Recent Whiskey Terminology Articles

You're standing at the back of a whiskey bar somewhere — maybe it's a place you've been going to for years, maybe it's somewhere new — and you spot an old bottle on the top shelf. The label is slightly faded, the font looks like it belongs in a 1970s catalog, and right there in plain print it says

The Language of the Pour: What "Neat," "Straight Up," and "On the Rocks" Actually Mean for Bourbon Drinkers Walk into any whiskey bar in America and you'll hear the same three phrases traded back and forth between customers and bartenders like common currency — neat, straight up, on the rocks. Mos