Brandy Old Fashioned (Wisconsin-style)

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Garnish:

Orange wheel slice & Luxardo maraschino cherry sail

How to make:

MUDDLE first 4 ingredients in base of glass. Add brandy and 6oz scoop crushed ice.

Review:

Fruity and lightly sweetened brandy cooled and diluted with crushed ice. What's not to like?

The Brandy Old-Fashioned is often made using Californian brandy and depending on the sweetness of your brandy you may want to reduce the sugar syrup in this recipe. Use a wedge, rather than a slice, of orange as when muddled a slice breaks up too much leaving unsightly debris in the drink.

History:

The muddled fruit Old-Fashioned seems to have arisen due to masking poor quality whiskey during Prohibition and in America lingered as the prevailing way to make an Old-Fashioned into the mid-1990s. Helped by Jeffrey Morganthaler, as muddling fruit in the whisky-based Old-Fashioned has faded so muddling fruit in the brandy brandy-based version has grown in popularity, particularly in Wisconsin where a Brandy Old-Fashioned is considered the state drink.

Nutrition:

One serving of Brandy Old Fashioned (Wisconsin-style) contains 153 calories.

Alcohol content:

• 1.7 standard drinks
• 37% alc./vol. (74° proof)
• 24.3 grams of pure alcohol