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Old Fashioned Appetizer

Name: Old Fashioned Appetizer
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Bourbon whiskey; 30 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh; 5 ml Orange Curaçao; 5 ml Orange juice; 5 ml Pineapple juice; 2 dash Absinthe; 1 dash Creole bitters

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
1 fl oz	Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Pineapple juice
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Classico Margot 25cl Old Fashioned

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare lemon zest twist, skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry and pineapple wedge for garnish.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
Garnish with a skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry and pineapple wedge placed on the rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Old Fashioned Appetizer contains 120 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
22.25% alc./vol. (44.5° proof)
16.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe in Hugo R. Ensslin's 1917 Recipes for Mixed Drinks (2nd Edition). (It may have also appeared in his 1916 first edition.)

OLD FASHIONED APPETIZER
Use old fashioned glass.
Cube of Ice
½ jigger Rye or Bourbon
½ jigger Dubonnet
2 dashes Curacao
2 dashes Absinthe
1 slice Orange
1 slice Pineapple
1 piece Lemon Peel
1 dash Peychaud Bitters
Serve with a small bar spoon in glass.
Hugo R. Ensslin, Recipes for Mixed Drinks, 1917

Review

A fruity Old Fashioned meets a Sweet Manhattan.

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Byrrh Grand Quinquina 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
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Ferrand Dry Curacao 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
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La Fee Parisienne absinthe 200ml - makes 320 cocktails
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$3.93 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Randy Corvin Premium Member 1y

Trying to find some Dubonnet to order but can Lillet Rouge be used in a pinch?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Lillet Rouge is worth a try, Randy.