Play with the ratios of Drambuie to scotch to achieve your level of sweetness. 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4...what do you like? Time stamps below 👇👇🥃 The Booze: 0:52 The Recipe: 1:57 Sips: 3:24 Story: 3:42
Perhaps the Vet's blood sugar level was dangerously low and he only seemed inebriated. Hence the need for a sweet drink like a good Nail. /barstoollawyer
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I didn't know this cocktail until I saw this video. It is now one of my favorites by far. Funny story: I've made it dozens of times since then and *never once* I failed to exclaim "Good nail!" after the first sip. So thank you for that! :P
I live in Fife Scotland and was born in Aberdeen, I have been drinking Drambuie since I was 18 at on officers night out when I was in the Boys Brigade and fell in love with it. It was served with crushed ice and that feeling as it goes down the hits your stomach with a warm glow that no other drink can do, not long after I started drinking rusty nails and also malt whiskys, I am now 67 and malt whisky is still my top drink. Having been to a good few highland distilleries by the time I was 30 I have done away with the ice and only use a blend to mix with Drambuie at a 50-50 blend as it is a shame in my opinion to use a single malt. My fiend at the time when I started drinking whisky worked in Haig's of Markinch as a blender told me that most people who drink whisky and claim to be able to tell the difference can't really after a few drams as the way whisky acts on the taste buds with the exception of the strong peaty west coast bottles. Anyway to me it does not matter how you drink "the water of life" as long as you enjoy it. Slàinte Mhath (Pronounced Slanj-a-va) or cheers.
Warm glow you can feel call the way down? May I introduce you to Faxe, a high percentage Danish beer. Obviously won’t have the flavour of scotch but for that warm feeling all the way down, faxe is what first came to mind for me
Drambuie has always been a favorite of my Dad.... a "half bottle" would last him 12 months....(he's never been a drinker!) But he's 94 now.... I bought him a full-size bottle a year or so back.... I reckon it'll last him until his centenary! Rusty nail was a favourite of my late wife...... RIP Darling. Thanks for the memories.
Hope he's still drinking it mate. My dad used to call Drambuie water of life. He was wrong unfortunately. The translation in celtic and gaelic is Uisge beatha, considering that at the time in Gaelic a b was pronounced as a c. you can see where this analogy came from. Apparently it's the whiskey that's the water of life. Doesn't make much odds with me,,, I will drink either gladly
I came across a bar in upstate N.Y. in the 80's called the Rusty Nail. I stopped in being the only customer in the mid afternoon, the bar tender asked if I had ever had a rusty nail. I had not . That's where the love began for me.
It is an old man's drink. I'm 64. My father introduced me to the rusty nail when I was 20. It was my favorite drink for about a year. Then I realized that it's just too sweet. Today I would make it three to one, or perhaps even 4 to one.
I just made a rusty nail for the first time , and OMG this drink is AMAZING! The drambuie is the star of the show here! I could drink the drambuie alone, on the rocks!
I have a Drambuie story: when I was a young buck, I cared only about beer and vodka, because why would I care about any other booze. I had a house party one night, and a friend brought Drambuie, and told me it was Scotch. I had no desire to try it, until a long while later, late, with nothing else to drink, I drank my first glass of "scotch". Wow, was it good, now I knew why everybody "sophisticated" drank this, im now a Scotch drinker. That was until the next week, we went out to a club, I ordered a Scotch, neat. Wheeww boy!
Haha! I love this! What a great introduction to scotch. I know there was a time I might’ve made that same assumption. Your first real taste of scotch whisky had to have been so jarring! 😂🥃
My first introduction to Scotch was on a business trip to Edinburg Scotland (yeah... not a bad place for a business trip). So I had my wife come out for an extra week and we tried the Whiskey Experience at the top of the Royal Mile where they end with an opportunity to do tastings. I was generally good with most of them but my wife not so much. When it came to the Islay my wife wrote in her tasting note "So Bad. Everything bad. Burnt bad"... And the picture I got was priceless ;-)
The Rusty Nail is one of my favorite cocktails. Definitely an "old-timers" cocktail. I Had my first one with an old mobster I knew growing up. He was actually capable of slitting someone's throat but I was in his good graces. haha. It's a simple but great cocktail. He also did a 2 to 1 with an orange instead of lemon. Good times! Cheers! 🥃
I'm really curious about the orange! Might have to try that next time. I love your mobster story! Apparently this cocktail brings out true bar characters 🥃
Was only 99% sure before, but now I'm positive. Your personality and presentation are excellent. I haven't tried all the recipes but look forward to them. Please keep it up!
