Name: Harvest Old Fashioned
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Calvados apple brandy; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 dash Creole bitters

Harvest Old Fashioned
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Glass:

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange 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 orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

A dry (some may want to up the sugar) spirit-forward riff on a classic Old Fashioned, with rye whiskey providing spirituous spice and calvados appley notes. A tasty after-dinner sipper.

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History:

Old-Fashioned cocktail history

Nutrition:

One serving of Harvest Old Fashioned contains 167 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
31.49% alc./vol. (62.99° proof)
21.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Peter McCarthy

9th November 2024 at 06:07

This was very well balanced (flavors *and* booziness/sweetness) with Wild Turkey 101 Rye & Avallen Calvados.

G. M. Genovese

31st October 2024 at 20:58

This is certainly a solid, distinctive drink with Dad's Hat 90 proof (and Laird's BiB), both in flavor and autumnal aroma. Compared to the dark sugar and orange bitters in an American Trilogy, the cane syrup and Peychaud's just aren't cutting it for me. I have no orange peel on hand though. Maybe that's what's missing.

Miguel Perales

3rd September 2024 at 21:44

Liked the overall flavor, but it was pushing my cocktail sweetness limits. Will try it again with half the amount (1/8 oz/3 ml) rich syrup.

Katie Winder

6th December 2021 at 01:11

I made this with Clear Creek Apple Brandy and with a honey syrup, and it was excellent. I used lots of the Creole bitters, probably 5 dashes, and liked it.

John Hinojos

26th May 2021 at 03:04

Great after dinner drink. I was out of Calvados so I used bottled-in-bond Applejack. With both at 100 proof. Was outstanding.

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