Whiskey cocktails are easily the most popular drinks category at Nashville’s Pinewood Social, The Patterson House and the newly opened Le Sel, says beverage director Matt Tocco. “Whiskey is a huge part of the institutional memory and heritage of the south,” he explains, “but in the summertime our guests seem to want something more refreshing.”
In this shaken whiskey cocktail, Tocco blends bourbon with fruity and bitter Byrrh, lemon juice and grenadine, before topping it all with a splash of soda water, for a drink that sits somewhere in between a Whiskey Sour, a Blinker and a Byrrh Cassis.