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Randy's Old Fashioned

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (28)
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Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 2/3 fl oz Canadian blended whisky
1/3 fl oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz Maple syrup
1 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.

Method

  1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
More cocktails with similar strength and taste profile

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Randy's Old Fashioned contains 145 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 23.38% alc./vol. (46.77° proof)
  • 15.9 grams of pure alcohol

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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History

Adapted from a cocktail on the menu of the Dragonfly Cocktail Bar in Edinburgh, Scotland circa 2015-18. Brought to my attention thanks to a comment by a fellow Discerning Drinker, Charl Engela on our Maple Old Fashioned page.

Review

Does the choice of whisky coupled with maple syrup suggest Randy, the drinker this cocktail was created for, was/is Canadian? Grapefruit freshens while maple syrup adds deep flavoursome richness.

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Comments & Discussion

G. M. Genovese Premium Member
I didn't have Canadian whisky on hand, but I did use a maple syrup from Quebec I was gifted recently. The Clonakilty Irish whiskey I used is a bit of an overkill. I did very much taste the character of that, and the other ingredients 'enhanced' it in a pleasing way. One doesn't need to wastefully expend good spirits in a drink like this. This might benefit from a dash of grapefruit bitters instead, due to the fact that the grapefruit juice was rather buried in the mix.
score: 0
John Cowling Premium Member
Quebec Maple syrup is the only kind. But go and get a bottle of Canadian whisky. It’s not expensive and is the most versatile of all the whiskies. It’s also the whisky that is most friendly with maple syrup. In Canada, multiple companies try to market a liqueur which is just the two mixed together.
score: 0
Yossi Burg
Made with Johnnie Walker Black Label - like John H. I lightened up the maple slightly - the slight pettiness of the Black Label works well with other ingredients. Impressive drink.
score: 1
Graham Taylor
I suppose it is technically kind of a sour. Nice though.
score: 2
John Hinojos Premium Member
Found this looking for a cocktail we could have after dinner that used grapefruit juice. Wow. Did dial back the maple syrup by 1/3, but the resulting cocktail was Outstanding. Everything plays together well and the hints of spice and maple add deeper layers of flavour. Will definitely have a gain. Drinks very easily.
score: 2

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