Mise en place for the cocktail to be named.... Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman.
A few weeks ago when Donna was gadding about in NYC, I asked my dear pal Lester if he'd have a drink with me at the best bar in the world, aka Velvet Tango Room. I wanted to have a look at its menu and to have a cocktail I created, or rather, riffed on a classic, The Martinez. Mine is called The Berkshire Martinez and I am honored to be on the menu. The bar's owner is Paulius Nasvytis. In a tale too odd and complicated to go into here, he and Claudia Young, longtime Nashville resident, are an item. Before Lester and I could head off for some greezy Chinese chuck, Paulius and Claudia arrived. They had created a new cocktail and were eager for us to try it. It is a fabulous cocktail—single malt, truffle honey, half-and-half—and a perfect holiday libation, rich and comforting. I was too cheap to fork over $80 for a bottle of the recommended Oban for the photo. The Macallan is perhaps the best-balanced single malt whiskey, so I used that. But I have to agree with Claudia that Oban is perfect. Lester took a sip after I took a sip and wouldn't give it back, shaking his head over how good it was. Ever had milk punch? This is like the best milk punch ever created.
But it doesn't have a name! And that means ... Contest! Whoever comes up with the best name for this drink wins a signed copy of the new book Salumi (or Charcuterie if you prefer) and a signed copy of Ruhlman's Twenty: 20 Techniques, 100 Recipes, a Cook's Manifesto. Special attention will be given to names that include "Cleveland," but this is not critical. We're looking for the best name. Feel free to enter as many names as you want.
Here's Claudia on the creation of this wonderful holiday treat:
"Paulius wanted to do something with truffles because last winter we went to Grant Achatz's Aviary and had a black truffle Negroni, which was, as one might expect, quite heady and, well, fantastic. So we decided to experiment using truffle honey—and after a few trials and errors I got to thinking that anytime I'd ever eaten truffles it was with something rich—fat and truffles go so well together. So I thought to use half and half. The question then was what spirit—and we both said scotch at the same time. P brought home a few bottles from the bar, and for me Oban was the clear choice. Next up was how to garnish and P said orange and I agreed but with a flame—and voilà! A cocktail was born!
"As for the scotch. I understand it's not an inexpensive cocktail and that many would consider it sacrilege to adulterate a fine single malt. But I suppose my thoughts are that those who dare will reap the reward. The Oban is somewhat floral and not too peaty. I found The Macallan too big and Laphroaig overwhelming, while the Oban, definitely more finessed, blends beautifully with the truffled honey, cream, and orange. Buy a bottle. Make a few of these, discuss its virtues—and then sip on the rest. To me it is the quintessential holiday cocktail, albeit somewhat decadent. But so is popping a cork on a bottle of good champagne."
Nicely put.
TBN Cocktail (The Major Award named on 12/5/12)
To serve 1:
- 45 grams/1.5 ounces Oban
- 30 grams/1 ounce truffle honey syrup made with a 1:1 water to honey ratio
- 30 grams/1 ounce half and half
- 1 slice of orange zest for flaming
- Mix liquids.
- Pour over ice.
- Flame the zest: ready the peel over the glass, hold a lighted match close to the peel, moving the flame up and down to draw the oil out, then pinch the peel so that the oils pass through the flame onto the drink.
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It looks a lot like Athol Brose, except for the truffle component. Some of the most famous truffles in the world come from Alba, so why not... Alba Brose?
This sounds lovely! The Cleveland Velvet maybe? Or Velvet Underground (because that is where you find the truffles)?
I was fortunate to have enjoyed a sampling of this lusty libation while still in the experimental stages - wow. I would arm wrestle Lester for another sip. My entry: The Rust Belt Revival. The classic Rusty Nail cocktail indicates presence of Scotch, Rust Belt screams Cleveland to me, and revival is what is happening in this very modern cocktail interpretation. Cheers!
How about "Truffled Claudius"? A bit of a regal mashup for such a drink...
Creme Abeille, which translates to Cream Bee
Obvious groan worthy name? Cleveland Flamed Peeler.
Tremont Truffle Punch.
The Carnegie Conundrum, I'm a sucker for alliteration. Use single malt in a drink?! Do so and you will be rewarded.
I'll submit "The Cleveland Creamer"....
Umm...that's a sexual act!!!
No, that would be the Cleveland Steamer. Obviously you're doing it wrong.
