Name: Honey Old Fashioned
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Bourbon whiskey; 30 ml Tennessee whiskey; 15 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Honey and water syrup; 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Honey Old Fashioned
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Glass:

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
1 fl oz	Tennessee whiskey
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₂ 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

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Prepare:

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

How to make:

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

Garnish:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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.

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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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