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The Colonel's Dirty Old-Fashioned (AKA: The Colonel)

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Course Drinks

Equipment

  • bar spoon
  • Mixing glass
  • paring knife
  • cocktail pick
  • Rock's glass

Ingredients
  

  • ½ oz Luxardo cherry juice this is taken from a can or jar of Luxardo cherries.
  • 4 dashes Angostura Cacoa Bitters
  • 1 wedge orange
  • 2 oz High Road Rye Whiskey
  • 2-3 Luxardo cherries
  • 1 twist of orange peel

Instructions
 

  • In a mixing glass, muddle the 1 wedge orange with ½ oz Luxardo cherry juice and 4 dashes Angostura Cacoa Bitters.
  • Add 2 oz High Road Rye Whiskey and ice to the mixing glass. Stir to chill.
  • Strain into a rock's glass over fresh ice.
  • Garnish with an orange peel and a cocktail pick with 2 or 3 Luxardo cherries.

Notes

This is a dirty old-fashioned. A classic old-fashioned does not have fruit in it. Nonetheless, this can be a fine cocktail in its own right. Use a single large cube or sphere of ice when possible.
 
 
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