Speyside Single Malt Old Fashioned
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Ingredients
2 oz Single malt Scotch whisky
1/4 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
2 dash Aromatic bitters
How to make
Serve in a old-fashioned glass
Prepare
- 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
- 2 Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
Method
- 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
- 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
Garnish
- 5 EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Flavour profile
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
28.1% alc./vol. · 1.4 standard drinks · 159 calories
History
Pure cane sugar delicately mellows the malt whisky without masking its flavour, indeed it amplifies character; a Demerara sugar syrup could be used.
The history of the Old-Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail.