The old-fashioned Old Fashioned, so to speak: the drink as it was made back at the turn of the 19th century. Genever, a spicy, herbal spirit stands in for the rye common in today’s versions.
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This old-fashioned Old-Fashioned was invented at the turn of the 19th century. Genever, a spicy, herbal spirit stands in for the rye common in today's versions.
Yield: makes one cocktail
Time:
5 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 tsp. demerara sugar
- 3 dashes Angostura bitters
- 2 oz. Genever
- Freshly grated nutmeg, to garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, stir sugar with bitters and 2 teaspoons hot water until the sugar dissolves. Pour in Genever and 1 oz. cold water, fill with ice, and stir well. Strain the liquid into a chilled 6-oz. tumbler and garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.
