{"id":16727,"date":"2026-07-10T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16727"},"modified":"2026-07-10T04:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:06:23","slug":"friday-cocktail-improving-on-the-1776-cocktail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16727","title":{"rendered":"Friday cocktail &#8211; improving on the 1776 cocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last Friday in honor of the 250th July 4th anniversary I posted this (after some solid research)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16653\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Friday cocktail \u2013 most popular drink in 1776 was \u2013 here\u2019s the answer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, we tried the 1776 variation &#8211; rum &#8211; and then the updated version &#8211; &#8211; rye whiskey. Farandavile is a rum-loving house but the updated version with Rittenhouse 100 proof rye whiskey was better! Here&#8217;s a video using bourbon and jazzing it up a bit (we tried it &#8211; better with the Rittenhouse!) and our recipe below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to make a Stone Fence cocktail\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kL45x3cSdc8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Farandaville &#8211; sooo easy. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 oz. Rittenhouse rye whiskey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5-6 oz. of hard cider &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the rocks in a highball glass.  And give it a stir. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday in honor of the 250th July 4th anniversary I posted this (after some solid research) Friday cocktail \u2013 most popular drink in 1776 was \u2013 here\u2019s the answer So, we tried the 1776 variation &#8211; rum &#8211; and then the updated version &#8211; &#8211; rye whiskey. Farandavile is a rum-loving house but the &#8230; <a title=\"Friday cocktail &#8211; improving on the 1776 cocktail\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16727\" aria-label=\"Read more about Friday cocktail &#8211; improving on the 1776 cocktail\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cocktails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16727"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16732,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16727\/revisions\/16732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}