Cheers to the Colonel and to you! While neat Scotch is a favorite, your recipe is exceptional. Loved the herbs, the hint of honey, the cocktail and I’m happy to be an old man!
I’m a new bartender. Today was my first time ever making this cocktail. It was for an older gentleman. I had to look it up because I had no idea how to make it. Thank goodness for google My story wasn’t as exciting as yours tho. However he did come up to me and told me he enjoyed the think. Keep posting videos I’m learning a lot for you. Cheers
Went crazy the other night and started making an old fashioned…changed my mind after the bitters, orange peel, and luxardo cherry were in the glass already. Put a rusty nail on top of the prep work and spent the next couple of hours being pretty pleased with myself. Try it.
This drink was made for me by the very first bartender I ever befriended when I started frequenting bars . She understood what I liked after seeing what I continued to order night after night and eventually recommended it. I agreed and I fell in love . So simple and tasty that to this day I make it at home .. and when I go visit her. Thank you Taylor for being a great eye opening bartending and a dope friend!
I started my mixologist adventure by following Your classic prohibition style and now I appreciate the flavors and the balance that in my youth I thought was just strong liquor. Thank you sir for your history lessons on the background of the recipe you introduce. The wife and I are throughly enjoying a Rusty Nail as I type!
By far the best cocktail videos on UA-cam. Down to earth, gets to the point without sacrificing personality. Great editing. Really enjoying following along. Thanks
I make mine with some soda water or ginger ale for some carbonation. Serve it as a high ball with lemon wedge. Really helps cut the sweetness and pop the honey flavor.
Just a small point - Monkey Shoulder is a Blended Malt (formerly known as a Vatted Malt) and therefore 100% Malt; rather than a Blended Scotch, which is a mixture of Malt and Grain whiskies.
Different grains aren't a requirement for blended whisky right? Blended whisky is just different whiskies thrown together I believe. Which makes Monkey shoulder a Blended Scotch, but more specifically a blended/triple malt.
@@Veraxeon Monkey Shoulder is certainly a Scotch, and it is blended: so yes, it can be described as a Blended Scotch. Its just that the term usually refers to a grain/malt blend, with the term Blended (or Vatted) Malt being a more specific description of a whisky like Monkey Shoulder.
@@Veraxeon Malting is just a process in the making of a specific type of whiskey. I do believe you can malt any type of grain. Single malt whiskey is made using malted barley. Malt Scotch will usually refer to Single Malt whiskey made in Scotland. You can make a single malt whiskey anywhere in the world. So a Blended Malt Scotch Whiskey would mean a blending of only single malt whiskeys from different distilleries in Scotland.
@@Veraxeon I hear ya but your definitions were just a little bit off. Different grains ARE used to make whiskey. Different grains is whiskey. It starts to get specific depending on what type of whiskey you wanna create(Single Malt, bourbon, rye, corn whiskeys, etc). And blended would be defined as using whiskeys from multiple distilleries. I haven't heard of triple malt till just now. I looked it up and it refers to barrel ageing of unblended malt whiskey. Damn I just realized something. I've always thought the "single" in single malt referred to the fact that only malted barley is used but it refers to malted barley whiskey from a "single" distillery(aka unblended whiskey). SHIT!! haha...Silly me. It can get a bit confusing but yea I think all the crap I just said still makes sense!! hahaah
Great drink. I will have to try this. Your’s was an interesting story, so thanks for sharing it. I’m sure that for a vet you made every effort to figure out how to make the drink of your own accord.
Delicious! I got a bottle of Drambuie that arrived yesterday, I made this lovely drink and loved it so much I am now sipping one again this lovely Sunday evening :) Thank you!
I've made a rust nail with Talisker before, which is also made in skye! So alot of the flavours match with the drambuie, its quite smokey but delicious!
