Replace the brown sugar with a teaspoon of spice-infused simple syrup. Make a simple syrup using 1 unit of sugar and 1 unit of boiling water. Garnish with maraschino cherries. This variation complements and enhances the chocolate and cherry notes of the Woodford Reserve bourbon and gives it a Black Forest cake feel. Switch the Angostura bitters for chocolate bitters. Variations on the Old Fashioned Theme Black Forrest Old Fashioned Recipe Put brown sugar and bitters into a rock glass.Īdd the Woodford Reserve bourbon and stir again. 50 ml Woodford Reserve Distiller’s Select.A bold and smooth bourbon.Īlso Read: Mint Julep Cocktail The Classic Old Fashioned Recipe Hints of oak balanced with a few cherries and cinnamon spice. It has notes of honey sweetness with apricots and dark chocolate. Woodford Reserve BourbonĪn outstanding bourbon when you are in the mood for something sweet and bold. The recipe is said to have been invented by a local bartender, in honour of a prominent bourbon distiller who brought the recipe to the internationally acclaimed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. According to research, it was founded at The Pendennis Club, a gentlemen’s club in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a blend of bourbon, bitters, water and sugar that date back to the 1800s. I spend some time to create a few variations on the theme to highlight specific elements of the Woodford Reserve Bourbon. The creativity in cocktails that I have seen over the last couple of years shows how mature the industry is becoming. I love watching the mixologists put their own twists on the theme. Old Fashioned cocktail enthusiasts took the opportunity to celebrate this delicious cocktail in a variety of shapes. More home-based than previous years perhaps, but with just as much enthusiasm. Despite Covid, this year was no exception. Thank goodness.Old Fashioned Week is celebrated around the globe during the beginning of November. “You don't want to assume the Old Fashioned is his and the shaken cocktail is hers, which it often isn't.”Ĭocktail culture evolves, and classic whiskey drinks like the Old Fashioned don't exude exclusionary male-ness the way they used to. “We get a lot more women ordering traditional Old Fashioneds, and so I definitely see a lot more diversity,” says Annie Beebe-Tron, bar manager at the Ladies’ Room in Chicago. But seeing the Old Fashioned as just a traditionally men's drink is a stiff way to look at it. He made his Old Fashioned the traditional way, at his home bar late at night, then did the Dirty Dancing lift with a love interest-a devastating combo.Īnd perhaps that’s why men, especially younger men, have always flocked to the cocktail: It’s alcoholic comfort food that never lost its cool.
Ryan Gosling’s character in Crazy, Stupid, Love fit that bill, too, with a 21st-Century twist. He embodied the classic aura of Old Fashioned drinkers: stylish, successful, male. Don Draper, ‘60s era marketing bad guy with killer style and ruthless charm, sipped Old Fashioneds made with rye, club soda, and cherry (we’ll allow it). There are two cultural touchpoints that show where we stand with Old Fashioneds these days.
Fortunately, with few ingredients, it's also an easy cocktail to master. The sweetness makes it smoother than a lot of other whiskey-based drinks, though it remains a strong-jawed, spirit-forward option.
Our guess is human beings will be drinking Old Fashioneds until end times, because the damned drink will never not be cool.Īll of which is to say, the Old Fashioned is a cocktail that's been around for a while, and for good reason. Since those sepia-toned days, the Old Fashioned has enjoyed illustrious comebacks as new generations of boozers have fallen for its simple charm. Yes, even the old-timers of the 1880s considered it to be an old-school drink. And 80 years later, the name “Old Fashioned” started getting tossed around in bars to describe said cocktail recipe. It was that particular (and rather unremarkable) recipe that appeared alongside the first-ever printed use of the word “cocktail” way back in 1806. This humble concoction of four ingredients-whiskey, sugar, bitters, and water-is quite literally the cocktail that started it all. You cannot get more classic than a classic Old Fashioned.
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