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Saturday, November 11, 2017

Cheers | an Old Fashioned.

When my sister was over last Saturday, we were talking cocktails (as we do), and she mentioned that this is Old Fashioned Week. Great, I thought, that will be the perfect recipe to share for next week's Cheers - fully expecting that she would treat me to her version (and allow a few photos) when we met at her house for knitting on Wednesday. Well... she forgot (we enjoyed a very tasty pomegranate cider margarita instead) and I was on my own! She did send me a few recipes Thursday evening
um, yikes! I had no idea there was so much variation in recipes!
and we agreed the more traditional approach (i.e., not a fruit salad) was best.

I decided to use Cointreau to take some pressure off the orange peel muddling step, but kept the rest of the ingredients and preparation simple.

Old Fashioned

1 sugar cube
Angostura bitters
1/4 oz Cointreau
1/4 oz water
1 orange peel (I used a vegetable peeler and was able to get mine about 1" x 2")
2 oz bourbon

Place the sugar cube in the bottom of a rocks glass. Add two dashes of bitters, Cointreau and water, then muddle to dissolve the sugar. Add the orange peel when the sugar is almost dissolved and muddle it, too.

Add ice (I don't have those fancy big cubes, but one of those would be perfect; I used a small handful of the cubes from my ice maker), then bourbon and stir.

Pairs well with a fire (and some easy knitting 😉).

Now that I'm getting more comfortable with bourbon cocktails, I'm looking forward to the Fairytale of New York (shared in a previous Cheers post). That Winter Warmth syrup is a great mix-in for all sorts of holiday cocktails... and of course a batch mixed up now will take you into the new year!

Happy Saturday!

8 Comments:

Anonymous Juliann said...

It would be so lovely to come for cocktails and knitting.

Saturday, 11 November, 2017  
Anonymous Patty said...

Looks good Mary! Thank-you! (Yahoo and iPhone are not getting along right now so I️ can’t send emails! ��)

Saturday, 11 November, 2017  
Blogger margene said...

I have the fancy big ice cubes, but no Cointreau (or sugar cubes-come to think of it), but this cocktail sounds right up my alley!

Saturday, 11 November, 2017  
Blogger Bonny said...

I don't have any ice cubes, nor any of the other ingredients except oranges, but that last photo makes it look very worthwhile to go get them! (And maybe pomegranate cider, too ...)

Saturday, 11 November, 2017  
Blogger AsKatKnits said...

I loved Old Fashioned week, and imbibed accordingly this week! I find that I prefer simple syrup to a sugar cube, plus it is easier. And, we also found that we loved the flavor that a nice rye whiskey. It was certainly a fun week to sip and savor!

Saturday, 11 November, 2017  
Blogger Penny said...

Sounds good as does the fire (brr it's freezing here 28 degrees) and some easy knitting!

Saturday, 11 November, 2017  
Blogger Honoré said...

I'm not an old-fashioned gal...but I could easily enjoy a glass of somethin' settled in before the fire among good friends...especially over this weekend. It's been downright c-o-l-d here these past 48+ hours...
Cheers~

Sunday, 12 November, 2017  
Blogger Lydia said...

ohhh and a pretty glass to!

Sunday, 12 November, 2017  

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