If you're the kind of person who picks a bottle of Kentucky's finest over rye, single malt, or Irish any day, then mix yourself one of them when the mood strikes for something other than neat. Garnish with a slice of a sweet ripe orange. Top the cocktail with a long pour of cava rosé sparkling wine. Strain the mixture into a serving glass filled with fresh ice. Use a long-handled mixing bar spoon and stir vigorously for 30-seconds. You might've heard of them: the Manhattan, the Whiskey Sour, the Mint Julep. Into a cocktail mixing glass, add a cup of ice, add the bourbon, bitters, and pomegranate gourmet syrup. So it fits into bourbon's lore that the handful of whiskey cocktails that loom over the rest, right up there with the Old Fashioned, can all be made with bourbon. And the oldest known cocktail, the Old Fashioned, is a bourbon drink-and still the most popular cocktail the world over. Hardcore fans line up overnight to snag new bottles, as more get excited and irate in turn over rare bottles cropping up on Facebook's black market bourbon channels. They snap up bottle after bottle of Jim Beam, and put some dollars aside to go big on buzzier small-batch releases.
Now, in the 21st century, folks tromp along Kentucky's bourbon trail, as well as tour the many bourbon distilleries spread across the country.
The whiskey's origins began with the early European settlers of Kentucky, who tweaked the distilling and aging processes-greatly assisted by the labor and expertise of enslaved people-to craft the bourbon we recognize today. Bourbon has a special place in American drinking culture.
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