Mixing the Old Fashioned

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Hey guys ! So as the title pretty much say it, I tried mixing myself a home made Old Fashioned.
I got the idea while looking for interesting mixes which are whisk(e)y based and as I got a fresh new Monkey Shoulder bottle, it was a no-brainer really 😉

I’m sure you can find a lot of articles online on how this is done, but none of them really tell you what is all the stuff you need to do this properly, at least that is what I found. So, let me tell you about my experience 🙂

So like I said, after getting a Monkey Shoulder bottle, I started looking for interesting mixes that are whisk(e)y based. Since Monkey Shoulder is famous for being a very good whisky which is used in a lot of cocktails nowadays, I though I’d use it for my mix. Oh and if you’re a Mad Men fan, you will know about the Old Fashioned and will appreciate it more 😉

There are a lot of variations of this mix, but the below was my choice.
Let see what you need to get this done right.

All the tools and ingredients you need for an Old Fashioned

 

What you need

1 bottle of whisk(e)y – in my case I choose the Monkey Shoulder
1 bottle of sugar syrup – I got the Monin Pure Cane Sugar
1 Bottle of Orange bitter – I got the Angostura orange bitter – I heard it’s the best for this
1 mixing glass
1 measurement glass
1 tumbler glass
1 Jigger 25ml/50ml
1 mixing spoon
1 orange
1 cherry
1 toothpick
Dry Ice, or just regular ice

 

 

 

Just a note here, you can get the same I got above, or you can have whatever works for you, for instance you don’t have to get all the glasses and jigger and so on, as long as you can measure the ingredients and mix them the right way you should be fine 🙂

 

The end “product” !

 

So, then how do you make it?
Well, there are a lot of recipes on line for this mix, I actually chose the one from Monkey Shoulder’s web site

  1. Add all ingredients to mixing glass
  2. Add cold dry ice and stir
  3. Once dilution is reached strain into glass
  4. Twist orange peel over glass.
  5. Drop the cherry in and you’re done ! You got yourself an Old Fashioned !

I actually pinned an orange slice and the cherry together using a wooden toothpick, you can probably get a more fancy pin for this, but this worked like a charm for me !

You can also squeeze the orange peel over the glass for some extra taste, I added just a few drops of lime in there, it’s absolutely delicious !

 

 

 

Old Fashioned !

Here’s a closer look at the finished mix !

Now it’s your turn, try it ! And let me know about your experience with mixing your very own home-made Old Fashioned 😉

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My name is Andrei, Andrei-Paul Muresan. I’m an IT professional, born in the wonderful year of 1982, in the heart of Transylvania (for people who don’t know, the heart of Transylvania is a city called Cluj-Napoca, located in Eastern Europe, in Romania to be more exact). Here’s a photo of me, just to put a face to the name 😉 I mentioned Transylvania because most people are more likely to know where Transylvania is and not where Romania is 🙂 oh and by the way, vampires, they’re just ghost stories, sorry to disappoint everybody. As you might expect, given my profession, I’m passionate about technology and everything that surrounds it, but I am also a great spirits fan, and when I say spirits I mean scotch, whisk(e)y and cognac, and I also enjoy a good cigar (I never say no to a good cigar). I like to mix all that with a good tune and also a good game, I own a couple of game consoles. I am, by no means, an expert in the scotch/whisk(e)y/cognac/cigar world, but I am keen on learning everything there is to know about it, so I’m launching an invitation to you, to join me in this virtual journey as we learn together.
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