jack Daniel’s or what but I think it may be my favorite. Now, of course, how can I judge without a side-by-side comparison, but I think the little bit of caramel may have tipped the Tennessee Honey in my favor.
As I also mentioned, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey has a Facebook page and on there they have several recipes. The ones that I tried first was the “Honey Tea”. The ingredients they had up we as such:
Ingredients
1 oz. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey
1/2 oz. cinnamon schnapps
1/2 oz. triple sec
3 oz. unsweetened tea
Combine ingredients in a tall glass over ice, garnish with a lemon twist, and enjoy responsibly!
Now I thought the cinnamon schnapps might be a bit too much, so I left that out. I used Teajava’s unsweetened tea and store brand triple sec.
I loved this. I couldn’t drink too much of it though, just because of the overly sweetness that a liqueur has. But I can’t wait for the next really hot day to give this one another try, maybe this time a “Honey Arnold Palmer”?
The next cocktail that I tried, I was able to squeeze in before the bottle was completely empty was what they called a “Jack & Swarmy”. It went like this:
Ingredients
1.5 oz. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey
1/4 oz. lime juice (one squeeze lime wedge)
4 oz. ginger ale or ginger beer
This one was a bit easier to drink in larger quantities! All I had was some Schweppes Ginger Ale, but I want to try this again with a stronger Ginger Beer.
There’s a few more cocktails that I want to try to make with this stuff, maybe we’ll just save those for future Podcasts. Until then, go get you some!
- Brad
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Woke up this morning. Checked my email/Twitter/Texts, stumbled into the office to check Facebook and what is there to greet me? A Facebook Pay-Per-Click add from the producers of my Ambrosia, Jack Daniel’s, advertising their new brand of Tennessee Honey!
Now, I’ve sampled the other Honey spirits out there, Seagram’s Dark Honey, Wild Turkey’s Honey Bourbon, and I like ‘em! They’re not the strongest brands, they’re tough to drink more than 1 or 2 because they’re so sweet, but, DAMMIT! They’re delicious!
I can’t WAIT to get some of the Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey in me! I mean, just look at it, doesn’t it just make you smile…?
There’s already a recipe page for cocktails using their new drunken bee love-child, of which I will have to make each, and you better be DAMNED sure we’re going to try these out on the Podcast! (That is, if I can ever get Hoover back in here to record one or I stop getting sick all the time…)
I will have a follow-up post to this once I get my grubby hands on a bottle and try it out. Might even have to do a compare/contrast with the other Honey Boozes out there, I’ll be sure to let you know. But in the mean time, bask in the glory that be… Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey!
- Brad
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Tagged Bourbon, Brad Harris, Honey, Jack Daniels, Tennessee, Tennessee Honey, Whiskey
Manhattans are a fantastic cocktail, one of the original, classy and “old timey” drinks that still packs a punch and leaves you wanting another and another and another.
This is not only one of MY favorite drinks to drink, but one of Hoover’s favorite to MAKE. If you haven’t had one, do. If you’ve had one and didn’t like it, you haven’t had a good one. Similar to my childhood rating system for restaurants, Mexican – judged by their chimichangas, Chinese – judged by their Szechuan Beef, I can judge a bar by how their bartender pours a Manhattan.
Now Manhattans, like every other cocktail, has several ways it can be made.
The traditional Manhattan is made with a Canadian Whiskey or Rye, some like Bourbon ie. Makers Mark, we, as Jack Daniels fans, enjoy a nice spin on the drink. With our little twist, we thought we should give the name a little twist as well – “The Tennessee Manhattan”.
Here’s how to make a Tennessee Manhattan.
What you need:
A Martini Glass.
Your Whiskey of choice.
Sweet Vermouth.
Angostura Bitters.
Maraschino Cherries.
What you do:
First start off by treating the glass with ice, fill your Glass with ice and let it sit while you get the other ingredients ready.
Dump the ice and pour no more than a 3-count into a shaker with ice, stir, don’t shake and strain into your Glass.
Pour a 1-count of Vermouth.
2-3 Dashes of Bitters.
Add 1 Cherry.
Get fancy!
If you have another variation on the Manhattan, let us know! Email us at feedback@andabeardwego.com or leave a comment below!
For more info on where the Manhattan came from, check out Episode 2 of our Podcast And A Beard We Go!
Cheers!
- Brad
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Tagged Booze, Brad Harris, Cocktail, Drinks, Jack Daniels, Manhattan, Robert Hoover, Tennessee, Whiskey
COME! LISTEN! TO BRAD! NERD THE F**K OUT ABOUT SPIDER-MAN FOR TOO LONG!
Things like this happen when you drink too much Jack Daniels, which is exactly what we’re doing. Our choice of beverage this week is my/our favorite drink in the whole fucking world, Jack n’ Coke, the most ‘Murican cocktail on EITHER side of the Mississippi.
The movies this episode are “CSA – Confederate States of America”, “Touching the Void”, “Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work”, and the terrible “Focker” movies.
We chatted about current and past comedy albums & stand-up shows & Hoover recaps his experience at a Rodger Waters concert.
I love “I Love Bagels”, Hoover rambles on about “Utz Pub Mix”. Though I did go to his house after this and I think I ate the whole tub of these, so, well done Hoovie.
Enjoy!
Cheers!
- Brad
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Episode 2 still hadn’t been named yet, but we went with it
anyway!
This episode, we were drinking Manhattans, not JUST
Manhattans, “Tennessee Manhattans”.
I want to start off my apologize in advance for my drunken quick-to call Jesse Eisenberg “Michael Cera #2″, I personally don’t think so, but because I’ve heard it so much, I barfed it out too soon. Sorry Jesse!
This episode was un(fortunately) got cut off too soon. Mainly because I didn’t free up space on our recorder from the previous Podcast. So we talked and “Podcasted” for our full hour, but afterward realized that it had stopped.
SO, look out for a bonus episode to make up for that!
Cheers!
- Brad
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