re: Anybody have a good Old Fashioned recipe?

I recently started using this stuff:


LINK

It was a game changer for my OF

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One sugar cube
3-4 dashes bitters
2 dashes orange bitters
Mash up sugar cube into paste
Pour 2-3 oz bourbon/rye
Put scoop of ice cubes in and stir for 20-30 secs until chilled
Pour over clear ice cube
Garnish with Luxardo cherry and peel of orange
Enjoy

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all of this EXCEPT: DO NOT STIR

The point of an OF is to taste the whiskey. Stirring will water it down, thus creating an inferior drink. Just mix the drink as he states, but put a large ice cube if you have it then squeeze an orange peel over the top and rim the glass with it. If you don't have large ice cube then use what you got.

Expressing the orange peel is very important though. Those oils are a big element to the final product and add a subtle but noticeable flavor enhancement.


Again, DO NOT STIR the ice into it. That's the entire point of the large ice cube is to prevent the drink from watering down.

I usually use Bulleit Rye and Bing cherries instead of maraschino. Symple syrup and a few dashes of bitters and keep it simple.

Any bourbon or rye that you prefer. I like Woodford Reserve.

I make a double. I pour 4 ounces of Woodford in a shaker. Add 1 ounce of simple syrup (I use Finest Call Simple Syrup). If too sweet, dial down the simple syrup. If too strong, add simple syrup. Once you get to your taste, remember the pours.

I use Woodford Reserve Spicey Cherry Bitters. It is a game changer. Drop 1/3 of the dropper of Bitters twice into the shaker. Don't use too much bitters. It will over power the bourbon, which you want to taste.



Stir with a bar spoon over small cubed ice. You are trying to chill the drink.

Prepare an old fashion glass with a large square ice cube. Add 2 Luxardo cherries and a little cherry juice from the jar.



Strain mixer glass and pour over old fashion glass.



I've won awards from several friends and bars for this recipe. Sweetness (i.e., simple syrup) depends upon your taste.

If you want only a single, use 2 ozs of bourbon, 1/2 oz of simple syrup and 1/3 of a eye dropper of spiced cherry bitters.



Enjoy. You can thank me later. I just had one. Cheers

You can burn an orange peel, but not necessary. More for show, in my opinion. I don't find that it adds to the taste. I think bitters are the key. Find one you like and stick with it.

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weller rye,

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"one sugar cube, 3-4 dashes bitters, 2 dashes orange bitters
Mash up sugar cube into paste, Pour 2-3 oz bourbon/rye
Put scoop of ice cubes in and stir for 20-30 secs until chilled, Pour over clear ice cube
Garnish with Luxardo cherry and peel of orange
Enjoy"

Exactly like I do it but without all the stirring and I pour over a single large cube. I can see that a simple syrup might be easier and smoother but I like the ritual of mashing the cube. I also like to rub the orange peel around the rim of the glass.

I think he meant Willett

Herbsaint. Here's a neat little trick I learned at a bar once: keep it in a small spray bottle and spray the glass. It coats it perfectly, and you aren't dumping and wasting excess liquid. Great trick