Here’s How 14 Top Bartenders Make Old Fashioneds at Home

The Old Fashioned is one of the world’s oldest cocktails. It was originally stirred up sometime around 1806 and referred to as the Whiskey Cocktail. Made from a simple combination of whiskey, sugar, and bitters, the drink was immensely popular and gave rise to an influx of riffs that introduced new ingredients and ratios. The recipe for a Whiskey Cocktail quickly came to be something different from bar to bar, prompting drinkers to order theirs “the old-fashioned way” for some consistency. By 1895, the Old Fashioned was the recognizable name for the drink. The article Here’s How 14 Top Bartenders Make Old Fashioneds at Home appeared first on VinePair.