Recipes
The wood-fired old fashioned
Bourbon, Very Dark in place of simple syrup, a single dash of cider vinegar to keep the sweetness honest. One cocktail.
Recipe by The Longview Kitchen · @longviewfarm
Instructions
Serves 1 cocktailActive Time · 3 min
Full Time · 3 min
- 1Put the maple syrup, both bitters, and the single drop of vinegar into a heavy rocks glass.
- 2Pour in the bourbon. Stir with a long spoon for 10 seconds, dragging the syrup off the bottom — this dilutes and chills it without much watering.
- 3Drop in a single large ice cube. Stir another 15 seconds.
- 4Express the orange peel over the glass: hold it shiny-side-down a few inches above the drink, then pinch it firmly to send the oils across the surface. Rub the peel around the rim and drop it in.
- 5Take a sip. If it's too sweet, that's why the vinegar is there — splash in a tenth of an ounce more bourbon. If it's not sweet enough, half a teaspoon more syrup.
From the Kitchen
Very Dark is the only grade that holds up against bourbon — Amber gets buried, Golden vanishes. The cider vinegar is doing the work of orange bitters from a generation ago, before everything went sweet.Tagged:CocktailBourbonWhisky
