Friday, May 15, 2015

Swifts Attic - Austin, TX

The idea here is that they pour a Bourbon (I think it was Old Overholdt), into a glass with a frozen ball that is made up of the rest of the ingredients.
While the idea is original and cute, it doesn't work for an Old Fashioned. You are essentially drinking Bourbon on the rocks until enough thaws, and that takes a while because it is a ball instead of a cube (physics). The point of a ball ice-cube is that it is the longest shape to melt. The point of this drink is that you want the frozen mix to melt to flavor the bourbon.
By the end of this, you lose patience and start to destroy the ball with the straw you got with your water, or the spoon from your appetizer, and even though you already asked for a second pour of Bourbon, it's now just way too sweet. Never again as you're paying for two drinks because you feel like you need that second pour of bourbon to see if you can make better, which you can't.
5/10

(They do offer this idea for other drinks, and I think it could work for those)

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