Wife: “Are you drinking whiskey again??!!” Husband: “Its an agricultural product made by some really nice people.”

That will be 15.95 please

I wasn't sure what a cocktail snob was...so I just read the comments section.

The perfect old fashioned is the way I make it at home, just the way I like it.

His explanation about stirring it to shy of being perfect so it rides a bell curve was quite profound. The Old Fashioned is not just another drink it's an experience

This works too. The way I do it is like 1 bar spoon of Demarara simple syrup, Orange Peel, 2.5oz Bourbon, 2 dashes bitters. Add all the ingredients in a mixing glass, add ice, stir, strain onto a rocks glass with fresh ice. Garnish with orange peel.

I've watched this same guy now make an old fashioned 3 times... and every time he has made it differently. What the serious fuck.

So many people must be perfect. This is a good bartender making a good old-fashioned.

Gave myself an old fashioned today

LOVE the "Kind of Blue" in the background

Gotta love the "spirited debate" going on in these comments. The Old Fashioned is not rocket science, and arguing over minutiae is pointless when dealing with organic products. Whiskeys vary from batch to batch, so does sugar, and citrus, and bitters. You have to know how to build and balance a drink with the ingredients that you have on hand. In my opinion, the two main things that make my fave OF are using a good rye (not bourbon) and stirring and straining over ice. Other than that, just try to enjoy this basic cocktail. If you can't find joy in sipping an OF without resorting to petty insults over the minor details, you should step up to something a little stiffer, like a nice calming opioid.

The drink of drinks! I love how there are so many different variations of this classic cocktail (I offered 6 at a party this past weekend) but you can always come back to the root and it is just perfect!

I like it with 3-4 dashes of the aromatic bitter but also a couple of dashes of orange bitters. Then rim the glass with the orange peel. My favorite whiskey cocktail and a great way to introduce people to whiskey who say they don’t care for it.

Thanks! I loved the details on the history and how the ingredients work together to affect the flavour.

Thank you Sir. It looks excellent.

500 bottles of whiskey on the wall 500 bottles of whiskey. Take one down and pass it around. I'm drunk lol 499 bottles of whiskey on the wall.

Hell yeah! Never knew about the sweet spot, love the detail in this video!

Very well done! Very simple yet elegant, good job guys!

Great detailed video, thank you

Hello from Houston, TX this is such a popular drink!! thank you for the great tips on how to make it.

Super educational and awesome, thank you guys!

I thought an Old Fashioned was just putting the bottle to your lips.

Great explanation and really nicely done!

Excellent!

Plenty of cocktail vids but yours are probably my favourite. Traditionally I have always been a straight scotch drinker but now I love bourbon in cocktails such as Old Fashioned, Whiskey Sour, Manhattan etc

thx...good teacher. 😊

I've modified the Old Fashioned cocktail on occasion with a bar spoon of candied orange peel syrup instead of the sugar cube and it was a nice changeup.

Bryan Brown as Doug Coghlin in the movie Cocktail said it best..."The bartender is the aristocrat of the working class". Good information and great presentation. Well done good man.

This is excellent!

Great video. Cool GM, and a solid recipe. I dig the vibe.

that is one great sounding Old Fashioned. Plus Russel Reserve 10 yr small batch. Great spirit for any drink. Cool that you have gotten to hang with the legend and consider him a friend. thanks for a great explanation and a drink I would love to try. cheers.

I believe all cocktails reach the “sweet spot” when you finish the glass, if ya know what I mean.

Great video

great video, what´s that wonderful music btw !? cheers !!

very few bars here in Copenhagen know how to make this, my fav cocktail which is weird as both whiskey and bitters are very popular here

Try a dash of Black Walnut Bitters added in with the aromatic bitters. It adds a whole new dimension of flavors that goes great with an Old Fashioned.

I'm a newbie, having just moved to Kentucky 4 years ago, but my favorite old fashioned bourbon is Russell's 10 year. Thanks for validating my taste.

Amazing guys 👌

I like the citrus oils lit with the flame!

I've had an old fashion from there. It was good.

7 Grand! Miss that spot!

Nicely done, I concur.

That Laphroaig Cairdeas 2013 with the purple label back there is one of the finest scotches I've ever had. It's extremely hard to find now. I knew this video was a few years old as soon as I saw that bottle!

In the 1960 Oscar winning movie "The Apartment" (produced, directed & co-written by Billy Wilder), a doctor (played by Jack Kruschen) tells his neighbor (played by Jack Lemmon) that he should be a 'mensch", and goes on to explain that it means "be a human being". And thanks for this "Old Fashioned" recipe ! VERY interesting, entertaining & informative ! THANKS for sharing ! CHEERS !! :-)

I muddle an orange slice and some Italian cherries (not day glo, the fancier kind that comes in syrup) with the sugar and bitters.

