We decided to make Old Fashioned cocktails the other night, after we discovered that we had all the necessary ingredients. The recipe originates from George J. Kappeler's formidable book Modern American Drinks: How to Mix and Serve All Kinds of Cups and Drinks, published in 1895.
Old-Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail
Dissolve a small lump of sugar with a little water in a whiskey glass; add two dashes Angostura bitters, a small piece of ice, a piece lemon peel, one jigger whiskey. Mix with small bar spoon and serve, leaving spoon in glass.
A jigger is equal to 1.5 ounces and 44 milliliters.
Everything assembled; we realized that the maraschino cherries were not necessary for the 1895 version after we took the photograph. You can include them if you like, but we garnished with the lemon peel alone.
Before we put in the whiskey. As demonstrated above, we obviously used Bourbon whiskey. Kappeler's recipe doesn't specify what sort to use, but Bourbon is traditionally held to be what one puts into an Old Fashioned.
In conclusion,
A good drink at the proper time
Has a welcome in every clime
-George J. Kappeler, Modern American Drinks: How to Mix and Serve All Kinds of Cups and Drinks, 1895.
The old fashioned was def my fall drink of choice. However non correct I'd like to put in that usually I made it with orange instead of lemon, I also disolved the sugar with the bitters forgoing all the water and sometimes added a small splash of contreau just to supplement the orange. It's makes a tasty beverage.
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