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Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe - QUICKEST!!

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How to make an Old Fashioned Click for more recipes: http://blog.cocktailkit.com.au The Old Fashioned is true to the cocktail definition; spirits, bitters, water & sugar. Usually recipes call for a Bourbon or Rye Whiskey but today we’ve used a Hybrid Whiskey – essentially a Bourbon & Scotch blend. Personally I like the sweet spiciness from using a rye whiskey yet this is a good tweak on the classic nonetheless. INGREDIENTS - 60mL Bourbon Whiskey - 10mL Sugar Syrup (2:1) - 2 dashes of Angostura Bitters HOW TO 1. Fill a mixing glass with ice 2. Add ingredients to the mixing glass 3. Stir for 25 seconds or until adequately diluted 4. Strain over fresh ice into a double old fashioned glass 5. Garnish with a twist of orange peel NOTES The original recipe calls for a sugar cube, soaked in bitters and muddled before adding the ice and whiskey. has since published on the 03 03 2017 - 13:55:52 it had been viewed as much 957 Video entitled Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe - QUIC...

Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe - The Whisky Exchange

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The Old Fashioned – strong and simple Made for slow sipping, this vintage cocktail serves to enhance a whiskey’s flavour by adding sweetness, bitters and dilution. History: Adhering to the original definition of a cocktail (spirit, bitters, sugar and water) the Old Fashioned dates back to 1800. What is incredible about the Old Fashioned is how little has changed over the intervening 200 years. In its infancy the drink went by the name Whiskey Cocktail and was actually enjoyed in the morning, as cocktails were, to restore and act as an ‘eye opener’. By 1840 it had gained cult status and was the mark of the young, sophisticated man-about-town. Thirty years later the bartending scene had moved on, and with the addition of new liqueurs, bartenders started to become a little too experimental, adding in dashes of this and that to the Whiskey Cocktail. If this sounded unappealing (which is was) you called out for an Old-fashioned Whiskey Cocktail. Into the 19th century the drink adop...

Old Fashioned - How to Make the Classic Whiskey Cocktail like James Bond (Cocktails & Pussy Galore)

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How to make an Old Fashioned worthy of being called a James Bond cocktail. The series, Cocktails and Pussy Galore, shows you how to drink like 007 using the Ian Fleming books (not the movies) as the source, which takes you beyond the typical James Bond Martini. The Old Fashioned was a drink originally created in the late 1800's as a rebellion against elaborate alcoholic drinks. It was an attempt to go back to an old fashioned style of cocktail. The true definition of a cocktail is said to be a combination of a spirit, bitters, water and sugar. So this, the Sazerac (http://youtu.be/gxYEdsT06uk) and the Cranston (http://youtu.be/8HLMWpvm8Y4) would definitely fit into that definition. The Old Fashioned was, at one time, commonly made with an orange wheel and candied, maraschino cherry mashed up in the base of the drink. Those are often not as great as the recipe I prefer. Also, another common thing that people do is use a sugar cube instead of Simple Syrup (http://youtu.be/62...