Our Family Recipes

The Old Fashioned was originally called the Whiskey Cocktail. Bartenders began tweaking the recipe with various liqueurs and other ingredients. Some patrons grew tired of these new recipes and began asking for a whiskey cocktail made the Old-Fashioned way.

Today, bartenders have created Old Fashioned cocktails with spirits other than whiskey, see recipes below. Regardless of the recipe, the instructions to make the cocktails are the same.

Instructions

1. Build in a Lowball glass, stir until chilled.
2. For a Brandy Old Fashioned, garnish with a Maraschino cherry and orange peel.
3. For a rye whiskey Old Fashioned, garnish with a dark cherry and lemon peel.
4. For all others, garnish with a dark cherry and orange peel.

Classic Old Fashioned

• 1/2 oz simple syrup, 1 tsp sugar, or 1 sugar cube
• If granulated or cube sugar add a splash of water
• 2  dashes orange bitters
• 2 oz bourbon or rye whiskey
• Large format ice 

Brandy Old Fashioned (Wisconsin)

• 1/2 oz simple syrup, 1 tsp sugar, or 1 sugar cube
• Muddle 1 slice of orange, cut into quarters, and 2 Maraschino cherries.
• 2  dashes Angostura bitters
• 2 oz Korbel brandy (California) or Cognac (France)
• Cubbed or crushed ice 

Gin Old Fashioned

• 1/2 oz elderflower liqueur
• 2  dashes orange bitters
• 2 oz gin
• Large format ice 

Tequila Old Fashioned

• 1/4 oz agave nectar
• 2  dashes Angostura bitters
• 2 oz Mezcal tequila
• Large format ice 

Rum Old Fashioned

• 1/2 oz falernum liqueur
• 2  dashes chocolate bitters or orange bitters
• 2 oz aged dark rum
• Large format ice 

Canadian Old Fashioned

• 1/2 oz maple syrup
• 2  dashes Angostura bitters
• 2  dashes orange bitters
• 2 oz Canadian whisky
• Large format ice