15 Bottles to Build your Bar!
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Bottles
- RYE WHISKEY
- My choice: Rittenhouse 100 Proof
- Lower proof alternative: Old Overholt
- BOURBON
- My choice: Buffalo Trace
- Cheaper alternative: Evan Williams Black Label
- SCOTCH
- My choice: Monkey Shoulder
- Smokier single malt alternative: Laphroaig 10 Year
- GIN
- My choice: Plymouth
- London dry alternative: Broker’s
- LIGHT RUM
- My choice: El Dorado 3 Year
- Cheaper alternative: Don Q Gold
- DARK RUM
- My choice: Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Black
- Less assertive alternative: Appleton Estate V/X
- BRANDY
- My choice: Maison Rouge V.S.O.P.
- Lighter, cheaper alternative (for a Wisconsin old fashioned): Korbel
- TEQUILA/MEZCAL
- My choice for tequila: Siete Lequas Blanco
- Mezcal alternative: Vida de San Luis del Rio
- VODKA
- My choice: Rider Vodka from Union Horse Distilling Co.
- Traditional alternative: Russian Standard
- SWEET VERMOUTH
- My choice: Cochi Vermouth di Torino
- Adventurous alternative: an amontillado sherry by Alvear or Lustau
- DRY VERMOUTH
- My choice: Dolin Vermouth de Chambery Dry
- Adventurous alternative: Lillet Blanc or Cocchi Americano
- ORANGE LIQUEUR
- My choice: Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
- Drier alternative: Luxardo Triplum Triple Sec
- Sweeter alternative: Marie Brizard Orange Curaçao
- APéRITIF/DIGESTIF
- My choice: Campari
- Sweeter alternative: Aperol
- ABSINTHE/PASTIS
- My choice: La Clandestine
- Pastis alternative: Ricard or Pernod
- BITTERS
- My choice: Angostura Aromatic Bitters
- Orange bitters alternative: Regan’s Orange Bitters no. 6
- New Orleans alternative: Peychaud’s Bitters
- HONORABLE MENTIONS
- Green Chartreuse
- Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