I think of Talisker as almost a desert scotch. Its a bit sweeter than most single malts. Its one of my favorite single malts making it into my top 5. If I were going to make a rusty nail with a single malt which... is hard for me to even think of, Id probably go with Highland Park cask strength and a 1 to 1 ratio.
I've had a bottle of Drambuie in my basement for about 50 years I received from my Father-in-law who passed away. The cork fell into the bottle immediately with bits of cork pieces. I cleaned it all, screened it then poured it back in the bottle with a fresh cork. I made your recipe. What a nice surprise. The Drambuie tasted fine. I used Lagavulin & lemon oil. 2.5 oz scotch & 1 oz Drambuie. I'm now sipping a wonderful drink. BTW, the Drambuie now sits in my liquor cabinet. Thanks
The better the Scotch, the less Drambuie I use. A Rusty Nail is by far my favorite cocktail. I prefer a small twist of lime to lemon. Never tried orange.
I drink this between Christmas and New Year's. I use equal parts Johnny Walker Red and Drambuie. I put about 3-4 ice cubes in a zip lock bag and smash the cubes with a hammer. (outside on my concrete steps of course!) Then I'll mix the drink and add the ice. I'll wait about 5 minutes for it to chill and slightly water down. Heaven in a glass...
When I was bartending in La Jolla, CA. I had to follow Arnold out to the parking lot and grab the keys to his black Mercedes from him. He wanted to kill me. But you have the right to refuse service, kick them out for misbehaving, and take away their keys when they've had too much to drive. He would always just drink straight vodka doubles. Thanks for the Rusty Nail demo! Those are delicious 😋
My 90 year old father in law turned me on to Rusty Nails. Through trial and error, we have found that 2 parts scotch and 1 part Drambuie is just about right. We also experimented with different scotches and found the cheaper stuff like Dewer's White label with all of it's sharp edges does a pretty good job of mellowing the sweet of Drambuie.
"He's looking at me like he knows what he's doing. Tell him to knock it off, or I'll slit his throat." is a phrase I try to use whenever possible. More seriously, a good nail is a cocktail I am especially fond of even if I haven't had one in years. Drambuie was a favorite of my late mother who was from Wisconsin.
Drambuie definitely compliments orange. I like my drinks a tad sweeter (and larger) so adjust to 2oz scotch and 1.25 oz Drambuie. Added a few dashes of orange bitters and expressed orange oil. Wonderful drink.
I was introduced to this drink when I was in the Army by an Air Force soldier when I was stationed in Germany, was only 19. LOVED it, one of my favorites, only reason I buy Drambuie.
When I was writing the Roland Longville Detective series, my publisher was a Korean War vet, and the Rusty Nail was his go to drink in the evenings. I had never had one, and quickly found out, they aren't for lightweights. But they are quite tasty.
When I was a wee lad my dad would let me sip some of his Drambuie. I loved it. When I got older and had my first taste of this thing called Scotch, I loved it immediately. Thanks dad :) As I loved to drink both scotch and Drambuie separately, watering them down to make a cocktail seemed like sacrilege so I scoffed at this. But I made one thanks to this video, and yeah I love it. Not too sweet though so probably about 1:3 for me. Thanks again Anders!
It's a great drink! although I go even lower on the ratio than you, I like a 4-1 ratio with only 1/2 oz of drambuie and i also like to add a dash of angostura. :) ...exactly the same way I make a Godfather, only swap the drambuie for amaretto
Anders, heather grows all over Scotland, including in my home area of Galloway in the south west of Scotland, with the famous Galloway Hills largely covered with native heather.
During Vietnam, a group of Forward Air Controllers with the Nail call sign were based in Thailand. (The mission they flew was extremely dangerous.) They named their bar the Nail Hole, and their official unit drink was...you guessed it. So there are still Colonels today ordering that drink. I was never a Nail, but I was a FAC and a Lt. Colonel. I wrote two novels about being a FAC, and named my protagonist Rusty Naille.
I grew up in the 60s born in 1950 …my grandpa and his golf buddies would sit and sip for hours on rusty nails …I always stole from their glasses …now my main drink since I retired 🤔🤷🏻♂️🤗
I came across this drink, years ago, while attending bartending school. I too enjoy it especially during the winters months in Pennsylvania. As for the sweetness, I've found that it depends on my mood and the time of day, giving this simple drink more complexity.
