Name: Almond Old Fashioned (bourbon based)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 10 ml Amaretto liqueur; 5 ml Brown sugar syrup; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Almond Old Fashioned (bourbon based)
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₃ oz	Disaronno amaretto
¹⁄₆ oz	Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of toasted almonds.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with toasted almonds.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

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Review:

Bourbon's sweet notes are lifted and amplified by amaretto's almond flavours. For a slightly drier, more complex version of this cocktail, try a Toasted Almond Old Fashioned.

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Variant:

Tequila-based Almond Old-Fashioned

History:

See history of the Old-Fashioned cocktail.

Nutrition:

One serving of Almond Old Fashioned (bourbon based) contains 203 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
31.31% alc./vol. (31.31° proof)
23.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Annechien

20th January at 16:07

Made this with Elijah Craig Small Batch. Smells heavenly and tastes quite nice. I’m definitely interested now in trying the toasted and smoked version also.

Morten Carlsbaek

15th December 2024 at 22:32

I like bourbon. I like almonds (and marcipan). After finishing this cocktail, yes got used to it, but it does not bring the best out in the ingredients. In other words, no second round here. Sorry.

Chris Jones

23rd November 2024 at 08:49

I can’t find the sugar syrup for sale. Can I just mix brown sugar and water instead?

Frederic D.

16th December 2024 at 00:21

Just mix 2 measures of turbinado sugar to 1 of water in a saucepan, heat and stir until the sugar has fully dissolved, let cool completely, bottle and refrigerate. You can also use regular brown sugar, although turbinado is not that hard to find. I would highly recommend making your own syrup in general, it's much cheaper than buying it, and you can customize it as you see fit, or make different batches for different use cases.