“World’s Best Rye for the World’s Best Cocktails” at the #1 Knob Creek Rye account in the country
 

St. Elmo Steak House Manager Candace Anastasio is the creator of the #1 cocktail served at the restaurant. Knob Creek Rye is at the core of this drink, combined with Jerry Thomas’ bitters to give this cocktail a taste of dried fruit with a finish of orange peel and a light hint of angostura bark. 
 

She created this cocktail four years ago in collaboration with Bar Manager Kerry Wafford (Kerry is our longest-tenured team member and has been with St. Elmo since 1985). With the renewed popularity of classic cocktails they became the first to make their own signature Old Fashioned. They tasted the cocktail with multiple whiskeys and landed on Knob Creek because the rye with its higher proof countered the sweetness of an Old Fashioned, making it more balanced. Around the time they were perfecting the drink, Kerry’s father—an avid whiskey drinker nicknamed “Pops”—passed away. In honor of him the cocktail was named “Pops’ Old Fashioned.”