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

Islay Old Fashioned
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Ingredients:
2 ¹⁄₂ oz	Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
¹⁄₃ oz	Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
3 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

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How to make:

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

Strength & taste guide:

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Dry/sour

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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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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

Nutrition:

One serving of Islay Old Fashioned contains 201 calories

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
31.84% alc./vol. (31.84° proof)
27.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Peter McCarthy

25th December 2024 at 03:02

Laphroaig 10 works great for this.

Seán Cassidy

24th August 2023 at 18:26

Oh this is exceptional.

John Hinojos

14th May 2023 at 00:31

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.