The Old Fashioned
For those of you who have tried my Smoked Old Fashioned or my Burnt Peach Old Fashioned, it occurred to me the other day that I hadn’t made it simple for everyone by just including a base Old Fashioned recipe. The Old Fashioned is one of the most quintessential cocktails, like the Manhattan or the Sazerac (my other two favorites). The Old Fashioned is the sweetest of the three and the most fruit-forward.
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[…] Muddle and Mix: You can make your drink right in the drinking glass or in a separate mixing glass. I like to make it in my mixing glass and strain the mixed beverage over the ice cube. Place an orange slice, a sugar cube, and two dashes of bitters in a glass and muddle well until combined. Add the bourbon, stir with ice, and strain into the glass over the smoked ice cube. Or just follow my basic Old Fashioned recipe. […]
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