Thanks, but you should do your homework before impersonating a sex ed teacher. I'm not going to get graphic on Michael's website, but they both are sex acts. You can read for yourself: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cleveland%20creamer
honeybadger.
How about: The Cuyahoga Milk Punch
The Vaccination. It seems to me to be a variation on the Pennicilin cocktail (scotch with honey ginger syrup and lemon), so I wanted something medicinal. The French root of vaccine is cow, which brings in the milk component. Finally, it's the season of flu vaccinations- this one would be more fun.
Or, if you prefer- The Cleveland Vaccination, but that may be pandering.
The Cleveland "Foranger"
Dirt Orange
Is it wrong that I want this right now---at 9:50 in the morning??!!
My entry is the 'Cuyahoga Flyer'. A take on the 'Scotch Bird Flyer'---without the Triple Sec, but sweetness from the honey (instead of powdered sugar).
Can't wait to try this.
How about The Cleveland Aristocrat?
Is that one of the members of the famous vaudeville group 🙂
ha!
Creme d'Alba or Alba Truffe.
To honor its origins, I'd call it the Cleveland Ca'Canny. Cleveland due to said origin and because I'm not afraid to smooch a little rear if it might bump my odds of winning the contest. Ca'Canny is the Scot expression for "be cautious" or "take care," paying homage to the Scotch as its featured ingredient and that by dangerously sweetening it with milk/cream and honey, you could easily guzzle this bad boy so you better be careful! The alliteration makes it a memorable name as well.
I think I'm going to have to make one of these tonight.
Two entries: first, after the flaming orange peel, the 'Flaming Cuyahoga'. Though that's hardly elegant enough for such a refined drink. Second, the 'Scottish Shake'. I gotta try this when I get home!
"Pacifier." or "The Pacifier." Half and half, whiskey, and honey sounds like it could make even a teething baby mellow. Sounds delightful.
An excuse to go buy more scotch!
I'll submit The Moses Malt.
Cleveland Coo - "coo" is the way some Scots pronounce the word "cow", and I'm going for the bonus points using "Cleveland" and avery author's admired appliance, alliteration!
"Ruhlman's 18-20", named for the scotch and the book.
Oh, and my favorite cocktail name of all time? "Corpse Reviver". Works, too :).
Christmas in Cleveland, similar in naming convention to a favorite drink a few of my friends and I have which we dubbed "Summer in Paris" (Hendricks, Tonic, St. Germaine, orange peel).
Oban single-malt, truffle honey, and (rich) half-and-half? That is one upscale drink. Hence my suggestion: a Rockefeller Park. Or just a Rockefeller. Named after the richest Clevelander I could think of.
Why not call it "Progress & Prosperity"
-sounds classy, to match the ingredients.
-Progress: to match a progressive match of truffle and single malt (bit of a stretch)
-Prosperity: due to the cost of ingredients, the luxurious nature of the drink, a la Milk & Honey
-and it is Cleveland's motto
The P.C., which could mean many things to many people: Part Cleveland, Produced/Planned (in) Cleveland, Penicillin Cocktail (h/t to Dan McC above), Pauluis and Claudia, and irony for those believing how blasphemous this is.
Besides voting for the guy who submitted 'The Cleveland Creamer', I'll submit 'The Creamland'.
It's a holiday drink with milk and honey so, why not call it a Yahweh....Yahweh appeared to Moses in the burning bush and led Israel from Egypt to the land of milk and honey.
Pretty sure I'd take a second mortgage out on my house to get tanked on these babies, so I would call it the "Second Mortgage"!
Since this beautiful drink is made with Scotch, I am suggesting two nominees that have to do with its heritage rather than its origin:
A Creamed Thistle;
If made with Oban, a Gateway, since Oban means Gateway to the Isles.
Grover Creamland or Moses Creamland...
I have an airline size bottle of Oban, just need some truffle honey.
Name should be sexy. Sexually oriented. Scottish.
I dunno, perhaps "Lach Ness Monster Sperm".
Bleh... "Scottish breast milk"? Uggg
"Bravefart".
You know that Rolling Stones song "Hey, you, get off of my cloud", perhaps go with the Scottish version " Eh McLeod, git off uv my ewe"!
I'm going to go with "The Velvet Tan."
The White Scot.
I need a few more Barton martini's with lye cured and brined olives, something in my price range.
