Maple Old Fashioned

Name: Maple Old Fashioned
Ingredients: 1 2⁄3 oz Bulleit Bourbon; 1⁄2 oz WhistlePig 10yo Straight Rye Whisky; 1⁄3 oz Maple syrup; 1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura; 3 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

Strong
Neutral

Ingredients

1 2⁄3 oz Bulleit Bourbon
1⁄2 oz WhistlePig 10yo Straight Rye Whisky
1⁄3 oz Maple syrup
1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
3 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

Method

Glass:

Photographed in an UB 1910 Old Fashioned 10.5oz

Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Nutrition:

One serving of Maple Old Fashioned contains 195 calories

History:

I first encountered the bourbon-based Maple Old Fashioned in 2004 at Indigo Yard in Edinburgh, Scotland, but over more recent years, rum seems to have taken over as the preferred spirit base to make a Maple Rum Old Fashioned. Whichever spirit base you use, makes a delicious riff on the classic Old-Fashioned.