Alexander describes the cocktail similarly in 1833, as he encountered it in New York City, as being rum, gin, or brandy, significant water, bitters, and sugar, though he includes a nutmeg garnish as well. In the, issue, the paper's editor wrote that it was a potent concoction of spirits, bitters, water, and sugar it was also referred to at the time as a bittered sling and is essentially the recipe for an old fashioned. The first documented definition of the word "cocktail" was in response to a reader's letter asking to define the word in the, issue of The Balance and Columbian Repository in Hudson, New York.
Embury's The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.Īn old fashioned was one of the simpler and earlier versions of cocktails, before the development of advanced bartending techniques and recipes in the later part of the 19th century. It is also one of six basic drinks listed in David A. It is traditionally served with ice in an old fashioned glass (also known as a rocks glass).ĭeveloped during the 19th century and given its name in the 1880s, it is an IBA Official Cocktail. The old fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and water, adding whiskey (typically rye or bourbon), and garnishing with an orange slice or zest and a cocktail cherry. † Old fashioned recipe at International Bartenders Association Garnish with orange slice or zest, and a cocktail cherry. Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whiskey.
Place sugar cube in old fashioned glass and saturate with bitter, add few dashes of plain water.
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