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Islay Old Fashioned

Name: Islay Old Fashioned
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 75 ml Peated malt whisky; 10 ml Brown sugar syrup; 3 dash Creole bitters

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Ingredients
2 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Peated single malt whisky
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
3 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

How to make

Glass

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Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

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

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon 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 Islay Old Fashioned contains 201 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
29.89% alc./vol. (59.79° proof)
25.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

In late 2014, Eliot Cole sent me an email saying, "one of my favourite drinks ever was an Old Fashioned made with Laphroaig (possibly quarter cask)... it was made at Hotel Delmano in Williamsburg, Brooklyn". Thanks to Eliot I took to the bar and, with a nod to David Embury's preference for Peychaud's bitters with whisk(e)y in my mind, made this tasty Old Fashioned.
See: Old-Fashioned cocktail history

Review

Given its name, obviously, this cocktail was originally based on Islay peated malt whisky, but as they'd say on the BBC, "other peated whiskies are available". Choose judiciously, and this Old Fashioned will be delicious.

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Comments & Discussion

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Caspian Berggren Premium Member 46w

I usually like my scotch neat but this was a fantastic way of drinking it if you're not in the mood for a neat glass. I didn't read the description beforehand but I also used Laphroaig QC and am ready to agree with mr Cole, this might be my favourite Old Fashioned...

Peter M Premium Member 1y

Laphroaig 10 works great for this.

Seán Cassidy 3y

Oh this is exceptional.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Wanted an Old Fashioned for World Cocktail Day that we had not tried. While I am not big on smoky flavours in my cocktail, decided to try. Really enjoyed this cocktail. You need to use a good quality Islay. The sugar syrup does soften the smoky and the Peychaud the sweetness. Very well balanced.

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