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Añejo Almond Old Fashioned

Nightcap/sipping · Short and stirred · Spirit-forward

4.2 97 ratings

Ingredients

2 oz Añejo tequila
1/4 oz Amaretto liqueur
1/6 oz Agave syrup
2 dash Orange 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 STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

  1. 5 EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour profile

28.3% alc./vol. · 1.5 standard drinks · 175 calories

History

Añejo rum's almond notes are amplified by a splash of amaretto liqueur.

This cocktail is adapted from Mark Prat's 2005 Almond Old Fashioned. It is likely that Mark did not have access to añejo tequila at the time, but if he had, he would have surely used it instead of reposado.