How do you make a muddled old fashioned? (2024)

What does it mean to muddle an Old Fashioned?

The fruit in an Old Fashioned is an integral part of the drink. If you're just dropping in a cherry and an orange and the end, may God have mercy on your soul. The fruit should be muddled along with the sugar and bitters. And when I say muddled, I mean lightly disturbed, not mashed into a heap.

Muddle carefully in the bottom of an old fashioned glass the sugar, Angostura Bitters, one orange slice, one cherry and a splash of soda. Remove the orange rind and add bourbon, ice and soda or water. Garnish with remaining orange slice and cherry.

Wisconsin Old Fashioneds are made with brandy. If you head north and you're used to a whiskey old fashioned you'll be surprised when you have the co*cktail set before you. It's generally a muddled fruit, brandy-based old fashioned with a little bit of sprite or sour soda on top.

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Muddlers are convenient tools, but they're not absolutely necessary. You can sufficiently muddle co*cktail ingredients with the flat end of a bar spoon, for instance. Another option is to use the tip of a wooden spoon, and a pestle, tamper, or French rolling pin will work if it fits in the glass.

Making a co*cktail and it calls for muddling? Muddling is a technique used in drinks to gently mash herbs or fruit to release their juices. This helps the flavors to bind with the alcohol better than simply using them whole. Muddling is used in many popular co*cktails, like the Mojito and Whiskey Smash.

Old Fashioned Mix Ingredients

A traditional Old Fashioned calls for sugar, water, bitters, bourbon and orange.

What is a perfect Old Fashioned?

The Perfect Old Fashioned

2 ounces overproof rye or bourbon. 1/2 ounce simple syrup. 2 dashes Angostura bitters. Orange twist. Combine whiskey, simple syrup and bitters in a co*cktail shaker with ice.

In my opinion: if your Old Fashioned isn't cloudy, you haven't muddled enough. You can make this drink with sugar instead of simple syrup, but you'll have to muddle and stir for a really long time to get the sugar fully dissolved. If you do that, cut the sugar to one teaspoon (or one cube).

The old fashioned is a co*cktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and water, adding whiskey (typically rye or bourbon), and garnishing with orange slice or zest and a co*cktail cherry. It is traditionally served in an old fashioned glass (also known as rocks glass), which predated the co*cktail.

When getting started with the Old Fashioned, you should always use Angostura bitters. Angostura bitters is the ubiquitous benchmark aromatic bitters and always the default choice when no brand is specified. Angostura bitters always works.

Use a good bourbon or rye whiskey based on your preference. Do not add seltzer or club soda, which many recipes call for. Some bartenders will muddle lots of fruit, such as maraschino cherries, in whiskey and call it an old-fashioned. It is not.

Place the sugar cube in your glass and add a small amount of liquid; usually a few dashes of bitters - if called for by the recipe - with a small amount of water. Smash that sugar cube! This is the part that requires the excess force. Once the cube is reduced to granules stir the mixture so some of the sugar dissolves.

A muddler is used to muddle (read juice, crush, grind and blend) fruits, leaves and other ingredients in drinks similar to a mortar and pestle except in a co*cktail glass or shaker to prepare a drink (such as an Old Fashioned, Whisky Sour, Cipriana among others). They are an indispensable tool for a well-stocked bar.

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Place the fruit of your choice on the bottom part of your co*cktail shaker or in your large metal container. Use the bottom part of the wooden spoon as a muddler. Gently press the fruit three to four times to release their flavorful juices. It's vital to remember that muddling should be done gently, not forcefully.

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An Old Fashioned is a very popular whiskey (usually bourbon) co*cktail. It is a co*cktail that could be made from a spicy rye whiskey as well, but today bourbon is preferred. Keep in mind that the bourbon that you choose can drastically change the flavor profile your Old Fashioned has.