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A L'Ancienne du Bois (A woody Old Fashioned)

A L'Ancienne du Bois (A woody Old Fashioned)

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Ingredients

5 whole Maraschino cherry
1 1/3 oz Cognac (brandy)
1/3 oz Walnut liqueur
1/6 oz Maple syrup
4 dash Creole bitters

How to make

Serve in a old-fashioned glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. 3 MUDDLE cherries with bitters and maple syrup in base of glass.
  2. 4 Add 3 ice cubes and STIR.
  3. 5 Add brandy and 3 more ice cubes and STIR again.
  4. 6 Add walnut liqueur and 2 more ice cubes and STIR some more.

Garnish

  1. 7 EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

History

This Old Fashioned style drink is fruity and nutty rather than woody, but remains tasty.

Gary Anderson created this drink in 2015 at Gingers Bar within Purnell's Bistro in Birmingham, England. Anderson stated, "The drink came from wanting to make a cognac Old Fashioned (hence a l'ancienne). The maple, griottines and Peychaud's bitters were introduced to keep the idea of the cocktail being very French. Bizarrely, the walnut came from attempting a Google search for "maple and cherry" which displayed an antique wood specialist who along with maple and cherry wood also used walnut. Therefore my drink became "A Woody Old Fashioned" or "A L'Ancienne du Bois".

Created by Gary Anderson