Honey Old Fashioned

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (11 ratings)

Glass:

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 fl oz Bourbon whiskey
1 fl oz Tennessee whiskey
12 fl oz Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
12 fl oz Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
2 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
3 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

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

How to make:

  1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish:

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

Honey may slightly cloud this cocktail's appearance, but use a good raw honey, and you'll have a much-enriched Old Fashioned. The bourbon and Tennessee whiskey split is to combine the toasty vanilla notes of bourbon with the sweetcorn notes I associate with Tennessee whiskey.

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History:

Created in January 2026 by yours truly.

Nutrition:

One serving of Honey Old Fashioned contains 211 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.9 standard drinks
  • 28.9% alc./vol. (57.81° proof)
  • 26.3 grams of pure alcohol

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18th May at 09:37
Not that good with the Tennessee Whiskey. I recommend splitting the Bourbon and Rye equally instead. You get a much more complex Old Fashioned with the rye and the honey intermingling delightfully, while the Bourbon just adds that right richness.
11th April at 20:54
Absolutely delicious. Loved it. I used an orange garnish instead - which the image suggests - even though the recipe recommends lemon.