Comments on Profile Post by spwath

Just kinda used some tablespoons and a sugar packet from the dining hall, but did have proper bitters. And good whisky. Still didn't taste very good...

It’s an art. Took me until my 30’s to get it right. Now go hit the books. :)

I should make one. Use this recipe

http://ruhlman.com/2012/04/old-fashioned-cocktail-recipe/

I feel like I could just never get the sugar to dissolve, but maybe that's just the cheap sugar Packets (real sugar still) I was using

Bitters help dissolve the sugar, but also I don't like an overly sweet old fashioned. Could try a teaspoon of hot water to dissolve or simple syrup if it bugs you

I thought I had lemons but i was wrong. So lemonless old fashioned. Not bad but I think I prefer a sazarac.

The whiskey also means a lot. Typically I'll use a bourbon.

Ideal Old Fashioned foundational recipe:

2 oz Bourbon
.25 oz simple syrup. I make mine with Demerara sugar and water, equal parts, warmed on the stove until the sugar just dissolves and then store in my frig.
2 dashes Angostura, 2 dashes Pechaud's bitters (one is a binding bitter the other highlights the citrus)
Lemon peel

combine ingredients in a mixing glass, stir for 15 seconds over ice, transfer to an ice filled rocks glass.

Express the lemon peel over the surface of the drink then rub the peel over the rim of the glass and drop inside. Enjoy.

Copy & pasted @Cryptowolf