YES!!!

Wonderful video

Great to see a professional at work. Smooth production quality video!

I told my brother I was going to make an Old Fashioned for myself and if he would like one. His response: Old Fashioned _what_ :D

Gotta love a bar that stocks Laphroaig, Ardbeg and Octomore!

That's what I'm talking about. No cherries or muddled orange. Thank you! The perfect old fashioned.

This guy has got it dead on. An Old Fashioned isn't perfect.....it becomes perfect!

Great drink

awesome

Thanks for sharing, where do I purchase the bitter?

I probably have 3-5 a week. My go-to cocktail. Always trying for the perfect mixture.

sounds like Ben Shapiro

There are so many different variations of how people make these. I muddle cherrys and oranges with the sugar cube

Pretty good.but those orange and lemon peels are alittle on the large size. Don't want to be working around them to take a sip. Downsize those and you have the perfect old fashioned. Good vid.

Nice👊🥂

Can you use the same orange on multiple cocktails? Just wondered whether the orange turns bad if you let it be for multiple days without it's peel.

I've had mine pretty similar but the interesting part with the old fashioned I had they actually torched the orange peel with a torch lighter it brought out the orange citrus flavors. I thought it was a cool twist to a classic drink

Classic....gotta make me one now

I like one small orange piece in the brown sugar when muddling, I think the orange pairs very well with a sweeter bourbon

Felt like an economic class in college. The good old bell curve.

I see that Bruichladdich on the shelf behind him. Great scotch, love it

The way I first learned how to make an old fashioned was not actually with a sugar cube, but with maple syrup. About a barspoon or two. Every single person I've made it for has said it was perfect

Bourbon is sweet; Rye makes it taste much better and is true old fashioned!

I use a teaspoon of simple syrup or agauve syrup in mine. Works great.

Try substituting Gomme syrup for the sugar; very smooth taste.

He sold me I was a fan before signed Don Draper

Take out the lemon peel and this is very close to perfection. Shake and then serve without the ice to stop further diluting and you're golden.

I see that Cairdeas 2013 in the background..... I see you.

nothing beats a sugar cube because it adds layers to the drink, it gets sweeter towards the end also give you some textures, syrup does the job, but nothing beats an old fashioned with a sugar cube

Speaking of the citrus oils in orange peels. If you squeeze an orange peel at an open flame it’ll shoot little flames.

I love whiskey, however I have mixed feelings as to drinking it in cocktails. Where lays my conflict?? That those whiskey based cocktails are delicious AF!!

Thanks so much for this video...one of my fav. drinks...but I haven't found a good recipe...I'll give it a shot (pun intended)

Guy sounds like Ben Shapiro telling me about whiskey...

I want to know more about that tie bar than anything haha. Hugo boss black tie bar?

I enjoy adding a cherry, though I don't know how authentic that is. The lemon is weird though...

Thank goodness the guest spoke

Here's how I do mine, if anyone wants to give me some advice to improve. Note that I don't live in America so I don't have access to a big selection of whiskeys. Also my budget is pretty low, it's still a people's drink after all. 1 barspoon of sugar 3 dashes of Angostura Just a few drops of water to help the sugar dissolve 1 oz of Jim Beam Burbon Orange peel

This must be the best "classic old fashioned" video on KZfaq!

this is the way i like my old fashioned's. just whiskey bitters and sugar, no club soda nothing fancy.

My favorite drink

I use maple syrup and orange bitters. If you use Crown Royal you can call it a Canadian Old Fashioned.

Best old fashioned!

What's going on with his shirt

I LOVE old fashioned such a great classic! I muddle the cherry with a half a teaspoon of the juice along with the sugar cube and it gives it a very nice hint of sweetness... I found that extra splash of cherry juice is definitely popular with more of my female bar patrons cuz it adds more sweetness. I like how you say people like different amounts of bitters because the truth is everyone does have different palates and I have a hard time drinking whiskey so I like it more sweet. :) And its def a drink for everyone not just old timers :) GREAT VID!

Rye instead of Bourbon. High West’s Double Rye makes a delicious OF! Whistle Pig’s 10yr Straight Rye is also amazing.

Ever since I started using Raw Honey in my Old Fashioned I never used sugar again. So many ways to create dynamic sweetness with the different types of honey.

perfect -- no muddled cherries or crap.

Did Ben Shapiro just tell me how to make an old fashioned!!!!

What most bartenders don't understand about the dilution portion of a cocktail is due to the fact that most Whiskey and Bourbons 100 years back were literal dogshit that needed to be diluted in order to be palatable...

Went to 5 stores before finding sugar cubes. Dang!

No lemon, one less giant ice cube.

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Like the Smoky Old Fashions....

Master Distiller "Jimmy Rustle" Holy shit im dead

I might have missed it, but is that a specific kind of sugar that's used in this video?