How were the origional "old fashioneds" made vs. how theyre prepared nowadays?!
How were the origional "old fashioneds" made vs. how theyre prepared nowadays?
Where were "old fashioneds" origionally made and served?
Answers:
You can find all the answers you need about that in this article:
http://www.drinkboy.com/essays/renewinga...
It covers a fairly detailed history of the Old Fashioned.
I don't know how they're done today but it used to be: In an old-fashioned glass, sprinkle a lump of sugar with bitters, add a twist of lemon, fill with whiskey, garnish with a maraschino cherry. You wouldn't want to have too many of those!
In the original you put a sugar cube in a glass, put in bitters mash it up then add whiskey. Now you put in the whiskey, bitters and simple bar syrup top with mixer.