If you know, you know. There’s a specific kind of person who orders an Old Fashioned. They don’t need to look at the menu. They don’t ask for it blended or with a twist or extra sweet. They say it once, clearly, to whoever is behind the bar, and then they wait. Patiently. Because a good Old Fashioned takes a minute to make and that’s part of the point. That person — maybe you recognize them, maybe you are them — doesn’t give up the ritual just because the whiskey is gone. They just find a better version of it. That’s The Faux Fashioned.
What Makes an Old Fashioned an Old Fashioned Strip it down and the Old Fashioned is three things: spirit, sugar, bitters. That’s it. No juice. No mixer. No hiding behind anything. It’s one of the oldest cocktails on record for a reason — it works because i...
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