With a lock on most of the top 20 drunkest cities in America, Wisconsin might know a little something about alcohol. While many likely think this means beer, a book recently published by the University of Wisconsin Press focuses on the Badger State’s love of cocktails. “Wisconsin Cocktails” is the latest work of state resident Jeanette Hurt, a well-known food and drink writer. While I often associate her with cheese, she’s also authored the well received “Drink Like a Woman: Shake. Stir. Conquer. Repeat.” As Hurt writes in her preface, “We have cocktails that are so unique to Wisconsin that if we ask for them a certain way, whether we’re in Las Vegas or Orlando, Manhattan or Miami, the bartender will go, ‘Oh, are you from Wisconsin?’” Chapter one is dedicated to the old fashioned. Though yet to be taken up by the state government, the “official” cocktail of Wisconsin …
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