Name: Port Old-Fashioned
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 22.5 ml Tawny port; 7.5 ml Maple syrup; 6 drop Abbott's bitters

Port Old-Fashioned
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Bourbon whiskey
³⁄₄ oz	Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Port
¹⁄₄ oz	Maple syrup
6 drop	Bob's Abbotts bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Tawny port - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Bourbon and maple syrup somewhat overwhelm the headline port wine, although it does add an underlying fruitiness to this balanced and tasty riff on an Old-Fashioned.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe discovered at Red Star Tavern in Portland, Oregon, USA.
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Nutrition:

One serving of Port Old-Fashioned contains 214 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
27.37% alc./vol. (27.37° proof)
24.7 grams of pure alcohol

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John Berges

30th December 2023 at 01:34

I've been making something similar to this for many years. The bar I learned it from considered it a riff on a Manhattan and thus named it the "Port Authority, " which is too perfect a name not to share.

Ben Littlechilds

4th June 2022 at 00:39

This was a great cocktail. The port basically was there to round out the bite of the bourbon…basically a smooth old fashion (I used a bonded bourbon).