If you've ever panicked when the bartender asks "sweet or sour?" after you ordered an old fashioned, then this guide is for ...

Wisconsin accounts for 60% of Korbel's brandy sales, and it's the only place outside California where you can get the ...

Because in Wisconsin, a brandy old-fashioned is the way of the land ... half plain soda), or sour, often made with sour mix or Squirt. Often, maraschino cherries or oranges are muddled ...

“They are the Martini,” he says, “using gin; the Manhattan and the Old Fashioned ... which is a simple sour made of apple brandy, lemon or lime juice, and pomegranate syrup (a.k.a. grenadine).

For example, ask for a "brandy old fashioned sweet with cherries" or "whiskey old fashioned sour with olives" or a "bourbon old fashioned pressed." I started shopping at Aldi when I took a pay cut ...