Originally Posted by
BamaVol
I ordered a manhattan made with Basil Hayden's Thursday night. It worked quite well. Local restaurants that feature top shelf bourbon in their manhattans use Bakers, Woodford and Basil Hayden's. My favorite so far has been made with Woodford Reserve.
I think the Basil is a little spicier...it says on the bottle that it's about half rye. Which goes well in an Old Fashioned (which is what I made)...they were originally made with rye, back in the day.
I might make another.