![]() ![]() And in the midst of an American whiskey boom, perhaps it’s no surprise that one of our era’s favorite cocktails is one that shows off whiskey so well. Many mixologists consider the Old Fashioned a good measure of a bartender’s chops how you make the cocktail says a great deal about your approach to bartending, your attention to detail, and comfort with the classics. All of the traditional ingredients - whiskey, sugar, a healthy serving of bitters - are as Slater describes, “working together in total harmony.” ![]() “It’s the perfect example of the saying ‘Less is more,’” says Aubrey Slater, bartender at Honeybee’s in New York. Whether you’re at an elaborate cocktail bar or the most humble tavern, there’s likely to be someone sipping on the classic.Īnd while the Old Fashioned is a crowd-pleasing favorite, modern-day mixologists adore the drink as well. But no single drink has fully reentered the popular imagination quite like the Old Fashioned. The craft cocktail boom of the last decade has brought back into fashion any number of classics, from the Aviation to the Manhattan.
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