I bartend at a large tailgate before home games at a nearby college. We have a lot of booze stored and over the years we've ended up with some items which are no longer requested, including two bottles of Drambuie. Who ever drank Rusty Nails stopped coming to the games long before I was involved. I found your videos primarily by looking for a recipe/method on making a good Nail. You've got great content and I'm slowly working my way through all your videos. Congrats on your channel!!
I love scotch, andI enjoy making cocktails, but I've never had a good scotch cocktail. You threw out some great ideas with lemon ajd orange to explore. Thank you
Best guy ever, I love your stories. Keep up the great work 👍 It was over 6 years ago since I had an old Rusty. I’m more into old fashioneds these days. But this time of year is probably best to re visit this drink. Cheers
I drink Drambuie neat. I have a sweet tooth. Drambuie was owned by the MacKinnon family for a hundred years, then was bought by William Grant & Sons in 2014. It has been produced under contract at the Morrison Bowmore Distillers facility at Springburn Bond, Glasgow, since 2010. There is a lot of discussion about the change in design of the original bottle, and the suspected change in recipe.
Play with the ratios of Drambuie to scotch to achieve your level of sweetness. 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4...what do you like?
Time stamps below 👇👇🥃
The Booze: 0:52
The Recipe: 1:57
Sips: 3:24
Story: 3:42
Another terrific video, Anders! I make mine very slightly less sweet, 2:5 ratio, 24 ml Drambuie, 60 ml blended scotch.
@@TryTheFry I'll give that a shot! I could see liking your ratio very much. Thanks for letting me know!
10:0
4:1 with a couple of dashes of bitters...
Did the Colonel prefer a sweeter “Good Nail?”
"I was young and I wanted to live" is a perfectly fine reason to serve an inebriated vet a Rusty Nail.
Perhaps the Vet's blood sugar level was dangerously low and he only seemed inebriated. Hence the need for a sweet drink like a good Nail. /barstoollawyer
'dying is no way to make a living, boy'
I read this comment before and after the video and it made significantly more sense afterward
Under fire proven military vets should receive a free house and be able to drink free for life. Freedom is not free. Support your local sheriff. Register and vote.
three cheers for the Sheriff!
I didn't know this cocktail until I saw this video. It is now one of my favorites by far. Funny story: I've made it dozens of times since then and *never once* I failed to exclaim "Good nail!" after the first sip. So thank you for that! :P
I live in Fife Scotland and was born in Aberdeen, I have been drinking Drambuie since I was 18 at on officers night out when I was in the Boys Brigade and fell in love with it. It was served with crushed ice and that feeling as it goes down the hits your stomach with a warm glow that no other drink can do, not long after I started drinking rusty nails and also malt whiskys, I am now 67 and malt whisky is still my top drink. Having been to a good few highland distilleries by the time I was 30 I have done away with the ice and only use a blend to mix with Drambuie at a 50-50 blend as it is a shame in my opinion to use a single malt. My fiend at the time when I started drinking whisky worked in Haig's of Markinch as a blender told me that most people who drink whisky and claim to be able to tell the difference can't really after a few drams as the way whisky acts on the taste buds with the exception of the strong peaty west coast bottles. Anyway to me it does not matter how you drink "the water of life" as long as you enjoy it. Slàinte Mhath (Pronounced Slanj-a-va) or cheers.
Warm glow you can feel call the way down? May I introduce you to Faxe, a high percentage Danish beer. Obviously won’t have the flavour of scotch but for that warm feeling all the way down, faxe is what first came to mind for me
You type EXTREMELY well for a 67 year old whisky-addled Scot
Drambuie has always been a favorite of my Dad.... a "half bottle" would last him 12 months....(he's never been a drinker!)
But he's 94 now.... I bought him a full-size bottle a year or so back.... I reckon it'll last him until his centenary!
Rusty nail was a favourite of my late wife...... RIP Darling.
Thanks for the memories.
