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Maple Old Fashioned
A spirit-forward sipper that's rich and easy with bourbon mellowed by maple syrup
Charl Engela
21st January 2022 at 19:18
Substituting Canadian Club for the bourbon, and adding a squeeze of grapefruit juice, makes this a Randy’s Old-Fashioned, as used to be on the menu of the wonderful Dragonfly in Edinburgh. One of my favourite drinks in on of my favourite watering holes.
22nd January 2022 at 23:18
Good to hear! Many thanks. I'll add Randy's Old-fashioned as soon as photographed.
22nd January 2022 at 22:16
It was very painstakingly stirred with the syrup and bitters and a large cube of ice, adding the whisky a little at a time. I always tipped the bartender generously!
22nd January 2022 at 22:00
Thanks Charl. I’ve gone with 50ml whiskey, 10ml grapefruit juice, 7.5ml maple syrup and a sash of bitters stirred. However, was this drink shaken or stirred at Dragonfly?
22nd January 2022 at 10:38
It disappeared from the menu for a while but it was definitely there when I lived in Edinburgh in 2014 and 2015. My version as noted watching the bartenders is:
50ml Canadian whisky
1 tsp maple syrup
10 ml freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash grapefruit bitters
Garnish with a twist of grapefruit zest
50ml Canadian whisky
1 tsp maple syrup
10 ml freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash grapefruit bitters
Garnish with a twist of grapefruit zest
22nd January 2022 at 07:56
Thanks Charl. Looks like Randy's Old Fashioned first appeared on Dragonfly's menu in May 2018. Do you know who created it? I'll be sure to try.