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Velvet Old Fashioned

Nightcap/sipping · Short and stirred · Spirit-forward

4.2 84 ratings

Ingredients

2 oz Scotch whisky
1/4 oz Pedro Ximénez sherry
1/4 oz Brown sugar syrup
2 dash Aromatic 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

26.6% alc./vol. · 1.4 standard drinks · 168 calories

History

Using quality Pedro Ximénez sherry and achieving correct dilution are key to this potentially brilliant cocktail's success.

The history of the Old-Fashioned cocktail and further variations on the Old-Fashioned are presented here.