Hope he's still drinking it mate. My dad used to call Drambuie water of life. He was wrong unfortunately. The translation in celtic and gaelic is Uisge beatha, considering that at the time in Gaelic a b was pronounced as a c. you can see where this analogy came from. Apparently it's the whiskey that's the water of life. Doesn't make much odds with me,,, I will drink either gladly
I came across a bar in upstate N.Y. in the 80's called the Rusty Nail. I stopped in being the only customer in the mid afternoon, the bar tender asked if I had ever had a rusty nail. I had not . That's where the love began for me.
It is an old man's drink. I'm 64. My father introduced me to the rusty nail when I was 20. It was my favorite drink for about a year. Then I realized that it's just too sweet. Today I would make it three to one, or perhaps even 4 to one.
The 2:1 scotch to drambuie is amazing. I got the monkey shoulder as well and love it. This drink is so easy to make, it’s the perfect at home sipper.
I just made a rusty nail for the first time , and OMG this drink is AMAZING! The drambuie is the star of the show here! I could drink the drambuie alone, on the rocks!
This has been my go-to drink for almost 20 years. I have to explain the recipe to just about every bartender I ask to make it.
I have a Drambuie story: when I was a young buck, I cared only about beer and vodka, because why would I care about any other booze. I had a house party one night, and a friend brought Drambuie, and told me it was Scotch. I had no desire to try it, until a long while later, late, with nothing else to drink, I drank my first glass of "scotch". Wow, was it good, now I knew why everybody "sophisticated" drank this, im now a Scotch drinker. That was until the next week, we went out to a club, I ordered a Scotch, neat. Wheeww boy!
Haha! I love this! What a great introduction to scotch. I know there was a time I might’ve made that same assumption. Your first real taste of scotch whisky had to have been so jarring! 😂🥃
@@AndersErickson jarring is quite accurate lol luckily I now appreciate it, and am always prepared before I ever taste any drink lol
My first introduction to Scotch was on a business trip to Edinburg Scotland (yeah... not a bad place for a business trip). So I had my wife come out for an extra week and we tried the Whiskey Experience at the top of the Royal Mile where they end with an opportunity to do tastings. I was generally good with most of them but my wife not so much. When it came to the Islay my wife wrote in her tasting note "So Bad. Everything bad. Burnt bad"... And the picture I got was priceless ;-)
Trevor, has your opinion of scotch changed any since your hilarious experience?
hahahaha terrific story
The Rusty Nail is one of my favorite cocktails. Definitely an "old-timers" cocktail. I Had my first one with an old mobster I knew growing up. He was actually capable of slitting someone's throat but I was in his good graces. haha. It's a simple but great cocktail. He also did a 2 to 1 with an orange instead of lemon. Good times! Cheers! 🥃
I'm really curious about the orange! Might have to try that next time. I love your mobster story! Apparently this cocktail brings out true bar characters 🥃
@62nd Cocktails I will try to remember this while commenting on your videos. With such connections I should be very careful. :@) Cheers!
Moral of the story:
When an old hard crust dude named "The Colonel" walks in to your bar and orders an anything, serve the man.
Was only 99% sure before, but now I'm positive.
Your personality and presentation are excellent. I haven't tried all the recipes but look forward to them. Please keep it up!
Cheers to the Colonel and to you! While neat Scotch is a favorite, your recipe is exceptional. Loved the herbs, the hint of honey, the cocktail and I’m happy to be an old man!
I’m a new bartender. Today was my first time ever making this cocktail. It was for an older gentleman. I had to look it up because I had no idea how to make it. Thank goodness for google My story wasn’t as exciting as yours tho. However he did come up to me and told me he enjoyed the think.
Keep posting videos I’m learning a lot for you. Cheers
Went crazy the other night and started making an old fashioned…changed my mind after the bitters, orange peel, and luxardo cherry were in the glass already. Put a rusty nail on top of the prep work and spent the next couple of hours being pretty pleased with myself. Try it.
Sounds pretty great to me - cheers!
This drink was made for me by the very first bartender I ever befriended when I started frequenting bars . She understood what I liked after seeing what I continued to order night after night and eventually recommended it. I agreed and I fell in love . So simple and tasty that to this day I make it at home .. and when I go visit her. Thank you Taylor for being a great eye opening bartending and a dope friend!
