Name: Dante's Old Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 25 ml Amaro; 10 ml Honey and water syrup; 2 dash Pimento bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Dante's Old Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
⁵⁄₆ oz	Amaro Montenegro
¹⁄₃ oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
2 dash	Pimento bitters
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
(No garnish.)

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amaro (e.g. Montenegro) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Dashes of bitters just keep this from wavering onto the sweet side of bittersweet. Honey adds delicate richness to rye whiskey and amaro.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created at Dante in New York City, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Dante's Old Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail contains 179 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
27.12% alc./vol. (27.12° proof)
20.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Greg W

30th November 2024 at 23:31

Quite good. I dialed back the honey syrup on my second mix and found it more to my taste.

Chris Brislawn

21st November 2024 at 03:12

This looked really sweet as written so I cut back a bit on the honey and used a 2:1 ratio of rye:amaro. Good, and still plenty sweet. I'm surprised to see it labeled an "Old Fashioned" since it's very similar to both the Black Manhattan and the Monte Manhattan, with Angostura replaced by pimento bitters (I used pimento dram).

Matt

16th September 2024 at 02:07

I like the rye base, but found the cocktail overly sweet - I think I might dial back the honey syrup some. It was too much like candy for me.

John Hinojos

17th February 2023 at 00:54

This was excellent. The saline solution does help pull out more flavours of the cocktail. The spiciness of the rye shines in this cocktail. On my favourites.

Tomasz Bogusiak

13th January 2023 at 22:20

The salt is what makes a difference in this fabulous cocktail. Didn't have pimento bitters so I ground allspice with sea salt in a mortar and added a bit of hot water to get the flavours extracted. Used the finely strained mixture in place of bitters and saline solution.

lindee horman

14th May 2022 at 07:50

Absolutely delicious… didn’t bother with the saline drops… didn’t have it and impatient to try the drink…loved it and saved it to repeat

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