Sweet Mash Rye Old-Fashioned
This old-fashioned is is made with super premium Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye. It's minimalistic and intended for those who like it bold, strong and dry.
Equipment
- Mixing glass
- bar spoon
- jigger or measuring cup
- Hawthorne or julep strainer
- paring knife
- Rock's glass
Ingredients
- 1½ oz Hard Truth Sweet Mash Whiskey
- 1 bar spoon granulated sugar slightly heaping
- 1 bar spoon Grand Marnier (the equivalent of 1 and a half dashes)
- 2 dashes Peychaulds Bitters
- 1 lemon twist
- 1 orange twist
Instructions
- Add 1 bar spoon granulated sugar, 1 bar spoon Grand Marnier, 2 dashes Peychaulds Bitters, and 1½ oz Hard Truth Sweet Mash Whiskey to a mixing glass.
- Stir for about sixty seconds (without ice) to dissolve sugar.
- Add ice and stir for another 30 seconds to chill.
- Strain into a rock's glass over a single large cube of ice.
- Garnish with a lemon twist and an orange twist.
Notes
This old-fashioned isn't as sweet as many are accustomed too. It's also sparing on bitters or other flavoring compared to many modern recipes. This old-fashioned is made to show case a super premium spirit and is minimalistic. It's actually very consistent with recipes that circulated in the late nineteenth century towards the turn of the twentieth century.
Note: orange curaçao (represented here by Grand Marnier) was commonly dashed into old-fashioneds (similar to bitters) in the late nineteenth century.