I think I just invented a new drink.

[sir pball]

At least, I can't find any reference to it online, and my bar manager has never heard of it. I'll look in my library later, but I'm skimpy on cocktail books.

1 part 2008 Bruichladdach Bere Barley Islay whisky
2.5 parts Red Jacket apple cider

Mix and serve rocks.

[Laffy Kat]

1. What are you going to call it? nt

[blogslut]

2. Sounds yum, but

...if it's just whiskey and cider then that constitutes either a mixed drinkor a highball. For it to be a cocktail it must contain at least 3 ingredients - two of them being alcohol products.

ADD: Mind you, it's very possible you might be the first one to mix those two particular brands together and, if so, then you get to name the drink. But If it were me, I would honor the brands in the name. Something like "Bere Jacket" would be good.

http://www.classicmixology.com/miscellany/whiskey_and_cider/1888

[sir pball]

8. I'll call it a Laddy's Jacket nt

[Recursion]

3. That's a "Stone Fence" (nt)

[Paper Roses]

4. I'd call it 'Flat on the floor'. n/t

[MosheFeingold]

5. Nothing new under the Sun

That is a Whiskey smash.

Jack Daniels actually sells it premade as a "Winter Jack"

If you heat it and add a cinnamon stick, it's a "Fire Cider"

[malthaussen]

6. Tell me you didn't pollute a single malt...

... by using it in a mixed drink.

BLASPHEMY!!! BURN THE HERETIC!!!

-- Mal

[sir pball]

7. Not just a single malt - a single-origin, heirloom barley...

...grown up in the Orkneys. S'ok though, we have a couple cases of the stuff on hand

http://www.bruichladdich.com/the-whisky/bruichladdich/bere-barley-2008

[shenmue]

9. This may require an experiment on Saturday

[clarice]

10. You may buy a vowel. nt

[OriginalGeek]

11. I combined Apple Pie Moonshine

with (5.8%ABV) Not Your Father's Ginger Ale and called it a ginger snap. I don't know if anyone else did it before me but y'all sure should do it now. It's yummy.