Swap the whisky for a non-alcoholic dark spirit, like Three Spirit’s Nightcap. With a 100-proof makeup, Four Roses Single Barrel isn't messing around, and it's aged a minimum of seven to nine years for good measure. Completed with easy-to-use cobbler shaker, double jigger, fine mesh strainer and bar spoon, it has everything you need to make next-level drinks at home. Take your skills to the next level with this handy cocktail kit from the olive shop. Finally, an old fashioned might be a classic whisky cocktail but other dark spirits – such as aged dark rum or anejo tequila – work brilliantly here, so feel free to experiment. Hold a piece of orange peel between your thumb and forefinger and squeeze over the glass to release the oil. Step 3: Squeeze orange peel over glass to extract oils. Add a large ice cube and stir for 15-20 seconds. Step 2: Fill the glass with large ice cubes, add the bourbon, and gently stir to combine the flavors. Angostura bitters are traditional here, but adding a few orange bitters would add an extra layer of flavour. Place a sugar cube in an Old Fashioned glass. Make your own homemade sugar syrup using our step-by-step recipe. The old fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and water, adding whiskey (typically rye or bourbon), and garnishing with an orange. This is best for holding the chunky ice cubes served with the drink.Īn old fashioned is traditionally made with a sugar cube but swapping this for sugar syrup (soft light brown sugar works beautifully with dark spirits) shortens the mixing time considerably. GlasswareĪn old fashioned is classically served in a short tumbler, also called an old fashioned glass. Mix 60ml Johnnie Walker, 10ml 1:1 Simple Syrup and 2 dashes Aromatic Bitters in an ice-filled glass. We’ve tried and tested the best rye whiskies here. Try our Old Fashioned recipe, a classic whisky cocktail with Johnnie Walker whiskies, sugar and Angostura bitters. Old fashioned ingredientsīourbon or rye whisky are the classic whiskies to use here – use the former for a sweeter, buttery end result, while rye produces a spicier cocktail. The austere purity of the recipe – a balanced blend of whiskey, bitters, sugar and water – was diluted over time by the addition of fruit, liqueurs and other ingredients, so much so that discerning drinkers who wanted the cocktail in its original guise would ask for a whisky cocktail made the old fashioned way. One of the most venerable cocktails, the old fashioned emerged at the beginning of the 19th century, when it was known simply as ‘the whisky cocktail’.

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