Making an Old Fashioned Cocktail

With a few variations on the theme

What is an Old Fashioned Cocktail?

It is a cocktail of bourbon, bitters, water and sugar that date back to the 1800s.

Old Fashioned: The classic recipe

– 50 ml Woodford Reserve  – 1 tsp brown sugar – 2 dashes of Angostura bitters – lemon peel for garnish

Black Forrest Old Fashioned

– 50 ml Woodford Reserve  – 1 tsp brown sugar – 2 dashes of chocolate bitters – maraschino cherries for garnish

Spicy Old Fashioned

– 50 ml Woodford Reserve  – 1 tsp cinnamon and star anise infused simple syrup – 2 dashes of bitters – lemon peel for garnish

Smoky Old Fashioned

– 50 ml Woodford Reserve  – 1 tsp brown sugar – 2 dashes of bitters – 3 drops of liquid smoke added to the water used for ice

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