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<\/p>\nVic,<\/p>\n
I have been remiss in providing as requested my long-standing recipe for Old Fashioneds. I will admit I first sampled this elixir during my teens from the leftovers in glasses to the kitchen as evenings wore on during my parent\u2019s monthly mixed and female bridge parties. In the beginning I favored my father\u2019s Cuba Libres, but my affection for OF grew exponentially when he started buying and mixing them with better ryes and bourbons.<\/p>\n
W and I followed that pattern settling on Maker\u2019s Mark as our trusted whiskey. With our travels to faraway places, we have come to admire OF using the products of regional distillers\u2019 unique ryes and bourbons while still following the simple recipe below. For example, we have found Balcones Baby Blue Corn whiskey and 100 proof Texas Rye to be revelatory.<\/p>\n
Ingredients<\/p>\n
1 cube natural brown cane sugar
\n3-4 dashes Angostura bitters
\n1-2 teaspoons water
\n1 1\/2 – 2 ounces bourbon
\n1 large square ice cube
\n1 Luxardo or Filthy brand cherry
\n1 large orange peel garnish<\/p>\n
Steps<\/p>\n
Add the bitters and water atop of the sugar cube in a suitable rocks glass
\nMuddle and stir until sugar cube is nearly dissolved
\nAdd the large ice cube then the bourbon and swirl
\nAdd the cherry and gently stir
\nExpress the oil of the orange peel over the glass by twisting it; rub the peel on the glass\u2019s rim; then drop it in<\/p>\n
Below are a few photos of the tools and ingredients. Some of the tools belonged to my father.
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Vic, I have been remiss in providing as requested my long-standing recipe for Old Fashioneds. I will admit I first sampled this elixir during my teens from the leftovers in glasses to the kitchen as evenings wore on during my parent\u2019s monthly mixed and female bridge parties. In the beginning I favored my father\u2019s Cuba […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-island-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19655"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19660,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19655\/revisions\/19660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}