re: So I ordered an old-fashioned last night, and bartender puts rock candy in it

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bartender puts rock candy in it

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That's why you don't order old fashioneds in Gatlinburg.

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I don't mind if they use a splash of cherry juice instead of a cherry because I like to take the fruit out after muddling and it's harder to remove the cherry carcass.

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Nahh I'll use cherry juice sometimes too.. shits good (especially luxardo), I wont deny it. But missy doesnt understand that a tradional OF doesnt have any of that shite.

Yea, that was bad. A cherry, cherry juice AND grenadine? I got a toothache just reading it.

I don't care if that's how she likes it, but that's nowhere near the original recipe.

I had a bad ole fashion at restraunt calla last Saturday. Didnt really have any sugar and hardly any ice, tons of bitters though. Did not pair well with the filet tar tar at all.

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How about you stick to drinking them

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Deal

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I'll stick to making them

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Please. No.

Where is this place that has rock candy in an old fashion that's blasphemy

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I don't mind if they use a splash of cherry juice instead of a cherry because I like to take the fruit out after muddling and it's harder to remove the cherry carcass.

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Which is why you generally don't muddle the cherry - you can't get the skin out unless you strain it. Muddling the orange peel - one small sliver or curl - with the sugar cubes & bitters is a better technique & gives a taste of sweet citrus without making it taste like whiskey & orange juice. Lemon is sometimes preferred by the customer, but he will usually tell you when he orders since most people drinking old fashioneds usually know orange is the standard ingredient.

Some bartenders use cherry juice in place of grenadine, but tend to be heavy handed with the juice, or worse, add both. This is why a scant amount of grenadine is floated over the top by drizzling it over the back of a spoon. It's really not even a tsp. - only enough to give a hint of sweetness & reddish color.

Also, as I said, ginger ale, simple syrup, or 7-up/Sprite is not an ingredient of the standard, original recipe included in the "Bartender's Bible." A splash of club soda is used because it makes the drink taste "lighter," but doesn't add any extra sweetness.

An original old fashioned shouldn't be overly sweet or "syrupy." There are only hints of sweet & tart but they do not "hide" the flavor of the whiskey; they enhance it.

I don't care if it's muddled, puddled or chewed, somebody make me multiples.

Posted towards the vagina in the OP, just didn't feel like clicking back to irst page to reply. Seemed to strike a nerve though.

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Some bartenders use cherry juice in place of grenadine, but tend to be heavy handed with the juice, or worse, add both. This is why a scant amount of grenadine is floated over the top by drizzling it over the back of a spoon. It's really not even a tsp. - only enough to give a hint of sweetness & reddish color.

Also, as I said, ginger ale, simple syrup, or 7-up/Sprite is not an ingredient of the standard, original recipe included in the "Bartender's Bible." A splash of club soda is used because it makes the drink taste "lighter," but doesn't add any extra sweetness.

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Here is the "Bartender's Bible" recipe you're quoting:

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Into an old-fashioned glass put a small cube of sugar, a dash of Angostura bitters, a teaspoon of water and muddle well. Add 2 oz. Old Thompson blended Whiskey. Stir. Add twist of lemon peel and ice cubes. Decorate with slice of orange, lemon, and a cherry. Serve with a swizzle stick.



Bartenders Bible (1991) by Gary Regan

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Shockingly, there's no mention of grenadine.