re: Best Bourbon for an Old Fashioned

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Bulleit Rye

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My favorite too.

If you want bourbon that is easy to find,

Old Grand Dad Bottled in Bond and Old Forrester Bottle in Bond

I like to use Wild Turkey 101. Solid value, good proof for cocktails.

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Best Bourbon for an Old Fashioned

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I use Wild Turkey 101.

I prefer Rye for my old fashion

Regular Old Grand Dad. 80 proof so you can drink several. About $17 a bottle. And makes an unbelievable old fashioned.

I typically use Wild Turkey 101 for my bourbon cocktails. In fact, I'm drinking a Wild Turkey 101 Old Fashioned right now. It's a little more... rough and tumble than a lot of bourbons, so I find it works well in an Old Fashioned, like a rye whiskey might if you're looking for less sweetness.

Pikesville Rye 110 proof is excellent
So is Old Pepper Rye

So this peaked my interest and went looking at diff recipes and some of them went into the history. Initially Rye whiskey was the original version of the Old Fashioned.
I believe when that became harder to obtain bourbon became the standard.
You guys got me in the mood for old fashions. I'll have to buy me some sugar cubes, bitters, muddler, Luxardo cherries and oranges this weekend.