Horsefeather (cocktail)

A horsefeather is a whiskey cocktail. It was invented in Lawrence, Kansas, in the 1990s.[1] It remains a regional drink in the Kansas City region.[2] The drink is an iteration of the classic horse's neck cocktail and is similar to a Moscow mule.[3]

Horsefeather
Cocktail
TypeCocktail
Base spirit
ServedOn the rocks; poured over ice
Standard drinkware
Highball glass
Commonly used ingredients
PreparationFill a highball glass 3/4 with ice. Pour in ingredients and stir.

A horsefeather is traditionally rye whiskey[4] or blended whiskey, ginger beer, three dashes of Angostura bitters, and a little lemon juice.[5] A highball glass is filled 3/4 with ice.[6] The ingredients are then poured into the glass and stirred.[7] There are many variations such as substituting ginger beer with ginger ale,[8][9] adding cherries,[10] muddling the lemon,[11] replacing the lemon with lime,[12] or creating a frozen version.[13]

See also

References
  1. Simonson, Robert (November 27, 2017). "Cocktails Only a Local Could Love". The New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  2. Frechette, Chloe (March 31, 2017). "Three-Drink Minimum: Bartending with Ryan Maybee". Punch. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  3. "Horsefeather". J. Rieger & Co. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  4. Shepherd, Sara (November 25, 2012). "Lawrence Libations: Horsefeather at The Bourgeois Pig". Lawrence.com. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  5. "Q/A with Ryan Maybee of Paris of the Plains Cocktail Festival". Imbibe. August 11, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  6. Rathbun, A. J. (2009). Dark spirits : 200 classy concoctions starring bourbon, brandy, Scotch, whiskey, rum, and more. Boston, Mass.: Harvard Common Press. ISBN 9781558324275. OCLC 298670932.
  7. "Rieger's Kansas City Whiskey Horsefeather". KC Magazine. May 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  8. Thomsen, Brian (2005). Ireland's most wanted : the top 10 book of Celtic pride, fantastic folklore, and oddities of the Emerald Isle (1st ed.). Washington, DC: Potomac Books. p. 48. ISBN 1574887270. OCLC 755592550.
  9. Spacek, Nick (April 6, 2010). "Shawn Carney of Stull on the Horse Feather". Kansas City Pitch. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  10. "9 drink wonders of Lawrence". Lawrence Journal-World. November 19, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  11. Rust, Suzy (August 31, 2012). "BOOZE DOODLES: Printer and Painter Danielle Spradley's Horsefeathers Doodle". Feast Magazine. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  12. "Horsefeather Cocktail". CTM Magazine. March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  13. Nevins, Jerry (2017). Sloshies : 102 boozy cocktails straight from the freezer. New York: Workman Publishing Company. p. 63. ISBN 9780761189466. OCLC 988900679.
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