This is one of my favorite drinks. I was turned on to this by an old friend. RIP Anthony you will be missed but never forgotten 🙏🏿😔✊🏿
I started my mixologist adventure by following Your classic prohibition style and now I appreciate the flavors and the balance that in my youth I thought was just strong liquor. Thank you sir for your history lessons on the background of the recipe you introduce. The wife and I are throughly enjoying a Rusty Nail as I type!
The Rusty Nail was my very first celebratory drink when I turned 21.
Went to a bar and asked the bartender his choice.
Forever burned in my brain
I love the story in the end.
It's the best hangover cure in the world!
I think it's the best comment I've ever seen. ^_^
By far the best cocktail videos on UA-cam. Down to earth, gets to the point without sacrificing personality. Great editing. Really enjoying following along. Thanks
I make mine with some soda water or ginger ale for some carbonation. Serve it as a high ball with lemon wedge. Really helps cut the sweetness and pop the honey flavor.
Just a small point - Monkey Shoulder is a Blended Malt (formerly known as a Vatted Malt) and therefore 100% Malt; rather than a Blended Scotch, which is a mixture of Malt and Grain whiskies.
Different grains aren't a requirement for blended whisky right? Blended whisky is just different whiskies thrown together I believe. Which makes Monkey shoulder a Blended Scotch, but more specifically a blended/triple malt.
@@Veraxeon Monkey Shoulder is certainly a Scotch, and it is blended: so yes, it can be described as a Blended Scotch.
Its just that the term usually refers to a grain/malt blend, with the term Blended (or Vatted) Malt being a more specific description of a whisky like Monkey Shoulder.
@@Veraxeon Malting is just a process in the making of a specific type of whiskey. I do believe you can malt any type of grain. Single malt whiskey is made using malted barley. Malt Scotch will usually refer to Single Malt whiskey made in Scotland. You can make a single malt whiskey anywhere in the world. So a Blended Malt Scotch Whiskey would mean a blending of only single malt whiskeys from different distilleries in Scotland.
@@LaLiLuLeLoX Yes that's pretty much what I was trying to say
@@Veraxeon I hear ya but your definitions were just a little bit off. Different grains ARE used to make whiskey. Different grains is whiskey. It starts to get specific depending on what type of whiskey you wanna create(Single Malt, bourbon, rye, corn whiskeys, etc). And blended would be defined as using whiskeys from multiple distilleries. I haven't heard of triple malt till just now. I looked it up and it refers to barrel ageing of unblended malt whiskey. Damn I just realized something. I've always thought the "single" in single malt referred to the fact that only malted barley is used but it refers to malted barley whiskey from a "single" distillery(aka unblended whiskey). SHIT!! haha...Silly me. It can get a bit confusing but yea I think all the crap I just said still makes sense!! hahaah
Thank You so much for adding the tools you use. That's not only helpful but thoughtful as well 👍🏻
Love you story! “ GOOD NAIL!”
I was wondering how long it would be until there was a Colonel story :)
"GOOD NAIL!"
And thank you for doing up my favorite old man drink!
Hahaha thanks, Nick! Cheers to you and the Colonel!
My wife's favorite Cocktail!
inviting on a cold winter day...
Great drink. I will have to try this. Your’s was an interesting story, so thanks for sharing it. I’m sure that for a vet you made every effort to figure out how to make the drink of your own accord.
I wish I knew of all these options in my 20's, 30's, and 40's!
Delicious! I got a bottle of Drambuie that arrived yesterday, I made this lovely drink and loved it so much I am now sipping one again this lovely Sunday evening :) Thank you!
I've made a rust nail with Talisker before, which is also made in skye! So alot of the flavours match with the drambuie, its quite smokey but delicious!
I think of Talisker as almost a desert scotch. Its a bit sweeter than most single malts. Its one of my favorite single malts making it into my top 5. If I were going to make a rusty nail with a single malt which... is hard for me to even think of, Id probably go with Highland Park cask strength and a 1 to 1 ratio.
I've had a bottle of Drambuie in my basement for about 50 years I received from my Father-in-law who passed away. The cork fell into the bottle immediately with bits of cork pieces. I cleaned it all, screened it then poured it back in the bottle with a fresh cork. I made your recipe. What a nice surprise. The Drambuie tasted fine. I used Lagavulin & lemon oil. 2.5 oz scotch & 1 oz Drambuie. I'm now sipping a wonderful drink.
