This drink is designated as an IBA Official Cocktail
Old Fashioned
Type:	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume:	Bourbon whiskey
Served:	"On the rocks"; poured over ice
Standard garnish:	Orange slice Lemon twist Two maraschino cherries
Standard drinkware:	Old fashioned glass
IBA specified ingredients†:	4.0 cl. bourbon, Scotch or rye whisky 1 sugar cube 2 dashes Angostura bitters 1 splash soda Water
Preparation:	Place sugar cube in old fashioned glass and saturate with bitter, add a dash of soda water. Muddle until dissolve. Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whisky. Garnish with orange slice, lemon twist and two maraschino cherries.
†Old Fashioned recipe at International Bartenders Association }}

The Old Fashioned is a cocktail, possibly the first drink to be called a cocktail. It is traditionally served in a short, round, 8-12 ounce tumbler-like glass, called an Old-Fashioned glass, named after the drink. An IBA Official Cocktail is one of several cocktails selected by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) for use in the annual World Cocktail Competition (WCC)[1] in bartending. ... Wikibooks Bartending has a page on the topic of Cocktails A cocktail is a style of mixed drink made predominantly with a distilled beverage, such as vodka, gin, whiskey, rum, or tequila, mixed with another drink other than water. ... Bourbon bottle, 19th century Oak casks in ricks used store and age bourbon. ... Binomial name (L.) Osbeck[1] Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... This article is about the fruit. ... A close up of a Maraschino cherry A maraschino cherry is a preserved, sweetened cherry, typically made from light-colored sweet cherries, such as the Royal Ann, Rainier, or Gold varieties. ... Image File history File links Old_Fashioned_Glass. ... An old fashioned glass The old fashioned glass is commonly found in bars and pubs, it is not very tall but is a little wider than the Hi-Ball, making it suitable for cocktails that have fewer ingredients. ... An IBA Official Cocktail is one of several cocktails selected by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) for use in the annual World Cocktail Competition (WCC)[1] in bartending. ... Bourbon bottle, 19th century Oak casks in ricks used store and age bourbon. ... Scotch whisky is whisky made in Scotland. ... Rye whisky describes two types of whiskies, theoretically distilled from rye. ... This article is about sugar as food and as an important and widely-traded commodity. ... A bottle of Angostura Aromatic Bitters For other uses, see Angostura. ... Effervescence from soda. ... For other uses, see Cocktail (disambiguation). ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Tumbler Tumbler is a part of a lock whose position must be changed by a key in order to release the bolt. ... Glass stemware Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Drinkware Drinkware or Beverageware is a general term for the class of vessels from which people drink. ... An old fashioned glass The old fashioned glass is commonly found in bars and pubs, it is not very tall but is a little wider than the Hi-Ball, making it suitable for cocktails that have fewer ingredients. ...

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History

The first known definition of the word "cocktail" was in response to a reader's letter asking to define the word in the May 6, 1806 issue of The Balance and Columbia Repository in Hudson, New York. In the May 13, 1806 issue, the paper's editor wrote that it was a potent concoction of spirits, bitters, water, and sugar.^[1] is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The City of Hudson, the first chartered city of the entire United States, is located along the west border of Columbia County and the east bank of the Hudson River in Columbia County, New York, United States. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Some claim the first use of the specific name "Old Fashioned" was for a Bourbon whiskey cocktail in the 1880s, at the Pendennis Club, a gentlemen’s club in Louisville, Kentucky. The recipe is said to have been invented by a bartender at that club, and popularized by a club member and bourbon distiller, Colonel James E. Pepper, who brought it to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel bar in New York City.^[2] Others point out that the term was already in use before the Pendennis Club was founded.^[3] Bourbon bottle, 19th century Oak casks in ricks used store and age bourbon. ... The original clubhouse in 1906 The Pendennis Club is a private social club in Louisville, Kentucky. ... Louisville redirects here. ... The hotels name with a single hyphen is engraved and gilded over the entrance. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Recipe

