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The Rye Old-Fashioned. Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman.
My inclination is to simplify. And with this, one of the oldest and sturdiest of cocktails, the old fashioned, should be just that, as Brad Parsons notes in his excellent book
Bitters, and in
my original post on it. Sugar muddled with bitters, ice, American whiskey, and a twist. Brad laments that it's too often gussied up and over-muddled with orange and overly adorned. Brad also notes a nostalgia for the gritty undissolved sugar, but nevertheless recommends simple syrup in his. I am like-minded on all counts.
Except. I splurged on these awesome cherries, "original" maraschinos. Also I really wanted to feature rye whiskey, here
Bulleit rye, a whiskey on the upswing in America. And this great, great cocktail, the ...
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