Name: Old Fashioned (no sugar and low-calorie)
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Bourbon whiskey; 10 ml Sugar-free sweetener syrup; 3 dash Aromatic bitters

Old Fashioned (no sugar & low-calorie)
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₃ oz	Sugar-free sweetener syrup
3 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters optional

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Garnish: Orange zest twist

How to make:

STIR half the bourbon with three ice cubes (dry to the touch well-frozen ice, not wet ice) directly in serving glass. Add the rest of bourbon, sugar-free syrup, bitters and two more ice cubes. STIR some more and add another two ice cubes. And if you have room, add more ice before serving.

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Review:

Despite being made with a dash of sweetener rather than sugar this is a very palatable Old Fashioned and many will not be able to differentiate between the classic sugar-loaded version.

Adding aromatic bitters will help the cocktail's flavour but, depending on the bitters used, is likely to add trace amounts of sugar.

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History:

Adapted from the classic serve by yours truly in January 2019.
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Nutrition:

One serving of Old Fashioned (no sugar & low-calorie) contains 124 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
29.61% alc./vol. (29.61° proof)
18 grams of pure alcohol

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Scott McIsaac

5th December 2022 at 13:36

Thanks for the reply. I'm still puzzled by your "add whiskey", though, since you only list one measure of bourbon. Do you stir the bourbon with ice in a mixing glass and then strain or pour into a separate serving glass and add more to taste, or do you divide the one measure of bourbon and mix it in two separate steps?

Simon Difford

5th December 2022 at 15:42

Agreed. Was a little confusing. By whiskey, I meant the rest of the bourbon but I've amended to hopefully make more understandable.

Scott McIsaac

5th December 2022 at 03:33

This doesn't sound right. Stir bourbon with ice, then add (more) whiskey, then add sugar (not sugar-free) syrup? (I make a sugar-free Old Fashioned by muddling a packet of Equal or Splenda sugar-free sweetener in a rocks glass with a splash of water until it dissolves, then adding whiskey, bitters, and ice, and stirring. Garnish with orange peel and/or maraschino cherry. It works well with rye, bourbon, or Irish whiskey, depending on your taste.)