There is great contention on the proper way to make an Old Fashioned. Here is one recipe:

• 50 ml rye whisky
• splash of simple syrup or 1 cube (3.6 g) sugar and just enough water to dissolve it
• 2 dashes bitters
• Old Fashioned glass

1. Place sugar (or syrup), bitters, and water in old-fashioned glass
2. Crush sugar if needed and coat glass
3. Add 2-3 cubes ice and whisky
4. Garnish with twist

Most modern recipes top off an Old Fashioned cocktail with soda water. Purists decry this practice, and insist that soda water is never permitted in a true Old Fashioned cocktail. Many respected sources (e.g. Maker's Mark) list an Old Fashioned as containing soda water, forgoing the bitters altogether. In some areas, notably Wisconsin, brandy is substituted for whisky. For other uses, see Whisky (disambiguation). ... In cooking, a syrup (from Arabic sharab, beverage, via Latin siropus) is a thick, viscous liquid, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars, but showing little tendency to deposit crystals. ... bitter An antique (probably 1880s) bitters bottle from Germany that sold for $1240. ... For other uses, see Whisky (disambiguation). ...

Many bartenders add fruit, typically an orange slice, and muddle it with the sugar before adding the whisky. This practice likely began during Prohibition as a means of covering the taste of poor alcohol.

An 1895 recipe specifies the following: Dissolve a small lump (about 3 grams) of sugar with a little water in a whisky-glass; add two dashes Angostura bitters, a small piece ice, a piece lemon-peel, one jigger (44 ml) whisky. Mix with small bar-spoon and serve, leaving spoon in glass.^[4]

Purists advocate using just enough plain water (called "branch" water) to fully dissolve the sugar without diluting the whisky. Bartenders often use a dissolved sugar water pre-mix called simple syrup, which is faster to use and eliminates the risk of leaving undissolved sugar in the drink which can spoil your final sip. Many drinkers prefer to use rye whisky because of its complexity. One popular garnish is a Maraschino cherry fastened to the back of an orange wedge using a toothpick. Others prefer to use orange zest with the Maraschino cherry.

Alcoholic strength about 35 percent by volume.

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Popular culture

In the movie It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), Tyler Fitzgerald (Jim Backus) has three Old Fashioneds while flying his airplane. On his way to make his fourth, he leaves Benjy (Buddy Hackett) in charge of flying the airplane. Benjy asks "What if something happens?" to which Mr. Fitzgerald asks "What could possibly happen to an Old Fashioned?" Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a comedy movie that followed the Hollywood trend in the 1960s of producing gigantic and epic films as a way to woo audiences into movie theaters. ...

During the Sanford and Son episode, "Happy Birthday Pop", Fred is trying to decide what drink to order. The bartender returns and asks "How would you like a nice Old Fashioned?". Fred replies "How would you like one across your lips?", he then mumbles "Don't be callin me Old Fashioned". Sanford and Son is an American sitcom that premiered on the NBC television network on January 14, 1972 and was broadcast for six seasons. ...

An Old-Fashioned is also the drink of choice of the urbane, sophisticated Donald Draper, the star of AMC's series, "Mad Men." Mad Men is an American television drama series set and produced in New York City. ...

Notes

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References

• "Renewing an Old Fashion" by Robert Hess at DrinkBoy.com, discusses the history of this cocktail in detail, specifically focusing on the issue of whether to add soda water to the cocktail or not.
• "Nothing wrong with Old Fashioned values" Article from Issue 46 of Whisky Magazine, March 2005.
• "The brandy old-fashioned: Solving the mystery behind Wisconsin's real state drink" Article by Jerry Minnich from The Daily Page, Madison, Wisconsin newspaper. The article is no longer available at the paper's site, but archive.org has an accessible copy here.

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External links

• Old Fashioned recipe at DrinkBoy