I'll come up with a friggin name yet.
And you people need to learn to share the beverage. Back and forth, equal sips. Or get one each.
"It's Cleveland, Honey"
"The Cleveland Cream Bee"
"Cleveland Punch"
Ahhrr right, a respectable bar, no trash talk.
How about "The White Tuxedo"
Goddam fancy ass shit right there. Yup.
I am throwing in "the White Hare". The white hare/moon rabbit makes the elixir of life on the moon and this sounds pretty darn "elixiry" and tasty!!!
How about 'The Cream and Sand'
The White Hart Crane - In honor of one of Ohio's best poets, whose memorial park is a stone's throw from Velvet Tango.
Milk and honey makes me think milk of human kindness... and this sounds like a very comforting drink... so....
Cleveland Kindness
Risquées...french slang for alluring or risky or Femme Fatale.
The glass, the honey the whiskey the sugar - screams Quebec
Je veux une Femme Fatale....I will have a Femme Fatale.
A Risquee s'il vous plait....A Risquee please. Male and Female would delight in ordering these. Unisex. A woman could have that kittenish look when ordering and a male would have that 'yea I want one of those for real' kind of look.
A maketer's dream... but hey don't say I didn't do my best...Good luck
"The Cleveland Conundrum"...cause they seem like they shouldn't work well together and do.
White Cleveland
Since it's new, I'm thinking that a simple name that hints at its ingredients might make it easier to remember and thus more frequently ordered. Not sexy at all, but I'm going with "Scotch Cream"
The Great Lake Scott
1) the Velvet Celt, 2) the Velvet Kilt, or 3) the Malted Truffle Nog
love it all. for name how about:
Highland Honey
The Cleaved Comb Cream.
Split/cleaved honeycomb - Cleveland riff.
The Cleveland Cowboy. (a Cowboy coctail is whisky and cream).
The White Alban
Carnegie Nog, Carnegie Cream - something along those lines. References the steelman's Scottish heritage as well as Carnegie Ave, the thoroughfare around the corner from the Velvet Room.
C-Town
The Truffled Scot.
The Cleveland MP
As this is a libation a well-heeled Lady or Gentleman would indulge in, I propose the Brogue D'Luxe.
Not just an upscale wingtip, brogue may also refer to the regional form of English spoken in Scotland, so works on both levels I think.
How about the Cleveland Kilt ?
Erie Slàinte or The Cuyahoga Comeback.
Speyside Creme
Honey MILFsky. Honey+Milk+whisky so good you'd like to ....
have another!
"Cleveland-Scot-A-Lot" A double entendre when the name easily rolls off the tongue.
Truffled Orangesicle
Sweet and Smokey.
Velveteen Truffle.
Single Malt Soother
Honey Truffle Cream
Holly Golightly
Highland Fling?
Milk and honey and whiskey sounds like the promised land to me!
Coming in for round two: Who'da Thunk
For a number of delightful reasons.
"Mellow Cleveland"
Keep it simple "CleveNog" or "VelvetNog"
The big stiffy
William Wallace Wood
Wood good
Sport'n wood
Shaaaboyyyyoyyooiing!
Li'l stiffy, or with 3 oz Oban for the Big Stiffy at twice the cost.
Because of the use of orange, how about The Kosar? Go Browns!
These are so much fun to read, thank you!
[I received the following email shortly after the contest started. Since it dealt with Scotland and milk, I thought it appropriate to share]
The only cow in a small town in Ireland stopped giving milk.Then the town folk found they could buy a cow in Scotland quite cheaply.So, they brought the cow over from Scotland. It was absolutely wonderful, it produced lots of milk every day and everyone was happy.
They bought a bull to mate with the cow to get more cows, so they'd
never have to worry about their milk supply again.
They put the bull in the pasture with the cow but whenever the bull tried to mount the cow, the cow would move away.
No matter what approach the bull tried, the cow would move away from
the bull, and he was never able to do the deed..
The people were very upset and decided to go to the Vet, who was very wise, tell him what was happening and ask his advice.
"Whenever the bull tries to mount our cow, she moves away. If he approaches from the back, she moves forward. When he approaches her from the front, she backs off. If he attempts it from the one side, she walks away to the other side."
The Vet rubbed his chin thoughtfully and pondered this before asking,
"Did you by chance, buy this cow in Scotland ?"
