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Maple Barrel Aged Old Fashioned Recipe

Inspired by The Back Abbey Of St. Bernardus
Time6m
Serves1

Our own private barrel of Whistle Pig Rye, Whistle Pig Maple Syrup, Ango Bitters

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Ingredients

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Cocktail

Tools

Method

Cocktail

1

Combine Ingredients

Add 2 oz WhistlePig Rye, 0.25 oz WhistlePig maple syrup, 3 dashes Angostura bitters and 1 dash orange bitters (if using) to a chilled mixing glass.

2

Add Ice and Stir

Fill the mixing glass with enough ice to properly chill (large cubes preferred). Stir gently but steadily with a bar spoon for 20–30 seconds until the mixture is well-chilled and slightly diluted (target roughly 20–25% dilution by weight — practically this is a 20–30 second stir).

3

Prepare Glass

Place one large ice cube or sphere into a chilled rocks (old fashioned) glass.

4

Strain

Using a Hawthorne or julep strainer, strain the chilled cocktail from the mixing glass into the rocks glass over the large ice cube.

5

Garnish and Express

Take an orange peel and hold it over the glass, skin side down. Give a firm twist to express the oils over the drink, then wipe the rim with the peel and drop it into the drink as garnish.

6

Serve immediately. Encourage sipping slowly to appreciate the barrel-aged rye and maple interplay.

Tools

7

Use the mixing glass and bar spoon for stirring. Use the strainer when pouring into the rocks glass. Use a peeler or knife to cut a fresh orange peel for garnish.