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Old Fashioned
Rich (medium-dry and spirituous this old-fashioned is all too easy to drink and fortunately, easy to make
Gareth Hives
26th July at 17:02
Had an old fashioned evening yesterday, tried a lot of variations with rye, bourbon, whiskey and rum (it ended up being a long night) and the general consensus among the group who all love their whiskeys was that 12.5ml is too sweet. 10 worked well with rye but for most others 7.5ml sugar syrup was the sweet spot. Literally.
27th July at 13:00
But you don't tell us about the whiskeys Gareth. What did you use? Makes a difference with an Old Fashioned. For example, while Maker's Mark is our workhorse Bourbon for most cocktails, we use Elijah Craig Small Batch for our Bourbon Old Fashioneds. Would have been a fun evening. No cigars?
5th August at 22:12
Sorry Simon missed this. Nothing crazy on the whiskeys , we went with fairly good but still entry level (for a ‘cocktail’). So Red Breast 12 YO and Jamesons triple triple distilled. Cigars are a must have and there were various sizes of Olivas, Zinos, Davidoff Churchill late hours and even a Ghurka at one point 👍🏼
26th July at 17:06
And meant to say that orange bitters were fave over Angostura. Luxardo cherries are also worth their weight in gold by the way, give anything that little extra lusciousness.