The people were dumbfounded, since no one had ever mentioned that they had brought the cow over from Scotland .
"You are truly a wise Vet," they said. "How did you know we got the
cow from Scotland ?
The Vet replied with a distant look in his eye: "My wife is from Scotland "
HoneyWooWoo
Cleveland Cuddle / Cleveland Cuddler. And this from someone who's allergic to milk!
My favorite coffeeshop in Bozeman, MT has a drink called a Bee Sting which is espresso, cream and honey over ice, so the adult version would be... a Scottish Bee Sting.
Cleveland Cloud / Cleveland Opal
The Cleveland Curtain, or Cleveland Fog
How about the Euclid Avenue Elixir? It would appear this drink is for the well healed. Euclid Avenue was historically the home of millionaires.
Cuyahoga Clover
Cleveland Clover
Cleveland Claudius
I could go on all night. I love naming stuff.
The Cleveland Stinger
If you'll accept a bad pun, how about Oban-wan Cleveland? 🙂
Moses' Black Diamond.
General Moses Cleveland and truffles.
Honey, Orange You Glad We Had the Oban Milk Punch?
(sorry, i seem to be in a bad punny mood today)
Creme de Buzz
Cleveland Creamsicle or Christmas Creamsicle or--because Creamsicle is probably trademarked--the Cleveland Orange Cream/Creme.
Naughty Oban
Oban Led Astray
Misbehaving Malt
Misbehavin' Oban
(see a theme here? I love being bad)
Cleveland's Own
Cleveland's Cocktail
Cleveland Punch
(and I'm not above pandering)
The Velvet Cleveland
Shillelagh Shake
Oops! That's my Irish showing.
The Cleveland Lombardi
Browns Lombardi
The Tremont Panty Dropper
Truff Said
Wait 'til Next Year Punch
Browns Suck. This Is Good.
The Snooty Bee. Or the Snob-Bee. I just can't decide.
Tribe Sucks. This Is Good.
Cavs Suck. This Is Good.
Claudia's Milk Punch
In homage to Allen:
The Squiffy Stiffy
Velvet Jazz Trio
Back Room Top Shelf
Velvet Tartan
Kiss on the Kilt
Cleve of Scots
Andrew on Erie
Bonnie Prince Cleveland
The Eleanor Parker
She's from Cleveland! I think most of us "youngsters" know her best as the baroness in The Sound of Music. But what a brilliant and sophisticated beauty. And a lovely person from what I hear!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Parker
The Velvet Fog
Honeyed Truffle --
Lion's Milk --
Cleveland Fog --
Brown Bomber Bracer --
Last Tango in Cleveland
The Velvet Seduction
bainne máthar........Gaelic for "Mother's milk"
Little Bay Punch
Ballan Losgainn
Bog Punch
Breaveheart
Truffle Bog Punch
Highland of Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga Creme
The "Bloody-Nine" (see Joe Abercrombie)
I would have definitely not thought to do this to a glass of 18 year old Macallan...but it IS good.
Cleaved Claymore Cream
...or a Claymore Cleaved Cream, making better use of the play on "Cleaved" than in the first offering
not sure if that's a second vote, hehehehehe...
The "Sho Nuff"
No one has said, "Cleveland Creamer" yet?
Just realized we can submit more than one!
My first from yesterday morning:
Cuyahoga Flyer
This mornings entries:
Cleveland Ceilidh
Celtic Fog
Tango's Fancy
The Kilted Clevelander
Spirit of Cleveland Heights
hmmmmm.....more coffee, then maybe I'll be back for more!
Loving the entries! Michael, you have a tough decision
Not that my vote really matters, but "Celtic Fog" is a great name - better than any I came up with!
The Cleveland Truffle
Human Kindness.
Royal Loyal Clevelander (coulda been you, LBJ)
Claudius Clevelander
The Bee Brogue
Gotta Have More Cowbuzz
Babe
Guess what? I got a fever, and the only prescription is more Cowbuzz.
Cleveland Cowbuzz, that is
B Flats
Cleveland Sassanack
Cuyahoga Scuddy
or TCB - Tremont CowBuzz
Dont know if black or white truffles being used ..
Dirty Tango
Black Pearl
Velvet Truffle or Truffled Velvet :))
Dirty Blondie 😉
The Dorothy Fuldheim
The Bride of Lammermoor
Classic SIr Walter Scott novel. Bride in white. Hmmm reference to "King James". Lucy Ashton descends quickly into insanity and dies. It's a happy tale.
