455511 Tue Oct 30 08:56:51 -0700 2007 9 36 Spirits 0 3079531 I think this is bourbon and water but am I correct? Also is this a current favorite? Tue Oct 30 08:56:51 -0700 2007 70679 njnjron 1 3079685 yep, just bourbon and water. i like mine without water usually. Tue Oct 30 09:38:37 -0700 2007 3079531 17708 warrenr 1 3079780 the only people that i have ever heard order it this way are old men (no offense intended if you are one). To elaborate, branch is branch water, like from the branch of a river. Tue Oct 30 10:01:21 -0700 2007 3079531 60603 TroyTempest 2 3081119 not an old man here but saw it on a tv movie being ordered as a drink and never heard of it thanks for the info Tue Oct 30 16:44:24 -0700 2007 3079780 70679 njnjron 2 3087402 i've found that only high-end bars in the north east would understand that order, but in the south it is part of the vernacular. Thu Nov 01 15:56:17 -0700 2007 3079780 75907 japhyryder 3 3087405 You are correct. And it is an old, old phrase. I think J.R. Ewing used to order it on Dallas. Thu Nov 01 15:57:25 -0700 2007 3087402 83766 brendastarlet 3 3097796 I forgot to add, yeah, I am from the South, and that's the only place I've ever heard it. Mon Nov 05 15:06:07 -0800 2007 3087402 60603 TroyTempest 4 3106587 Yep! That's the way I like my Pappy Van Winkle 15 year old, with water. Thu Nov 08 08:03:17 -0800 2007 3097796 141276 BourbonHQ 2 4737449 As an old guy, branch water is water that has not been mineralized or adulterated in any way. So mineral water or seltzer water are non-starters. That said, I think distilled water is going a bit too far. (Posted though this topic has not been touched in some time, but "bourbon and branch" searches do take seekers here. And so the post.) Tue Jun 02 18:38:28 -0700 2009 3079780 341525 growltiger 2 4737498 It was a young woman who first taught me about bourbon and branch. It was May 1978 at the University of Chicago and it was actually George Dickel Tennessee Whiskey. A far cry from the Pappy 20yr old I prefer now. Tue Jun 02 18:55:04 -0700 2009 3079780 216123 folprivate