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    Home » American Whiskey

    Published Jul 19, 2019 · Updated Apr 16, 2022 · by Tammy Spencer · This post may contain affiliate links.

    On the Rocks Premium Cocktails

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    On the Rocks Premium cocktails lineup Pinterest banner.
    On the Rocks Premium cocktails lineup Pinterest banner.

    Have an upscale ready to drink cocktail at home (sans a large inventory of spirits and mixers) with the lineup from On the Rocks Premium Cocktails. Just add a glass!

    On the Rocks Old Fashioned & Cosmo Cocktails Old Fashioned Cosmopolitan in glasses with bottles behind.this …

    Sometimes I think it would be nice to have a personal mixologist.

    You know, someone that will make me a cocktail without me having to (a) keep a whole lot of specialty bottles of mixers and bitters at hand, and (b) make it myself.

    And make that drink from top quality spirits and ingredients (no artificial stuff, please!). Oh, and make that drink taste really yummy.

    Is that asking too much?

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    Upscale Bottled Cocktails, ready to drink
    On the Rocks Premium Cocktails
    On the Rocks - The Aviation
    On the Rocks - The Old Fashioned
    On the Rocks - The Cosmopolitan
    On the Rocks - The Margarita
    Final Thoughts
    Related Tasting Notes

    Upscale Bottled Cocktails, ready to drink

    Apparently not, because I've discovered a line of upscale, elevated, premixed cocktails from On the Rocks Premium Cocktails featuring Beam Suntory spirits (like Knob Creek Bourbon and Effen Vodka).

    These ready to drink cocktails (aka RTD craft cocktails) met all my requirements above, and all I had to do was add a glass (and maybe an ice cube or two).

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    The full lineup has six varieties of bottled cocktails to choose from. I sampled four and took home two. This from someone who generally doesn’t drink cocktails at home (the occasional Margarita or White Russian being the exception).

    On to the tasting…tally ho!

    On the Rocks Premium Cocktails lineup in bottles on a table.
    Just some of the On the Rocks premium cocktail lineup

    On the Rocks Premium Cocktails

    At Bauer’s Wine & Spirits, June 21, 2019

    On the Rocks - The Aviation

    20%ABV
    Made with Larios London Dry Gin
    Type: American

    Tasting Notes

    • Nose: flowers, some lemon
    • Taste: lavender, gin minimal, lemon
    • Finish: sweet flowery nectar, lightly citrus
    • Comments: very sweet, gin flavors are muted
    On the Rocks Aviation cocktail in bottles on a table.
    On The Rocks - The Aviation made with Larios London Dry Gin

    On the Rocks - The Old Fashioned

    35%ABV
    Made with Knob Creek Bourbon
    Type: American

    Tasting Notes

    • Nose: vanilla, cream, oak
    • Taste: soft cinnamon, vanilla, rises to mocha
    • Finish: soft baking spices with mocha fudge and lemons, leathery
    • Comments: very nice and not too sweet, Knob Creek bourbon shines
    On the Rocks Old Fashioned cocktail in bottles on a table.
    On the Rocks - The Old Fashioned made with Knob Creek Bourbon

    On the Rocks - The Cosmopolitan

    20%ABV
    Made with Effen Vodka
    Type: American

    Tasting Notes

    • Nose: cotton candy, pink lemonade
    • Taste: lemon, lilacs, cotton candy
    • Finish: fades quickly with citrus notes
    • Comments very sweet, pleasant to sip, think hard pink lemonade
    On the Rocks Cosmopolitan cocktail in a bottle on a table.
    On the Rocks - The Cosmopolitan made with Effen Vodka

    On the Rocks - The Margarita

    20%ABV
    Made with Hornitos Plata Tequila
    Type: Mexican

    Tasting Notes

    • Nose: Lime, cotton, linen
    • Taste: heavy lime, light citrus and salt in the background
    • Finish: lots of limes (I’m sensing a theme here)
    • Comments: not a lot of sweetness, rather it’s quite tart; lime dominates all
    On the Rocks Margarita cocktail in bottles on a table
    On the Rocks - The Margarita made with Hornitos Plata Tequila

    Final Thoughts

    What I really liked about the whole line of On the Rocks Premium Cocktails was that there was no chemical taste in any of the samples I tried, how pre mixed cocktails usually taste to me. Nor was there a metallic taste that you might get from canned cocktails.

    My only complaint might be that some of these cocktails were a little too sweet for me, but that's personal preference.

    While I still prefer having my scotch, whiskey, or bourbon neat, it’s nice to be able to mix it up a bit (pun intended) without having to stock the large inventory of mixers and bitters I mentioned before.

    So while I wait for that personal mixologist to magically materialize at my door, I’ll just sip one of these bottled cocktails...there’s no hurry…just please hand me a glass.

    Slainté! L’chaim! Cheers!

    Tammy

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