Republicans and Democrats in Madison have been anything but cooperative of late, but there is one subject that’s beyond debate: If it’s going to be the real deal, a Wisconsin Old-Fashioned Cocktail is made with Brandy. And so this week the State Assembly passed Joint Resolution Number-88 that declares the Brandy Old-Fashioned as Wisconsin’s State Cocktail. While the rest of the world uses Whiskey, when liquor distributors in Wisconsin discovered some 30,000 cases of Brandy stashed away after World War-II, the formula here forever changed – and we think for the better.
It was a muddled mix of bipartisan representatives that put the resolution together, a document that’s pretty-much guaranteed to get to Governor Evers’ desk for approval once the Senate votes on the measure. Guaranteed, because as a “resolution” and not a “bill”, it won’t be put into law…or in the covers of the “Wisconsin Blue Book”, the official document of state government that’s issued after each session. That book contains such iconic emblems of the Badger State as, well, the Badger as the Official State Animal, not to be confused with the State WILDLIFE Animal – the Whitetail Deer. And yes, the Dairy Cow is officially the State Domesticated Animal. The American Water Spaniel is in there, too, but…back to the bar. For those concerned about the status of Milk as the Official State Beverage, not to worry: it’s only a resolution and not law that the Brandy Old-Fashioned is the State Cocktail. For now.
Comments