Russian stinger
Brown Russian
(any play on the famous White Russian)
The Tartaned Caucasian
"leg lamp", "frageelay", or "major award"
it's the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in a glass.
Cream of Truffle
"Cuyahoga"
The Rushing Brown
I'm sure someone must've come up with this, but how bout some bible references? (ie. land of milk and honey) Riverwater of Canaan? Fruit of Exodus? Burning Bush's Boon?
The craziest one I can think of is Moses' Claymore or Moses' Bagpipes. If it was Irish whiskey, it could've been Moses' Shillelagh and be much more apt...sigh.
The gilded armchair
"white burning river", "merry moo-ses cleveland", "honey hutt highlander", "orange paulius", and "the wuny" (wait until next year, our official sports cheer, and apropos toast for the holidays/new year).
A Scot in the Promised Land (Cleveland)
Truffled Kilt
Scotch Kiss
The Frost Moon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_moon
Atholl Brosia?
Milk & Macleveland
Real Bees Wear Kilts
The Kilted Cleveland Bee
Whatever you call it I am so making this as soon as I save enough for the ingredients! Pure indulgence.
It's a bit long-winded, but I think " A Smokey Cleveland Christmas" has a nice ring to it. The name can always be changed to a "A Smokey Cleveland Holiday", "A Smokey Cleveland Hanukkah", or "A Smokey Cleveland Kwanza" depending on the bar that's selling it.
Rusty Truffle
The Cream Bee
Scotch Truffle
Burgundy Truffle (because of Ron Burgundy in Anchorman)
Honeyed Truffle Cream
Cleveland Truffle Cream
Cleveland Fling
White hare or moon rabbit
The Tipsy Pig
The Bee's Knees
#1: Honey Sky
#2: Creamy B
#3: B cloud
Or any variation of those 3
I like all of them 😉
Cleveland Cliffhanger
Land of Milk and Honey
Land of Malted Milk and Honey
Milk and Honey
Malted Milk and Honey
Land of Milk and Honey with
Orange Flames
Land of Malted Milk and Honey with
Orange Flames
Milk and Honey with Orange
Flames
Malted Milk and Honey with Orange
Flames
Milk and Honey with Flames of
Orange
Malted Milk and Honey with Flames
of Orange
Maltini
Whiskini
Cleveland reference:
Szell's Fruitless Analysis with
Orange (yeah, I know)
Szell's Private Tears
Szell's Domination
Szell's Scores
Szell's Bliss
Szell's Moment of Bliss
Szell's Droplets of Bliss
Szell's Baton
Droplets of Bliss
Droplets of Bliss with Orange
Flames
Droplets of Bliss with Flames of
Orange
Szell's Scores with Orange Notes
Szell's Private Tears with Orange Notes
Any of Szell's above + "with Orange Notes"
Cleveland Cream
Cleveland Winter Scotch
Snow on Truffles
Argyll Mod
mothers milk? west highland punch? heather and peat?
It's expensive, how about " highland maintanance"
Dedicated to the 'Cleveland show of No Reservations' and Cleveland literary great, the late Harvey Pekar, I combined the last names in that episode: Pekar's Ruhldain.
Cleveland Crush or the Heights
Savage Silk
CleveLand of Milk and Honey
CleveLand of Malted Milk and Honey
tartan tipple too twee?
Bee-sting Brogue?
Abbey Park Punch?
This is way too much fun, thanks for leaving more time, last time the next day was locked out and said I was cheating although no time limit specified.
Cleveland dirk lifter, or just Dirk lifter, less filthy, more violent
Cleveland Promise
Cleveland Sweet Bee
Cow Bee
Lactating Bee
Dirty Dingus Mcbee? RobBee Browning? ok maybe too many G and Ts
Dairymans' dram Learning a lot about cleveland, thank you
On the map you are south of downtown the scots and irish use slainthe as a toast, so Southside Slainthe
The Flora Macdonald, if any one needed or deserves a drink it's her, present and aquitted of the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie from Scotland, moved to America and lost everything for participating in the revolution, and was attacked by pirates on the way back to Scotland refused to leave the deck and wounded. Amazing woman, has a dance named for her, Flora Macdonalds Fancy that she danced for Bonnie Prince Charlie
Cleveland Cure
The Ghost of Cleveland Past
The Henry Chisholm (The father of the Cleveland steel trade and Scotsman)
The Rustbelt Chisholm
The Winton Bullet (Named after Alexander Winton, found of the Cleveland based Winton Motor Car Co. and his 1902 Winton Bullet), FYI also a Scotsman)
The Winton Flyer (A "Winton Flyer" is featured prominently in William Faulkner's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1962 novel The Reivers; in fact, the 1969 film version of the novel starring Steve McQueen was known as The Yellow Winton Flyer in the UK.. Yep, that's Alexander Winton too)
Santa's Nightcap.
