Name: Añejo Old Fashioned
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Añejo tequila; 7.5 ml Agave syrup; 8 drop Margarita Bitters

Añejo Old Fashioned
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Patrón Añejo tequila
¹⁄₄ oz	Agave syrup
8 drop	Difford's Margarita Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

A hint of agave syrup sweetness and dilution from the stirred ice knocks back the spirit's fire while opening and releasing agave flavours. (If you don't have Margarita bitters then Angostura Aromatic Bitters will do.)

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AKA: Tequila Old Fashioned

History:

See Old-Fashioned cocktail history.

Nutrition:

One serving of Añejo Old Fashioned contains 155 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
27.99% alc./vol. (27.99° proof)
19 grams of pure alcohol

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Morten Carlsbaek

14th April 2024 at 13:49

Amazing cocktail. Used tequila reposado swapping 5 ml with cognac (had no tequila anejo), otherwise as in recipe. Came out really good. Love this mellow, fullfilling, old fashioned drink!

Matt Ciavarella

26th July 2023 at 00:13

Try using chocolate bitters of some kind (I've been using Fee Brothers Aztec Chocolate Bitters) it makes for a wonderful flavor.

Gabrielle14

15th July 2023 at 00:22

Thanks! The shop in the link is down. So can’t buy them here in the US until I go to England in the fall. Any more guidance on what bitters to mix along with lavender make margarita bitters, would be much appreciated.

Simon Difford

15th July 2023 at 08:05

I've just checked and link to cocktailier.com, the USA distributor, is working on our Margarita Bitters page and they have stocks.

Craig J

8th July 2023 at 05:17

I don't have Margarita Bitters and Angostura are not my favourite, so tried 8 drops of Bob's Chocolate Bitters instead - worked a treat for me

Gabrielle14

6th July 2023 at 20:49

What bitters, along with lavender, can I mix to get closest to margarita bitters? I can't buy margarita bitters in the USA.

Simon Difford

7th July 2023 at 07:22

Our Margarita Bitters are more complex than that and happily are available in the USA from cocktailier.com. Please click Difford's Margarita Bitters in the recipe above to go to our page with direct link to USA store.

Dael Yoann

6th April 2023 at 17:07

"... Dont have margarita bitters then angostura aroma..."
What about lavender bitter? Is this a good substitution?

Simon Difford

7th April 2023 at 12:13

Yes, I'd try 4 drops rather than 8.

John Hinojos

10th July 2022 at 00:08

This is outstanding. The Difford's Margarita bitters make this burst with flavour. The anejo tequila comes across very mellow. Allow this cocktail to breath and blend. You will be rewarded with a very plesant surprise.

Melissa Demian

20th January 2022 at 23:01

This really is more than the sum of its parts. A great drink in which the tequila punch is forced to sneak up on you, worth all the stirring and ice-adding even if, like me, you are thinking "Why is he making me do this" while doing it.