151 Old-Fashioned
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Courtesy of David Alan of the Tipsy Texan
In the latter days of the 20th century, the old-fashioned came to be known as a whiskey cocktail sweetened with muddled fruit and bitters. In an earlier time "old fashioned" referred to a type of preparation that resembled the earliest combination of ingredients to be called a cocktail. Here, I've taken very stout rum and prepared it in the way of an "old fashioned" cocktail: diluted with a little water, slightly sweetened and flavored with bitters and citrus zest. No muddling required.
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Cocktail
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1/2 ounce filtered water
- 1 1/2 ounce Lemon Hart 151 Rum
- 1 dash The Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas’ Own Decanter Bitters or Angostura Bitters
- 1 dash Regan’s Orange Bitters
- 1 strip of orange zest
- 1 strip of lemon zest
151 Old-Fashioned Directions
- Place the sugar in the bottom of a mixing glass, add the water and stir until dissolved (more water is used here than usual due to the high proof of the spirit).
- Add the rum and bitters and stir to chill.
- Remove the orange and lemon zest and twist over a double old-fashioned glass to express the oils.
- Drop the zests into the glass and pour in the chilled cocktail. Garnish with several large ice cubes.
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