Grumpy Old Man
Considering today is the day after Halloween, I thought there might be a lot of grumpy people out there dealing with some serious candy hangovers. I know I have one. And since “grumpy” is in this cocktail’s title, it seemed apropos.
The good news is that making this cocktail won’t make you any grumpier than you already are because it’s a very easy drink to make. You don’t even need a cocktail shaker. All you need are the ingredients, some ice and a glass.
But now I have some bad news. You know that all my cocktails are from before the 60’s, and that I won’t even post a cocktail unless it’s a classic. Well, I have a confession to make: I don’t actually know when this cocktail’s from. I’m pretty sure it’s not a new creation though because according to the cocktail book I found it in, Old Man Drinks, this cocktail “is so old it’s got ‘old man’ in the title”. A statement like that is good enough for me, especially when its main ingredient is bourbon. And as you all know, if a cocktail has bourbon in it, it has my name written all over it, grumpy or not.
Grumpy Old Man
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. bourbon
- 1 oz. lime juice
- ginger ale
Directions:
- Pour the bourbon into an old fashioned glass filled with ice. Add the lime juice, top with ginger ale and serve.
