The drink you are describing sounds like a Mamie Taylor or a scotch highball.Yesterday's bowl of PS LTF was accompanied with a cocktail I never made before: Glenlivet 12 yr. w/Q brand ginger ale, and the juice of two lime wedges, over ice. The key was to find a ginger ale that didn't have corn syrup (the presence of which is expressly forbidden in my house), and we live about 50 miles from the nearest services in Santa Clarita/Valencia, so I cannot just simply walk down the street and get something. I guess this is what's called a whiskey ginger, but Glenlivet is scotch whisky, so I don't know if this technically constitutes the same beverage. I know there are a couple dudes on here who are more versed in this topic than myself--if any of you care to offer your two cents on this, I'd love to hear it.
Anyway, this ice-cold drink just went so well with the VA flake. It rained in the morning, so there were beautiful clouds in the sky (see below), the smell of wet mountain/desert vegetation, and a cool breeze blowing. It was truly heavenly!
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This is the view from my smoking area.
Mamie Taylor recipe
2 oz blended scotch whiskey
1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
4-6 ounces of ginger ale or ginger beer.
garnish with a lime wedge
serve in a highball glass over ice
