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BEVERAGE, Cocktails
Old Fashioned, the elegant cocktail; I.B.A.
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The history of the Old Fashioned cocktail begins at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, a well-known luxury hotel in New York. Colonel James Pepper was a regular at the Waldorf and was a member of the Pendennis Club of Louisville.

Here he had tasted a drink very similar to the Old Fashioned, invented for him who loved old-fashioned whiskey. Once he arrived at Astoria, he taught the barman the recipe they had created for him at Pendennis, giving life to a cocktail that made history.

Ingredients

Whiskey  - 4.5 cl

Sugar - 1 plate

Angry - 2 drops

The Old Fashioned is a cocktail for whiskey enthusiasts and has a long and exciting history. It is a drink classified by the IBA among the unforgettables and was born in New York at the end of the nineteenth century. This is where its name comes from, but also the "old fashioned" glasses in which it is served. It can be prepared with Bourbon or Rye Whiskey, a sugar cube dissolved in the glass, two drops of Angostura, a little soda and some ice.

The alcohol content is very high, around 30 degrees, but the Old Fashioned is still a refined cocktail both for its amber color and for its strong and spicy taste.

How to prepare a perfect Old Fashioned

-       Place a sugar cube in an old fashioned glass and sprinkle it with two drops of angostura

-       Make a splash of soda and crush with the muddler until the sugar is completely dissolved.

-       Add ice until the glass is filled, add the whiskey and mix. 

-       Stir with a bar spoon and decorate the glass with a slice of orange after leaving its  essence on the edge of the glass. 

-       Place a maraschino cherry in the glass and serve the cocktail

Dishes: such as grilled meat and fish but also roast veal or baked first courses.

The Old Fashioned is not a difficult cocktail to prepare but it is necessary to perfectly balance and dilute the ingredients to obtain a well-rounded and elegant drink. If you have difficulty with whiskey, you can also pour it in three batches:  the first third after the splash of soda, the second third after adding ice and the third at the end. Remember, however, to always mix at each step.

Variants

You can use a drop of simple syrup instead of using a sugar cube, while it is not uncommon to see in bars the use of curaçao instead of a splash of soda.

If you don't like orange, you can replace the decorative slice with a lemon one.