Post #454398 by CucamongaChango on Sat, May 16, 2009 1:20 PM

I'm a bourbon guy occasionally (of which Jack is not, btw) and can loudly proclaim that the "old school" Coke with sugar goes much, much better and makes a much, much more delicious cocktail with bourbon than does the sickly sweet corn syrup stuff. But... as a mixer with bourbon... ginger ale trumps cola anyways. Man, a ginger-ale and bourbon with a bit of lemon is friggin' beautiful.

Back to the Pepsi thing... I haven't had the "Throwback", but I have laid down the bucks for the Pepsi "Natural", which comes in 4-packs of bottles and is a bit more pricey. The key thing with the "Natural" is that is contains real kola nut flavoring along with the cane sugar.

It's downright damn delicious by itself, but with Appleton's V/X and a wedge of lime, it becomes absolutely wonderful. Keep some on hand, and next time you want something tropical tasting but just don't feel like getting out the juices and syrups and liquers and want it quick... this is an excellent cocktail to whip up. I've tried other rums with it (Goslings, Myers, Pyrat, Lemon Hart 80), but it really works best with the V/X, imo.