The Old-Fashioned

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'Tis the season for Old-Fashioneds! As a kid, I looked forward to Egg Nog. Now, I look forward to Old-Fashioneds, reserved for the second half of December as a special holiday libation. They just don't taste right any other time of year.

Seems that each Old-Fashioned conn has their own variation of the classic recipe.

What's yours?

Not a fan of the Old-Fashioned? What's your drink of choice this time of year?

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Alright, here we go.

Take your favorite Old-Fashioned glass.

1/2 a pack of sweet & low

3 drops of bitters

a spoon+ of mar. cherry juice

1 mar. cherry

Mix.

2 oz.+ of bourbon (Old Taylor or something on the same shelf will do fine)

fill glass with ice and soda water

1 slice of orange and juice from heel

Stir.

Cheers.

Sip.

[Brownian Motion]

Alright, here we go.

Take your favorite Old-Fashioned glass.

1/2 a pack of sweet & low

3 drops of bitters

a spoon+ of mar. cherry juice

1 mar. cherry

Mix.

2 oz.+ of bourbon (Old Taylor or something on the same shelf will do fine)

fill glass with ice and soda water

1 slice of orange and juice from heel

Stir.

Cheers.

Sip.

If it has "sweet & low" in it, doesn't that make it a "new-fangled old-fashioned"?

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If it has "sweet & low" in it, doesn't that make it a "new-fangled old-fashioned"?

There's enough sugar in the booze already!

I'll be sipping vodka if I drink at all.

[.:.impossible]

Trust me... it makes the drink better. Plus, its been around since 1957. Not too much new about Sweet and Low.

And I think we're in good company!

p.s. Couldn't find any good absinthe.

Edited December 17, 2005 by .:.impossible

[.:.impossible]

So, the rest of my family swears by Sweet 'n Low. This is my Grandfather's recipe. They all mix the drink just like that. I just can't deal with the taste of Sweet 'n Low, except in sweet tea. I went to sugar this year... big deal. It doesn't dissolve the way Sweet 'n Low dissolves, but I think it makes the drink so much better.

Sorry Satch... I'm going back to azucar.

[J Larsen]

B&B or Benedictine in a snifter for me.