Name: Añejo Old Fashioned
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Añejo tequila; 7.5 ml Agave syrup; 8 drop Margarita Bitters

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Añejo tequila (100% agave)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Agave syrup (agave nectar)

8 drop

Difford's Margarita Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange 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 Añejo Old Fashioned contains 155 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
27.99% alc./vol. (55.98° proof)
19 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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A J Wilson Premium Member 48w

I wasn’t a fan at first, but with dilution it really opens up. I added a dash of Bogart’s bitters, which compliments the other ingredients nicely. Next time I’ll give it a longer stir before serving.

Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member 2y

Amazing cocktail. Used tequila reposado swapping 5 ml with cognac (had no tequila anejo), otherwise as in recipe. Came out really good. Love this mellow, fullfilling, old fashioned drink!

Matt Ciavarella 3y

Try using chocolate bitters of some kind (I've been using Fee Brothers Aztec Chocolate Bitters) it makes for a wonderful flavor.

Gabrielle14 3y

Thanks! The shop in the link is down. So can’t buy them here in the US until I go to England in the fall. Any more guidance on what bitters to mix along with lavender make margarita bitters, would be much appreciated.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

I've just checked and link to cocktailier.com, the USA distributor, is working on our Margarita Bitters page and they have stocks.

Craig J Premium Member 3y

I don't have Margarita Bitters and Angostura are not my favourite, so tried 8 drops of Bob's Chocolate Bitters instead - worked a treat for me

Gabrielle14 3y

What bitters, along with lavender, can I mix to get closest to margarita bitters? I can't buy margarita bitters in the USA.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Our Margarita Bitters are more complex than that and happily are available in the USA from cocktailier.com. Please click Difford's Margarita Bitters in the recipe above to go to our page with direct link to USA store.

Dael Yoann 3y

"... Dont have margarita bitters then angostura aroma..."
What about lavender bitter? Is this a good substitution?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Yes, I'd try 4 drops rather than 8.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

This is outstanding. The Difford's Margarita bitters make this burst with flavour. The anejo tequila comes across very mellow. Allow this cocktail to breath and blend. You will be rewarded with a very plesant surprise.

Melissa Demian 4y

This really is more than the sum of its parts. A great drink in which the tequila punch is forced to sneak up on you, worth all the stirring and ice-adding even if, like me, you are thinking "Why is he making me do this" while doing it.