As with the Martini, the glass this cocktail is served in has taken the name of the drink. Its origin stems from the adaptation and renaming of a similar drink known as the Whisky Cocktail which was shaken and served up. Who did the adapting and renaming is unknown.
Old Fashioned (IBA)
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As with the Martini, the glass this cocktail is served in has taken the name of the drink. Its origin stems from the adaptation and renaming of a similar drink known as the Whisky Cocktail which was shaken and served up. Who did the adapting and renaming is unknown.
Recipe Source
Recipe source: International Bartenders Association
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Ingredients: Old Fashioned (IBA)
Ingredients
Whiskey · ingredient
Bitters · ingredient
Sugar - Cube · ingredient
Water · ingredient
Prep: Plain
Garnish
Cherry · supply
Orange · supply
Prep: Half Slice
Drinkware
Old Fashioned · tool
Tool
Muddler · tool
1
Spoon · tool
Prep: Stirring
Show 1
Steps: Old Fashioned (IBA)
1
Place
1 min
Place sugar cube in old-fashioned glass and saturate with bitters, add a dash of plain water.
2
Muddle
1 min
Muddle until dissolve.
Press gently to release oils — don't pulverize. You want flavor, not bitterness.
3
Fill
1 min
Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whiskey.
Fill the glass with fresh ice before adding ingredients.
Recommended Bitters
Materials
Angostura Aromatic Bitters · ingredient
Angostura bitters is a concentrated bitters, or botanically infused alcoholic mixture, made of water, 44.7% ethanol, gentian, herbs and spices, by House of Angostura in Trinidad and Tobago.
1
Peychaud's Bitters · ingredient
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cocktail · recipe
Old Fashioned (IBA)
5 min · 1 cocktail
Origin
USA, early 1800s. The original cocktail — the definition of the word. First documented in 1806.
Rating
3
Recipe Source
International Bartenders Association
Materials
Ingredients
Whiskey · ingredient
Bitters · ingredient
Sugar - Cube · ingredient
Water · ingredient
Prep: Plain
Garnish
Cherry · supply
Orange · supply
Prep: Half Slice
Drinkware
Old Fashioned · tool
Tool
Muddler · tool
1
Spoon · tool
Prep: Stirring
Show 1
Steps
1
Place
1 min
Place sugar cube in old-fashioned glass and saturate with bitters, add a dash of plain water.
2
Muddle
1 min
Muddle until dissolve.
Press gently to release oils — don't pulverize. You want flavor, not bitterness.
3
Fill
1 min
Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whiskey.
Fill the glass with fresh ice before adding ingredients.