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Old fashioned or Manhatton (1 Viewer)

Drink of choice

  • Old fashioned

    Votes: 40 93.0%
  • Manhattan

    Votes: 3 7.0%

  • Total voters
    43

BorWhiskey

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What variants of old fasioneds?
Different sugar syrups, different bitters, stuff like that. Nothing too crazy. My favorite variant is:

2 oz rye
.25 oz runamok cinnamon vanilla maple syrup
.25 oz cold brew coffee
3 dashes of chicory pecan bitters

Another good one is:
1 oz rye
1 oz Apple brandy
.5 oz honey syrup (2 parts honey, 1 part water)
3 drops orange bitters

Both served with large clear ice cube.

The Old Fashioned cocktail comes from the original print of the word “cocktail”. It defined it as spirit, sugar, bitters, water. Eventually other cocktails came about so to specify what people wanted they asked for the drink the old fashioned way.

So, a lot of flexibility in how you make your old fashioned. Just keep it balanced.
 

cwessel76

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Libs like manhattans
suck my dick GIF
 

God is a Husker

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If I'm at a nice restaurant or at a bar with an actual bartender that knows how to do more things than pour a beer or make a jack/coke gin/tonic etc. then I will order an Old Fashioned.

If I'm at a place I don't think will make a cocktail correct I will order a bourbon Manhattan.
 

Huskersballz

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Manhattan for me. I used to bartend and it was my signature.

2 parts favorite bourbon
1 part sweet vermouth
Heavy hand black walnut bitters
Small splash of cherry juice straight from the jar
Stirred and then poured over rocks (or up if you prefer) and garnished with a cherry

Straight money
 
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KidsSeeGhosts

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Manhattan for me. I used to bartend and it was my signature.

2 parts favorite bourbon
1 part sweet vermouth
Heavy hand black walnut bitters
Small splash of cherry juice straight from the jar
Shaken and then poured over rocks (or up if you prefer) and garnished with a cherry

Straight money

Shaken manhattan 😵‍💫
 

Tonkasker

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Too many sconnies in my neck of the woods. Gotta be careful ordering an old fashioned or having a buddy make you one.

If you’ve never accidentally had a brandy old fashioned you’re not missing out
 

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