Episode #5: Cocktail Kombat! Old Fashioned v. Manhattan v. Boulevardier

Round 1: Old Fashioned - Bulleit Rye, sugar, bitters, cherry, orange peel

Round 2: Manhattan - Bulleit Rye, sweet vermouth, orange bitters, cherry, orange peel

Round 2B: Better Manhattan - Bulleit Rye, less sweet vermouth, orange bitters, cherry

Round 3: Boulevardier - Bulleit Rye, sweet vermouth, Campari

Round 3B: Better Boulevardier - Bulleit Rye, sweet vermouth, less Campari

Tangents: Our good buddy Gabe, an ex-wedding bartender, joins us! • Ed throws shade at Gabe about the Flyers missing the playoffs… again • The strange connection between bitters and staples • Ed hates Topeka. And tornadoes • Scott survived Oklahoma tornadoes and hailstorms • Megadeth! • The enduring history of Angostura bitters • The Queen of Wildwood • Dark and Stormy’s • Damn we ate a lot of hummus just now • Tim Burton and prostate exams • Fig Newton’s laws of motion • The Girl Scout Cookie Industrial Complex • We’re not alcoholics, we’re connoisseurs

Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod | Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io | License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/