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Not Your Daddy's Old Fashioned Recipe

Inspired by STK Steakhouse - Strand
Time8m
Serves1

woodford reserve bourbon - angostura bitters - brown sugar vanilla bean

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Ingredients

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Cocktail

Method

Cocktail

1

Prep vanilla sugar

In an old-fashioned glass or mixing glass, combine the brown sugar and the scraped seeds from 1/4 of a vanilla bean (reserve the remaining pod for another use). Add 1/2 teaspoon hot water to help dissolve the sugar and gently muddle until the sugar is mostly dissolved and fragrant with vanilla.

2

Add bitters

Add 3 dashes of Angostura bitters to the sugar and stir briefly to incorporate.

3

Add bourbon and stir

Pour 2 oz Woodford Reserve bourbon into the mixing glass. Add a few small ice cubes (or the large ice cube) and stir for 20–30 seconds until the drink is chilled and slightly diluted, and the sugar is fully dissolved.

4

Serve

Strain (if you used a separate mixing glass) into an old-fashioned glass over a large ice cube or place the large ice cube in the prepared glass and pour the stirred cocktail over it.

5

Garnish

Express an orange peel over the glass to release the oils, then rub the peel around the rim and drop the twist into the drink as garnish.

6

Optional: If you prefer a stronger vanilla note, lightly scrape additional seeds from the reserved portion of the vanilla bean into the sugar next time or infuse a small amount of bourbon with the split vanilla pod overnight and use that bourbon for the cocktail.