So as we approach the long stretch of the rest of the Winter I figured it might very well be the time for some fireplace cocktails. What is a fireplace cocktail? Well for me it’s something heavy, it’s a sipper, it’s intellectual and simplistic.
1806 Old Fashioned
This is the original “Old Fashioned”. Pre-prohibition and the soda water, muddled cherry and orange old fashioned.
3 oz Old Overholt Rye Whiskey
1 Sugar Cube
2 Dashes of Angostura Bitters
2 Dashes of Fee Bros West Indian Bitters
Splash of water
-Soak sugar cube with bitters and water and muddle
-Add booze and stir
-Add ice and stir
Garnish with orange oil
Martinez
2 oz Beefeater Gin
1 oz Vya Sweet Vermouth
Bar spoon of Luxardo Maraschino
2 Dashes Whiskey Barrel Aged Bitters
-Combine and stir
-Strain into a coupe and garnish with lemon oil
