Old Fashioned

Circa 1850, Jerry Thomas helped define the early "whiskey cocktail". This was the precursor to the modern Old Fashioned - made with just three ingredients... sugar, bitters, and booze. This deceptively simple formula demands precision. Too much (or too little) of any ingredient can turn this beautiful drink into an average one. Our Old Fashioned starts with Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon - chosen for its interplay of yeast design, barrel age, and proof. We use Okinawa black sugar for its salt and mineral richness, and balance it with a blend of Angostura plus our own orange, cherry, and cocoa bitters. With each Old Fashioned, we integrate precisely 0.6 fl oz of water via a few particular stirs - 30 to be exact. The cocktail is finished with an expressed orange peel, placed neatly over a 2 inch clear cube.