![]() ![]() Places like Bar Vaute, Charleston’s only underground bar, replaces its sweetener with fresh juice and coconut in its Pina Colada Old Fashioned.Ĭheck out these bars downtown that are getting creative with their Old Fashioned recipes. Some have utilized the smokiness of mezcal to either replace or enhance the whiskey in an Old Fashioned like the El Pinto at Dalila’s downtown. Perhaps it fell out of fashion, but today, modern classics like Richie Boccatos American Trilogy combine applejack and rye in an old-fashioned format, which serves the spirits elegant grit well. It is statuesque and will command a wide space. The large deciduous tree lives a long and productive life. It’s very soft on the nose and doesn’t have much of that dusty old leather that you get with a lot of the other bourbons to get into these 10 years.”īut in some bars around Charleston, they’re taking the classic cocktail and spinning it on its head. The Gravenstein Apple Tree grows to a mature height of 15 to 18 feet and a mature width of 12 to 15 feet. It comes out of Alberta, Canada, but then it gets aged in California. “My favorite one up there is Masterson’s. You want the spice from the rye,” Rothenberg said. While Mai likes to stick with bourbon whiskies for an Old Fashioned, others like Dunn and Rothenberg prefer ryes for a spicier taste. So using that, for instance, in the base, as your base spirit … is like the secret ingredient.” “But like, in the wintertime, I’d get the Old Grand Dad 114. Ingredients 2 ounces apple brandy or applejack ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed if possible ounce orange juice ounce maple syrup, Grade A Dark. “One of my favorite whiskies is Old Grand Dad Bottled and Bonded 100 proof,” Mai said. ![]() “In Old Fashioneds, in particular, and Manhattan’s, there’s so few ingredients that the bitters are what design the cocktail,” said Blake Rothenberg, bar manager of The Belmont. The bitters and sugar are added to whiskey to highlight the spirit’s flavor, so fine tasting bitters also make for a tasty Old Fashioned. Using a combination of spirits means getting the benefit of both the spice from the rye and the rich fruit from the applejack, while also substituting brown sugar for a white sugar cube and Regan’s orange bitters for the potentially overpowering Angostura bitters. “To me, it’s one of those cocktails that you can make really, really bad or really, really good.” “There’s a lot of ways to play around with them,” said Ricky Dunn, bar manager of MOMO. Potato Head-type of deal.” And others agree. “And I think because it is so simple, it can kind of be like a Mr. “It’s a super simple drink,” said Michael Mai, current bartender at Post House and co-owner of Huskwell. Finally, garnish with an orange peel or zest. Then, add two ounces of whiskey, ice (either small or big cubes) and stir gently. To prepare this classic cocktail, muddle a sugar cube with a couple of dashes of Angostura bitters and water until dissolved. But many whiskey connoisseurs and mixologists discovered ways to bring new techniques and flavors to the Old Fashioned. The Old Fashioned is a simple cocktail for spirit-forward drinkers, made from whiskey (either bourbon or rye), bitters and sugar. ![]()
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