I love the old fashioned cocktail. This is a good recipe but think I like the all bourbon recipe better. Im always a little surprised when I read a negative review about a whiskey followed by "I'll just use it for old fashioneds". Given that this cocktail is mostly whiskey I often use high end bottles and of course it makes a difference. If I'm going to drink I want to really like what I make.
I've yet to have a cocktail with chartreuse (sadly hard to find) or Benedictine (thankfully readily available) that I did not like. This cocktail uses both and is excellent.
Have grown to really like this and several variations. Suze makes a slightly less bitter drink without completely waving the white flag like Aperol. I was surprised that most places in the Italian Alps were not really serving this. Aperol spritz however seamed to be in everyone's hand and Genepy and Grappa also flowed free. But Milano, of course, had me covered.