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Honey Old Fashioned

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

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (12)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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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

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

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 (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

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 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

History

Created in January 2026 by yours truly.

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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Comments & Discussion

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Chris Dimal 3 months ago

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.

Dave Driver 4 months ago

Absolutely delicious. Loved it. I used an orange garnish instead - which the image suggests - even though the recipe recommends lemon.

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