Name: Gingerbread Old Fashioned
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 7.5 ml Caramel liqueur; 5 ml Ginger liqueur; 4 drop Vanilla bitters; 2 drop Ginger bitters

Gingerbread Old Fashioned
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Photographed in a ZigZag Old-Fashioned Glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₄ oz	Giffard Caramel Toffee liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Ginger liqueur
4 drop	Bob's Vanilla bitters
2 drop	Bob's Ginger Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of gingerbread man.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with gingerbread man.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Boozy and lightly ginger spiced with vanilla and caramel.

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History:

Created by yours truly in December 2021 at the Clocktower in Rye, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Gingerbread Old Fashioned contains 190 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
31.98% alc./vol. (31.98° proof)
23.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Colin Cook

5th December 2023 at 16:50

I’m thinking of trying this with De Kuyper Butterscotch Caramel liqueur.

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Colin Cook

18th December 2023 at 07:09

De Kuyper Butterscotch indeed worked well. Thank you!
Will be making this one again.

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Simon Difford

5th December 2023 at 17:13

Should work well.

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Kevin Duffy

23rd December 2021 at 18:15

Having read Simon's inspiration I decided to add 4 drops of chocolate bitters and felt it was a marginal improvement, slightly more rounded.

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Robert Cameron

17th December 2021 at 21:29

Giffard Caramel Toffee Liqueur?! This is something I've never heard of, much less have in my larder. I understand why you do this kind of thing, and you do it continually, but your recipes would be tried more if you offered substitutes or how-to-make-ersatz-versions of uncommon ingredients. That way, if I liked the jury-rigged version, I'd be much more likely to go for the real thing - and Giffards would sell more. As it is, this recipe prompted me to make an Old Fashioned, period.

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Emily

19th December 2021 at 01:31

With all due respect, this site has a plethora of average-but-well-stocked-bar recipes. I too cannot make this cocktail, however I appreciate its inclusion.

One is always able to just scroll past to another drink that fits your personal bar on this (free!) site. :)

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Simon Difford

18th December 2021 at 09:59

I created this cocktail after finding cute chocolate-covered garnish-sized gingerbread men for sale in Hotel Chocolat. I used Giffard’s liqueur, without their prompting me, due to its flavour. For our UK readers, Giffard Toffee is available directly from us for a mere £15.95. In the USA it’s available from Destination Beverage and others.

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