A "Cleveland Holiday"
Birthday bash this weekend, bought a bottle of Oban, jar of truffle honey (more than two half gallons of Barton's!), had a few no named beverages. I love that you can taste everything, my first thought was I would prefer the scotch straight, which I certainly did have.
Post hangover day take on it; it was a very memorable, special, not too sweet, a masterpiece, work of art. Special, more so than the straight scotch.
Never been to Cleveland, so I'm not qualified to name it with a reference to Clevland.
Now for Fergus Hendersons lamb kidney with a glass of Black and Tan champagne.
Thanks for the recipe.
Bonny Buzz
Cloudy Celt
Honeyed Highlander
Flee to the Cleve
Mac n' Cleve
The Cleveland Kilt would be an appropriate name. A short and catchy name in fact.
Truffles always bring to mind the pig. It's always good to reference the mighty pig! So how about
The Velvetine Pig
or
Pig in Kilt
Cleveland on the rocks
"F**k Santa" Milk Punch
Highland Winter Fling ( or Buzz, Revelry, Merry)
Winter Holiday Balm
Cleveland Soul Warmer
Cleveland Comfort.
Sounds like a more rich, fabulous version of a hot toddy. Plus, the name gives a nod to the South, for the Nashville vibe.
Sweet Willie Mae
(Blown out of business by Katrina)
The Dundee Dinger, named after the sunken ship:
http://www.ohioshipwrecks.org/ShipwreckDetail.php?AR=3&Wreck=6
A peaty nipple
Buzzmoo.
Creamy Bee.
Creamedmekilt.
Scottish Hive.
Good memories
That's what I'd call it. I remember it more than the scotch sampler. Like my first sip of brandy and Benedictine with coffee and fresh whipped cream. Unforgettable!
Oban's bane.
The truffle suckle
The milk punch aspect of this drink is so classic and southern - something a half-homesick, well-traveled literary type might order in Cleveland at Christmastime. I believe it should be called a "Homeward Angel".
Unforgettable
Karamu Creamer
A rich drink deserves rich associations. The cream jug joins here with Cleveland's historic neighborhood playhouse dedicated to interracial theater. The Karamu House famously produced Langston Hughes's Christmas play "Black Nativity." Wintery associations along with the mingling of sweet and pungent match the cocktails character-defining mix of black truffle and heavy cream, offering an appreciative nod to Cleveland's cultural history.
I can't believe no one has suggested this one yet - "The Honey Suckle"!
Obviously because honey is used (and may have even come from a honeysuckle flower), but the suckle makes a nod to the cream and also to the pigs used to find the truffles (suckling pig comes to mind). You could make a regional connection as well:
The Scottish Honeysuckle {Honey Suckle}
The Cuyahoga Honeysuckle
The North Coast Honeysuckle
etc.
I also like the alliterations using creamer:
The Cleveland/Cuyahoga Creamer (or Honey Creamer)
The North Coast Creamer
etc.
Cheers!
Cleveland OhiOban
Cleveland O(h) High Oban
Lait Oban
Lait Oban's Fifth
a Garfield Crush
How about "Not Man/Woman Enough to Drink Whisky Neat"?
The Moses (in reference to the Land of Milk and Honey)
How about The Vomit? I would never mix a good Scotch with half & half and honey, or anything.
White Highlander
Highland Honey
along the theme of the Scotch Bird Flyer and my previous suggestion of the Cuyahoga Flyer....
The Cleveland Flyer....simple....elegant....
or,
The Cleveland Brogue
or
Creamy Thistle
Velvet Tangent
The Cloudy Highlands (in refercence to the region Oban is made)
Cleveland Creamer
Referencing my above post and using Cleveland (I missed that the first time around)
Cleveland's Cloudy Highlands
The Foggy Cleveland