Name: Optimist Old Fashioned
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 2 dash Orange bitters; 4 drop Chocolate bitters

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur

2 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

4 drop

Chocolate bitters

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Optimist Old Fashioned contains 198 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
34.49% alc./vol. (68.99° proof)
26.2 grams of pure alcohol

Review

With 60ml of 45% alc./vol. whiskey (depending on your bourbon) and 15ml of 40% alc./vol. liqueur, this is a punchy cocktail. Some may want to drop the bourbon by 10ml or even 15ml for reasons of sobriety (I tried that) but the original 1:4 ratio sits best. (The optimist in me cut the block ice for the pic way too tall.)

Comments & Discussion

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Justin Aniello 1y

Think I need to use a subtler bourbon because although I can just barely get the benedictine, everything mostly gets washed out by the bourbon. Which is unfortunate because I love chocolate bitters.

Marie-Laure ECHASSERIEAU 1y

Did it with rye because hadn't Bourbon in the bar at the time, benedictine and Smoked vanilla bitter from french bitter brand "Beeter" to twist it. Had to restrain meself from having a second it was so good. Rich, still with the woody-herbs hints from the Benedictine, enhancing flavours from the Rye.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

Damn tasty with simple Four Roses and Fee Bros bitters. Brand choices will clearly skew the results, but oh yeah it's good.

Chris Lamb Premium Member 3y

Just an FYI that the 'Review' section mentions '15ml of 15% alc./vol. liqueuer,' but Bénédictine D.O.M. is 40%, not 15%.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Thanks, Chris. Now corrected.

Stuart Reeve 3y

Excellent, for me superior to the traditional Old Fashioned. The herbaceous flavours of the Benedictine work incredibly well with a strong bourbon like Jim Beam Black Label, really makes for a very refined and complex cocktail.