

Top with a splash of soda water and garnish with a cherry and orange slice. Fill glasses with ice and pour in bourbon until ¾ full. Muddle sugar, bitters, and an orange slice until the sugar cube is dissolved. It’s strong and boozy, like any good Manhattan, but with caramel and chocolate notes on the finish. Place a sugar cube in each glass and top with 2 dashes of bitters. The first use of the name Old-Fashioned for a Bourbon whiskey cocktail was said to have been at the Pendennis Club, a gentlemen’s club in Louisville, Kentucky, invented by a bartender at the club in honor of a prominent bourbon distiller who brought it to NYC’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel bar. The cocktail later caught on in other city’s and at once became a manly man’s beverage and what your grandmother sipped. Fernet Branca Campari Aperol And nowthe top amaro cocktails Black Manhattan First up in our amaro cocktails: The Black Manhattan This classy drink swaps out sweet vermouth for an Italian amaro. Crush the sugar cube with a muddler or spoon Recipe 2 parts TX Bourbon 0.25 parts Smoked Simple Syrup Handful of Wood Shavings (we use wood from used TX Bourbon barrel staves) 2 dashes of Angostura.Add 3 dashes of Angostura bitters and a short splash of club soda.Place the sugar cube in an Old-Fashioned glass.

Classic Old Fashioned Drink Recipe Ingredients And while it can be made with any brown liquor, we prefer the whiskey version. Garnish with a cinnamon stick, rosemary, and a brûléed orange slice. They can point you towards the best bottle in your price range.With the reemergence of whiskey, bourbon and rye and the “hip” liquors of the moment, the Classic Old Fashioned is spotted on cocktail menus all over the city. In a cocktail shaker, combine the bourbon, orange juice, orange bitters, and 2 tablespoons of the cinnamon syrup. Because you only need a few ingredients to make. Old Fashioned Cocktail The Old Fashioned is often coined the King of Bourbon Cocktails, and for a good reason. Stir, then strain into a chilled coupe glass. New to bourbon? Don’t be afraid to chat with the clerk at the liquor store. Oaky and sweet, with a hint of citrus on the finish, it’s truly a bourbon lover's drink. 1 oz Sweet Vermouth 2 Dashes Angostura bitters 2-3 Luxardo Cherries INSTRUCTIONS: Add New Riff Bourbon, sweet vermouth, and bitters into a mixing glass. Four Roses “Yellow Label” is a solid choice too. That’s not to say that less expensive varieties can’t make a good old fashioned. It’s easy to drink, quite smooth and has tasty caramel notes that pair well with the pecan. We liked Basil Hayden’s just as much and it comes in at a similar price to the Four Roses mentioned above.

Strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice. Add several large ice cubes and stir rapidly with a bar spoon to chill.

Four Roses Small Batch has been one of our favorites. Combine whiskey, bitters, and sugar in a mixing glass. We make a rich simple syrup using sugar in the raw. Simple Syrup Homemade simple syrup is the best. But the Old Fashioned has become a category of. Bourbon Find a bourbon you love drinking neat and turn that into your favorite old fashioned. The classic Old Fashioned is a cocktail of bourbon whiskey, sugar (cube or syrup), bitters and ice cubes. Go for a nice bottle that has a little age to it! Labels like “small batch” and “single barrel” point towards a more refined bourbon. Eagle Rare Ingredients for a Bourbon Old Fashioned 2.5 oz. This means, you don’t want to use the cheap stuff! An old fashioned cocktail is a straight forward drink without a lot of mixers, so the flavor of the liquor will come through. Obviously the quality of the bourbon can make or break even a great recipe. In the spirit of science, we have continued to test the recipe with a variety of bourbons.
