Old Fashioned Love - Packers Tailgate Cocktail
Corey delivers a fun elevated way to make a classic game day Old Fashioned!
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Comments (11)
PeteK
January 11, 2025 at 02:27 pm
Widow Jane is also my favorite bourbon. I recently started making my Old fashions using Maraschino cherries and syrup along with Jack Rudy's Demerara syrup. Also discovered an Asbury Park ( yes, in NJ ) double barrel bourbon finished in used gin barrels. Thanks for the tips.
Bitternotsour
January 11, 2025 at 04:31 pm
Widow Jane is a fine bourbon, but Jesus you make a sweet old-fashioned. I'd gag on that.
Monmouth County Bourbon, who knew?
PeteK
January 12, 2025 at 09:54 am
I'd expect nothing else from you, Bitter. LOl Monmouth county, I know, it has a bit of a different flavor bc of the gin barrel. Also, Jefferson aged in Cabernet barrels is a bourbon with a different flavor.
Oppy
January 11, 2025 at 08:32 pm
If you aren't already using Luxardo cherries, you need to invest in a jar immediately.
They aren't cheap, but they are night and day better than any other maraschino cherries out there.
PeteK
January 12, 2025 at 10:53 am
Absolutely, what I use.
Joster11
January 11, 2025 at 07:47 pm
A true Wisconsin Old Fashioned is made with brandy.
Oppy
January 11, 2025 at 08:28 pm
You are correct.
It is also correct that this is one thing that Wisconsin is dead wrong about. There's a reason why the classic, original Old Fashioned recipe was built on Bourbon.
Brandy is gross. Old Fashioneds strong flavor profile is enough to mask the putrid taste of brandy. That's about it. Bitters and sugar actually complement and open up the flavors of bourbon or even whiskey.
Bitternotsour
January 11, 2025 at 10:55 pm
Brandy is a wonderful liquor. California brandy even. I normally mix it 50/50 with Cognac to dry it a bit, but it is a lovely flavor profile. Bitters and sugar improve a brandy in the same way it does a bourbon.
my issue with a classic wisconsin old-fashioned is it's made to resemble soda pop. you can craft make a brandy old fashioned and it's a marvelous thing. you can use brandy in a manhattan too, again with great effect.
Oppy
January 12, 2025 at 02:24 pm
Palettes vary, of course.
However, while some believe it's because Wisconsinites drink so much in general (and, don't get me wrong, we do), I'm fairly certain the reason why Wisconsin is the world's largest consumer of Brandy is simply because the rest of the world knows better.
PeteK
January 12, 2025 at 11:10 am
So no bourbon, blasphemy !!
WilliamMolesley
January 29, 2025 at 12:07 am
Pretty much agree!