BTW, the Drambuie now sits in my liquor cabinet.
Thanks
I am glad you survived. Thanks for the channel.
One of my favorite drinks
The better the Scotch, the less Drambuie I use. A Rusty Nail is by far my favorite cocktail. I prefer a small twist of lime to lemon. Never tried orange.
thanks for giving me my weekly death threat!
I drink this between Christmas and New Year's. I use equal parts Johnny Walker Red and Drambuie. I put about 3-4 ice cubes in a zip lock bag and smash the cubes with a hammer. (outside on my concrete steps of course!) Then I'll mix the drink and add the ice. I'll wait about 5 minutes for it to chill and slightly water down. Heaven in a glass...
Can confirm that peaty Islay scotch in a rusty nail is absolutely delicious. Transcendental when done right.
mmmmmm my new favorite drink! Thanks Anders!!!
i love how you do classic drink 👍
Hi Anders! Thank you for making me a Rusty Nail! It’s one of my favourite cocktails. Say hello to Az. Slainte Mhath! Cheers 🥂
The threat is why I subscribed, just kidding this is like the 4th video of yours I have seen and they are all great I am a subscriber now
When I was bartending in La Jolla, CA. I had to follow Arnold out to the parking lot and grab the keys to his black Mercedes from him. He wanted to kill me. But you have the right to refuse service, kick them out for misbehaving, and take away their keys when they've had too much to drive. He would always just drink straight vodka doubles.
Thanks for the Rusty Nail demo!
Those are delicious 😋
I adore drambuie!
I was in Belize decades ago and happened to meet a man who said his name was "Rusty Nale". I'll never forget that
😂
Anders makes the nicest threat to my life ive ever heard!
Just put the kids to bed and then quickly ran downstairs to build that Rusty…and it’s tasty! Thanks brother for the sips, tips, and recipe!
My 90 year old father in law turned me on to Rusty Nails. Through trial and error, we have found that 2 parts scotch and 1 part Drambuie is just about right. We also experimented with different scotches and found the cheaper stuff like Dewer's White label with all of it's sharp edges does a pretty good job of mellowing the sweet of Drambuie.
"He's looking at me like he knows what he's doing. Tell him to knock it off, or I'll slit his throat." is a phrase I try to use whenever possible. More seriously, a good nail is a cocktail I am especially fond of even if I haven't had one in years. Drambuie was a favorite of my late mother who was from Wisconsin.
Drambuie definitely compliments orange. I like my drinks a tad sweeter (and larger) so adjust to 2oz scotch and 1.25 oz Drambuie. Added a few dashes of orange bitters and expressed orange oil. Wonderful drink.
I was introduced to this drink when I was in the Army by an Air Force soldier when I was stationed in Germany, was only 19. LOVED it, one of my favorites, only reason I buy Drambuie.
When I was writing the Roland Longville Detective series, my publisher was a Korean War vet, and the Rusty Nail was his go to drink in the evenings. I had never had one, and quickly found out, they aren't for lightweights. But they are quite tasty.
I'm totally making this drink as listed here.
Always one of my favorite scotch cocktails.
what a beautiful episode! thank you for your story!
Used to have them when I was at the Desert Inn...some fun history with that info.
I'm glad the guy from the Flaming Lips cleaned up and started making cocktails on youtube
Made it for the first time ever. As a Single Malt lover I'm a Total fan if this cocktail! Keep it up Anders!
Ok I literally had to subscribe for that comment at the end
When I was a wee lad my dad would let me sip some of his Drambuie. I loved it. When I got older and had my first taste of this thing called Scotch, I loved it immediately. Thanks dad :)
As I loved to drink both scotch and Drambuie separately, watering them down to make a cocktail seemed like sacrilege so I scoffed at this. But I made one thanks to this video, and yeah I love it. Not too sweet though so probably about 1:3 for me. Thanks again Anders!
New subscriber. Got hooked with the initial description of " Drambuie is Drambuie"😀
Your contribution is fire. Absolutely loving these single drink videos. Quick and to the point with a lot of passion and humor. Very good sir.
