The Old Fashioned Cocktail is the Very First Cocktail – and one of our personal favorites.
Our version of the Classic Old Fashioned Cocktail recipe is one I concocted to be quick, easy and consistent to make, with ingredients that I can always have ready – and be delicious, of course. And it is all of those. For these reasons I call my version “The Everyday Old Fashioned”.
Photo by Mark
Old Fashioned Cocktail
A Classic Cocktail Recipe
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Old Fashioned Cocktail
The description of an Old Fashioned Cocktail recipe – “a potent concoction of spirits, bitters, water and sugar” first appeared in print in 1806. At that time any combination of a spirit, bitters, water and sugar was known as an old fashioned cocktail – or just cocktail.
The specific Old Fashioned recipe – with bourbon or other whiskey – that we enjoy today is claimed to have been invented at The Pendennis Club, a gentleman’s club founded in 1881 in Louisville, Kentucky. With its conception rooted in the city’s history, in 2015 the city of Louisville named the Old Fashioned as its official cocktail.
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The Old Fashioned Cocktail is a mainstay on the menu of every High End Restaurant. That’s because this classic cocktail pairs so well with Steaks and Seafood.
Try these High End Restaurant Steak and Seafood Recipes with Your Old Fashioned Cocktail
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- Seasons 52 Cedar-Planked Salmon Recipe
- McCormick & Schmick’s Seared Scallops with Mushroom Ragout Recipe
Here are a few Delicious Gastro Pub and Bar Food Recipes for You to Try
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- English Pub-Style Beer Battered Fish and Chips Recipe
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The Old Fashioned
You will need These Liquors, Bitters and Mixers to make this Old Fashioned Recipe
- Bourbon — To See ALL of Our Cocktails that include Bourbon – Click HERE
- Simple Syrup — To See ALL of Our Cocktails that include Simple Syrup – Click HERE
- Angostura, Orange and Cherry Bitters — To See ALL of Our Cocktails that include Bitters – Click HERE
Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe
Our version of the Classic Old Fashioned Cocktail recipe is one I concocted to be quick, easy and consistent to make, with ingredients that I can always have ready - and be delicious, of course. And it is all of those. For these reasons I call my version "The Everyday Old Fashioned"
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Materials
- 2 ounces Bourbon or Whiskey of choice
- 1/4 to 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
- 1 dash Orange Bitters
- 1 dash Cherry Bitters
- Orange Peel to garnish
- Cocktail Cherry to garnish
Instructions
- Add all ingredients, except orange peel and cherry, to an Old Fashioned, Rocks of other glass, of choice.
- Add large ice cube or several smaller cubes. Stir to mix and chill.
- Twist orange peel over glass. Drop into glass.
- Add cherry.
- Serve.
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Old Fashioned Cocktail
A Classic Cocktail Recipe
To See ALL of Our Classic Cocktail Recipes - Click HEREThe Old Fashioned Cocktail Family
Throughout the many years it has been around, The Old Fashioned Cocktail has inspired many Bartenders, Restaurants and talented Home Enthusiasts to create their own versions of the cocktail and to experiment with new flavors and mixtures. The Old Fashioned has a HUGE Family.
To See ALL of Our The Old Fashioned Cocktail Family Recipes – Click HERE
Be Sure to Try These Other Delicious Cocktail Recipes
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- Bonefish Grill Mojito Recipe
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Luxardo Gourmet Maraschino Cherries
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They’ve perfected the cocktail cherry, transforming it from a garnish to an essential ingredient. It’s amazing how one little piece of fruit can kick ordinary recipes and drinks into overdrive. An exclusive Italian import, they’ve been used by top pastry chefs around the globe for years.
If you really care about your recipes and cocktails, you’ve gotta try these incredible cherries.
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The Old-Fashioned
A complete history of one of the world’s most iconic cocktails with more than 40 recipes for classic variations as well as contemporary updates.
No single cocktail is as iconic, as beloved or as discussed and fought-over as the Old-Fashioned. Its formula is simple: just whiskey, bitters, sugar and ice. But how you combine those ingredients – in what proportion, using which brands, and with what kind of garnish – is the subject of much impassioned debate.
The Old-Fashioned is the spirited, delightfully unexpected story of this renowned and essential drink: its birth as the ur-cocktail in the nineteenth century, darker days in the throes of Prohibition, re-ascension in the 1950s and 1960s (as portrayed and re-popularized by Don Draper on Mad Men), and renaissance as the star of the contemporary craft cocktail movement.
Also featured are more than forty cocktail recipes, including classic variations, regional twists and contemporary updates from top bartenders around the country. All are accessible, delicious, and elegant in their simplicity, demonstrating the versatility and timelessness of the Old-Fashioned formula.
With its rich history, stunning photography, and impeccable recipes, The Old-Fashioned is a celebration of one of America’s greatest bibulous achievements. It is a necessary addition to any true whiskey- or cocktail-lover’s bookshelf and destined to become a classic on par with its namesake beverage.
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Photo of Old Fashioned Cocktail is by Mark and is free to use and share under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) License. Recipe is our original variation of a traditional recipe. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.
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