It's a great drink! although I go even lower on the ratio than you, I like a 4-1 ratio with only 1/2 oz of drambuie and i also like to add a dash of angostura. :) ...exactly the same way I make a Godfather, only swap the drambuie for amaretto
The drier version is good too. I switch my ratios up depending on my mood. Godfather is another good one. Great call on the Angostura! Cheers, Rob!
My favorite cocktail. Drambuie is nectar of the gods.
It's cool to see so much love for Drambuie. I haven't seen or heard much of it since my early days of bartending.
I was literally just telling my wife about this drink, and how 10 of these got me 86d from Caesar’s Palace in Vegas
Oh man... your story and the delivery... I subscribed immediately. Cheers from freezing Chicago!!
New to your channel and just wanted to say I really enjoy all of your videos. Great story by the way, cheers
Anders, heather grows all over Scotland, including in my home area of Galloway in the south west of Scotland, with the famous Galloway Hills largely covered with native heather.
Man I love this channel
I've been subscribed for a while... but I hit the notification bell because of your joke. Well done.
Our squadron XO introduced me to this in 1970. Thank you Commander Wetzel.
Thanks for introducing me to this wonderful drink. Love the old man story...if everybody else knew him, why didn't anyone warn you?! Cheers.
During Vietnam, a group of Forward Air Controllers with the Nail call sign were based in Thailand. (The mission they flew was extremely dangerous.) They named their bar the Nail Hole, and their official unit drink was...you guessed it. So there are still Colonels today ordering that drink. I was never a Nail, but I was a FAC and a Lt. Colonel. I wrote two novels about being a FAC, and named my protagonist Rusty Naille.
Did you fly OV-10's?
"So glad he didn't slit my throat" LOL
this is my favorite cocktail now...it was the old fashioned, but this is just so dang delicious
I'm doing it with Haig Club and loved it.
I grew up in the 60s born in 1950 …my grandpa and his golf buddies would sit and sip for hours on rusty nails …I always stole from their glasses …now my main drink since I retired 🤔🤷🏻♂️🤗
I came across this drink, years ago, while attending bartending school. I too enjoy it especially during the winters months in Pennsylvania. As for the sweetness, I've found that it depends on my mood and the time of day, giving this simple drink more complexity.
I bartend at a large tailgate before home games at a nearby college. We have a lot of booze stored and over the years we've ended up with some items which are no longer requested, including two bottles of Drambuie. Who ever drank Rusty Nails stopped coming to the games long before I was involved. I found your videos primarily by looking for a recipe/method on making a good Nail. You've got great content and I'm slowly working my way through all your videos. Congrats on your channel!!
Good Nail
Thanks, I work out
Ok I’m kind of addicted to your channel. Also, I LOVE Drambuie, it’s what got me interested in whisky (and drinking in general)
I do badly want to go order a rusty nail just because of this story. Amazing!
Interesting story. Thanks!
"Good nail." Yes. A very fine compliment indeed.
I make cocktails all the time and thought the more complicated the better. After seeing your rusty nail. I love making them. I use rye or bourbon.
After this episode I’ve decided to stop trying to decide which ones are my favourite. So good
I love scotch, andI enjoy making cocktails, but I've never had a good scotch cocktail. You threw out some great ideas with lemon ajd orange to explore. Thank you
Enjoy Drambuie on the rocks ! Just perfect during cold British days.
You get a sub for that story.
You had it coming. You also made a good friend that day. Good Nail!
That story made me smile lol
Best guy ever, I love your stories. Keep up the great work 👍
It was over 6 years ago since I had an old Rusty. I’m more into old fashioneds these days. But this time of year is probably best to re visit this drink. Cheers
Thanks, David! If ever you were to revisit this one, now's the time 🥃
Great story. Subscribed. Thank you
I drink Drambuie neat. I have a sweet tooth. Drambuie was owned by the MacKinnon family for a hundred years, then was bought by William Grant & Sons in 2014. It has been produced under contract at the Morrison Bowmore Distillers facility at Springburn Bond, Glasgow, since 2010. There is a lot of discussion about the change in design of the original bottle, and the suspected change in recipe.
orange oil is delicious with these, as there is orange in the drambuie I believe. Super good. Super classic
I love a Rusty Nail. So many places don't know what it is or do not have Drambuie. Thanks for your video!